Description
Note: This funding opportunity has been reopened to accept applications for the Music and Technology Institute and the Joint Arts Administrators Institute only.
The purpose of the ACIG Arts Teacher Institutes program is to provide support to eligible organizations for administering summer arts institutes to provide professional development in arts content to South Carolina arts teachers, classroom teachers, and arts administrators. Grant awards are to provide Arts Teacher Institutes as tuition-free graduate courses or professional development that directly support quality arts education programs to significantly improve student achievement in the arts. Eleven of the arts institutes award graduate credit hours to participants who successfully complete the institute.
Program Office
Office of Standards and Learning
Eligible Applicants
Eligible applicants are
- South Carolina public or private institutions of higher education (IHE),
- nonprofit organizations with an arts focus working in partnership with a public or private IHE in the state,
- the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, and
- the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics.
Nonprofit organizations must have a fully executed letter of agreement with the partnering IHE to offer the institute.
Total Funding Available
Approximately $74,000
Funding Detail
One grant award for each of these two summer Arts Teacher Institutes ranging from $20,000 to $54,000 based on the institute.
Project Term
March 1, 2017, through June 30, 2017
Application Due Date
February 16, 2017
Pre-Application Technical Assistance Session
The SCDE's Office of Standards and Learning offered a technical assistance session concerning the Arts Teacher Institutes and the RFP process on December 19, 2016. View the recording of the webinar. Download the handouts when prompted.
Contact
Carrie Ann Power
803-734-0323
cpower@ed.sc.gov
Documents
Request for Proposals (DOCX, 833kb - 12/8/16)
Submit Application Online
Budget Narrative (XLSX, 20k - 12/7/16 )
Program Web Page
Visual and Performing Arts
