Grants: How to get Funding for your Classroom

  In our classrooms, grants could play a huge role in funding our arts, movement and music education for our students. Especially in Title 1 schools, where music and arts are often the first things to be cut, grants provide students with opportunities to learn in an active and engaging atmosphere. Grants help fund our schools/classrooms with much needed (but not affordable) supplies! It is important to know about and apply for grants because it could be a huge game changer for the activities we can implement in our classrooms. Overall, these grants help increase our students' cognitive, creative, critical thinking, and engagement levels. 

Community Consortium Grant

Title: ArtsWA

What it is for:  
-On a 2 year cycle where annual funding is between $5,000-$20,000
-Arts learning for K-12 students and educators where students are "engaged in deep and long-term experiences, participate in authentic creative processes, and develop creative habits of mind and 21st century skills in addition to arts skills and techniques aligned with Washington State standards in the arts."

-Authentic partnership with community artists where shared goals, support and responsibilities for k-12 art education is implemented throughout the community. 

Who can Apply:

"The partnerships include schools and arts organizations, with buy-in from other community partners, such as local arts agencies, teaching artists, district leaders, parent/family groups, consultants, and local businesses."

*Washington state PUBLIC schools grades k-12

Requirements: 

Needs a significant amount of partnership commitments, well-developed approaches for improving arts teaching and learning, must effectively plan and be evaluated.

-Schools must follow Washington state arts standards and push for systematic changes in local school districts

- Must have a local focus that emphasizes responding to needs and opportunities and developing resources

- Educators who are up to date on arts research, training, and trends

Deadlines: 

Arts in Education Grants require a Final Report at the end of every fiscal year. Final Reports for Fiscal Year 2015 must be submitted via the Grants Online system, and must be received by July 31, 2015.