Teacher Grants
RBUSD 2023-24 Funded Teacher Grants
$60,000.00
Who Can Apply?
All certified personnel in the RBUSD can apply for an Innovative Teacher Mini-Grant. Proposals can be submitted by individual teachers, teams of teachers, or certificated district personnel serving K-12 students in RBUSD.
What is considered innovative?
In support of RBUSD’s “From Kinder to College” initiative, RBEF will be funding grants for teachers with innovative plans for helping students become college ready. Grants should focus on new and creative approaches or programs for engaging students in college-going cultural experiences and integrating college readiness teaching and learning into the classroom. If your idea is focused on college readiness, has a meaningful and measurable outcome, enhances core curriculum, and benefits a large number of students (grade or subject level grants encouraged), your ideas would probably qualify. Send in an application and let us help you maximize your students’ potential.
Who Decides?
To make sure that the teacher mini grants are distributed fairly, a Grant Review Committee (made up of four or more educators, volunteers, and RBEF Board Members) will independently evaluate each application. Grant content will be measured against 100 criteria points and scores will be averaged across all reviewers. Equity of distribution across schools will be a consideration. Mini-grants will go to the most compelling and clearly defined projects.
The application itself is simple and straightforward. Applicants are encouraged to take care to complete the application completely and clearly. Applications missing information will not be considered, so please make sure to submit all required content and signatures.
What are the timelines for the application?
| Deadline for grant applications | October 11, 2024 No later than 5:00pm |
| Grant recipients will be notified regarding selection | November 7, 2024 |
| Deadline for final report: Grant recipients must submit their one-page impact report and required documentation |
June 20, 2025 |
“Our students were able to engage in play-based learning using the materials purchased through the grant, and we saw tremendous social-emotional growth as a result.”
“The grant allowed us to purchase a new digital sound board and supporting equipment to enhance the technical theater education of our students at RUHS! These tools will be crucial in their theatrical education, and help them transition to college and the professional world. It also helped to enhance the viewing experience of our audiences, and we are so grateful for the support of RBEF!”