Description

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.

Program Office

Standards and Learning

Eligible Applicants

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 Governors School for the Arts and Humanities, and the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics.

Total Funding Available

$500,000

Funding Detail

One grant award for each of the eleven summer Arts Teacher Institutes. See RFP for more detail.

Project Term

February 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020

Application Due Date

November 26, 2019

Technical Assistance Session

A technical assistance session concerning the ACIG Arts Teacher Institutes Grant and the RFP process was held on  October 29, 2019.  Please contact Gwendolynn Shealy for information concerning the recording.

Contacts

Gwendolynn Shealy
803-734-2322
gshealy@ed.sc.gov

Documents

Request for Proposals (DOCX, 1.45mb - 10/18/19)
Link to Online Application
Budget Narrative (XLSX, 16kb - 10/18/19)

Program Web Page

Visual and Performing Arts