Small distributed grants let teachers self-direct their place-based projects.
Evidence
With this guidance in mind, we give money to the SEED teams and say, “Decide what you want to have happen and then offer teachers funds to do these kinds of things.” Each SEED team gets from
2,500 to4,000 to distribute to teachers who request funding for projects to link school, community, and the environment. — David Sobel, Place-Based Education, 38
Categorization
- SEED: Angle: money as the least-appreciated tool for changing institutional practice and culture in education.
- XREF: connects to: Successful place-based initiatives should begin small and scale gradually through easy grant funding. — David Sobel, Place-Based Education: Connecting…, 5; Deciding grant awards together is itself a team-building and learning exercise. — David Sobel, Place-Based Education: Connecting…, 38; Effective teacher professional development requires repeated varied exposure and piggybacks onto existing structures. — David Sobel, Place-Based Education: Connecting…, 94
Related
- Successful place-based initiatives should begin small and scale gradually through easy grant funding. (similarity 0.85)
- Deciding grant awards together is itself a team-building and learning exercise. (similarity 0.84)
Broader Connections
- Effective teacher professional development requires repeated varied exposure and piggybacks onto existing structures.
#corroborates(0.75) — David Sobel, Place-Based Education, 94