Teacher Grants

Florida Agriculture in the Classroom will be offering Teacher Grants for the 2019-2020 school year. The grant is open to general education and agriscience teachers in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade who want to use agricultural concepts to teach core subject areas.

The deadline for applications is October 1, but we will only be accepting the first 40 complete applications. Be sure to read the PowerPoint and Guidelines for helpful hints on completing the application correctly.  The guidelines may have changed slightly, so make sure you read them carefully. Florida Agriculture in the Classroom’s Teacher Grant program strives to fund classroom projects that teach Florida school children about the importance of agriculture and introduce them to agricultural producers and representatives in their areas.

• We know you are all facing uncertainty regarding the remainder of this school year. If you were/are unable to complete your project by mid-May please email Becky at sponholtz@agtag.org and let us know your current status. Due to the current circumstances we will be able to grant extensions. If you get an extension into the 2020-2021 school year you will not be eligible for a 2020 Teacher Grant. 
• FINAL REPORT – YOU MUST SHRINK YOUR IMAGE FILES TO UPLOAD THEM. THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROGRAMS ONLINE TO ASSIST WITH THIS. IF YOUR FILES ARE TOO LARGE YOU WILL HAVE ISSUES SUBMITTING THE FORM. WE RECOMMEND YOU TYPING UP YOUR FINAL REPORT IN A WORD DOCUMENT IN CASE THEIR ARE ISSUES AND THE FORM CLEARS BEFORE IT IS SUBMITTED. 
• MAKE SURE YOU ARE FILLING OUT THE CORRECT FINAL REPORT. THE WRONG LINK WAS SENT IN AN EMAIL. THIS IS FOR TEACHER GRANTS, NOT SCHOOL GARDEN GRANT. THANKS! 

2019 Teacher Grant Final Report

The 2019 Teacher Grant final report is due May 15, 2020. Final report must include photos, photo release forms and copies of receipts.

• School Name:*
• Name*
  First Last
• Email*
• Project Title:*
• Number of students reached with project:*
• Grade level(s) of students:*
• Summarize your project. Did it go according to plans? Include highlights or issues that happened.*
• Lessons learned. What would you have done differently with your project? What will you do with the project next year?*
• Based on the measurable impacts you stated in your grant application, did the project meet your stated goals?*
• Please list the volunteers from the community that participated in your project.*
• Which FAITC(s) lessons did you use during this project?*
• What was your average pre-test score? Please give us a number from 0-100.*
• What was your average post-test score? Please give us a number from 0-100.*
• Upload copies of all your receipts. Total must equal awarded amount or more. To be eligible for future grants we must have these.*
• Upload photo(s) of your project.*
  Drop files here or
• Upload copies of your photo release forms for students whose faces can be seen in the photo.
  If your school uses the form that only has to be signed if they cannot be photographed, upload that form. We use some of these photos for advertisements and on facebook so if your photos CANNOT be used for that please let me know.

Application and Guidelines:

• Teacher Grant Helpful Hints Powerpoint

Timeline

• All proposals must postmarked on or before October 1, 2019 or be hand delivered to the FAITC office. Email applications will not be accepted.
• Only the first 40 complete applications will be accepted and be considered. We need 6 copies of application with budget and timeline and 6 copies of your letter of support from administrator.
• Announcement of awards will be in November 2019 by email.
• Progress report due to the FAITC office: Dec. 13, 2019.
• Final reports must be completed online or postmarked on or before May 15, 2020.

Eligible Applicants

Certified Florida teachers engaged in classroom instruction at the pre-kindergarten through 12th grade levels who integrate agricultural concepts into non-agricultural curricula, as well as agriscience teachers.