courage their students. Apply online at www.
ezra-jack-keats.org/minigrant-program by March
15, 2013.
Healthy Playground Makeover
Sweepstakes
Enter this sweepstakes for a chance to win
a $30,000 grant and new playground. The
Healthy Playground Makeover Sweepstakes is
open to legal U.S. residents who are 18 years of
age or older at time of entry. Employees, officers
and directors of Discovery Communications,
LLC, and Playworld Systems, Inc., their parent
companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, TV production partners, advertising agencies, promotional
suppliers and the immediate family members
(spouses and parents, children and siblings and
their spouses, regardless of where they live) or
members of the same households (whether related or not) of such individuals are not eligible.
All applicable federal, state, and local rules
apply. Void where prohibited or restricted by
law. Apply online at www.togethercounts.com/
at-school/win-for-your-school/sweepstakes by
March 15, 2013.
TEAMS Teaching Prize
This $1,000 teaching prize for teachers,
recognizes excellence in designing and teaching lessons in medieval studies, including but
not limited to such areas as history, literature,
and art history, in K-12 schools. Apply online at www.teamsmedieval.org/ofc/SP09/
Spring2012TeachingPrize.html by April 15,
2013.
ING Unsung Heroes
Are you an educator with a class project that
is short on funding but long on potential? Do
you know a teacher looking for grant dollars?
ING Unsung Heroes® could help you turn great
ideas into reality for students. For more than 15
years, and with nearly $3.8 million in awarded
grants, ING Unsung Heroes has proven to be
an A+ program with educators. The program's
"alumni" have inspired success in the classroom
and impacted countless numbers of students.
Each year, 100 educators are selected to receive
$2,000 to help fund their innovative class projects. Three of those are chosen to receive the
top awards of an additional $5,000, $10,000
and $25,000.
All K-12 education professionals, whether
or not they are clients of ING, are eligible. Specifically, these individuals must be:
Employed by an accredited K-12 public or
private school located in the United States;
Full-time educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, or classified staff with effective
projects that improve student learning. Awards
are granted without regard to race, color, creed,
religion, age, gender, disability, or national origin. Apply online at ing.us/about-ing/citizenship/
childrens-education/ing-unsung-heroes by April
30, 2013.
2013 Summer Agricultural
Institute (SAI)
SAI is a 5-day program put on by The
University of Arizona Cooperative Extension for
educators to tour a region of the state to visit
agriculture industries. Tours include a state-ofthe-art dairy, a progressive nursery, a working
cattle ranch, a top agriculture research facility,
fruit/vegetable/field crop farms, and school
agriculture facilities. Participants receive free
classroom materials that are aligned to Arizona's
Academic Standards.
This year, SAI will be held June 10-14, and
participants will travel to the Willcox area (and
visit places in between there and the Phoenix
area).
Those who apply before March 1 lock in an
$85 early registration fee. After March 1, the
registration fee becomes $125. Applicants will
be notified by May 10 if they are selected by
our review committee. Once notified of being
accepted, then your registration fee will be due
by May 25. Apply online at cals.arizona.edu/
agliteracy/summer.htm.
Free & Inexpensive
Drexel University Online – Free
Webinar Series
Hosted by the top-ranked Drexel University's
School of Education and featuring top faculty
and administrators, this fun, free and interactive
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webinar series will provide an informational
platform amongst top scholars and educators.
Visit www.drexel.com/forms/form.aspx?fid=274
to review the webinar descriptions and to register. Earn 2 Continuing Education Credits per
webinar!
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