Funds for a mentor/mentee pair or a mentorship program

Have you taken a new teacher under your wing? Are you spearheading a new educator mentor initiative? We’d love to support your efforts! This scholarship can be applied to a project by a specific mentor/mentee pair or used to defray the costs of a broader mentorship program effort undertaken by a school, district, or association. Examples of projects could include but are not limited to any costs directly caused by a new mentorship program, materials/registration fees for professional development around mentorship, costs incurred by a co-presentation where an experienced mentor co-presents with an emerging education thought-leader (conference registration fees, etc).

Reminders:
Requests must align with the Mighty Teacher Mentors Scholarship description to be considered.

Tip for a strong proposal.

1. Address a need. A strong application will identify a need and a way that your proposed project will address it.

2. Be specific. Strong projects avoid ambiguity and provide an itemized budget. Do you want readers? Tell us which ones.

3. Be thorough. Answer all the questions being asked and explain what you plan to do with the funds.

4. Be compelling. Help application readers gain a clear vision of your school, your students, and how wonderful the opportunity you are proposing would be for them. Include the demographic information (i.e., socioeconomic, diversity of population and underrepresented perspectives).

5. Proofread.

We recommend reviewing how we evaluate and distribute awards prior to applying.

Your application responses can be brief but should provide enough information for the Scholarship Review Board to understand the purpose of your application and who will benefit from the award.

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* 1. Contact Information

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* 2. Dollar Amount

How much money are you requesting? Please enter a number between 50-500 with no dollar sign.

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* 3. Request budget:

How will the dollars you are requesting be used? (Please be as specific as possible)
  • If purchasing products, please provide the product name(s) and general costs.
  • If for an experience, please outline the general costs.
  • If this grant will be used to cover part of a larger project budget, please explain how the rest of the project will be funded, and explain how the funds from Wayside will impact the project.

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* 4. Grant narrative and impact statement:

Give a summary of your project and what it will achieve. Please include:
  • What is the need being met by this project?
  • How will this help you be a more effective educator who can best serve your learners within the world language department?
  • What is your school context? Include demographic information for us to best understand your school and the needs of your students.
  • Please include how you are connecting with or incorporating underrepresented perspectives, namely LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities and those who face socio-economic adversity and lack of access to such opportunities.
Creativity, originality, and connection to teaching World Languages as well as the month’s theme will also be considered.

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* 5. Language(s):

What language(s) will be taught or studied in connection with this project? Choose all that apply.

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* 6. Grade level(s):

What are the grade levels of your learners who will be impacted by this project? Choose all that apply.

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* 7. Proficiency Levels:

What are the proficiency levels of your learners who will be impacted by this project? Choose all that apply.

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* 8. Post-award report:

If you are selected, we will ask you to submit a post-grant report within one year of receiving the award. This should include a minimum of one brief paragraph recapping the project status.

Wayside may use quotes or media from grantees to build its future scholarship and grant offerings (following our transparency and privacy policies). 

Do you agree to comply with this reporting requirement?

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* 9. OPTIONAL

If you can provide additional reporting or evidence of the award's impact, what might that be?

*Additional reporting will help our program manager but is not part of the evaluation rubric.

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