Grants and Interagency Programs
Improving
Teacher Quality Grants
(Formerly Dwight D. Eisenhower Teacher Professional
Development Grants)
This
federal program was established to provide grants
for colleges and universities to develop and implement
workshops for K-12 teachers in the areas of mathematics,
science and humanities. The purpose is to establish
a collaborative planning partnership between higher
education and K-12 education for teacher preparation
and continuing professional development. The goal
of this program is to increase teacher content
knowledge and enhance instructional methodology.
Click
here to download the request for proposal dated
July 24, 2007(Adobe PDF)
Minority
Teacher Education Grants
The Minority Teacher Education Program was established by the state legislature in 1989 to support projects designed to expand the recruitment pool of minorities preparing to be k-12 teachers. Developed jointly by higher education institutions and local school districts, these projects target groups including teachers aides, substitute teachers, military personnel, and college graduates presently not teaching who are interested in entering the teaching profession. Project initiatives must include matching state-appropriated funds with local funds on a one-to-one basis and the establishment of an evaluation model. Request for proposals are sent out every two years. Renewal of funding for each project will be contingent upon the project achieving specified performance benchmarks. Request
for proposals are available every other year in mid-December with approximately $212,000 awarded.
SREB
Doctoral Scholars Program
The
Southern Regional Education Board’s (SREB)
Doctoral Scholars Program was
developed with support from The Pew Charitable
Trusts and The Ford Foundation. It is part of
a nationwide initiative, the Compact for Faculty
Diversity, to produce more minority Ph.D.’s
and to encourage them to seek faculty positions.
SREB states share resources, work to expand their
minority applicant pool, support qualified candidates
with financial assistance for up to five years
of graduate study, and assist graduates and higher
education institutions in identifying employment
opportunities. For more information please contact:
doctoral.scholars@sreb.org
Tennessee
Institute of Pre-Professionals (TIP)
The Tennessee Institute of Pre-Professionals (TIP)
is a cooperative program that is designed to increase
the number of African American Tennesseans who
enroll in and graduate from state supported professional
schools. An outgrowth of the Stipulation of Settlement
filed under Geier v. Alexander, each TIP program
is divided into two three-tiered summer enrichment
programs. The programs are: a legal section, which
utilizes the University
of Tennessee at Knoxville College of Law
and the University
of Memphis School of Law and
a health sciences section (medicine, dentistry,
veterinary medicine and pharmacy), which utilizes
the Quillen
College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University
at the University
of Tennessee Health Sciences.
