Deadline: 1-Apr-22
Applications are now open for its Learning For Justice Educator Fund that supports educators who embrace and embed social justice, anti-bias and anti-racist principles throughout their classrooms and schools.
The aim is to build, over time, a network of educators who are enthusiastic about learning from each other and sharing their experiences with the broader Learning for Justice community.
Project Supports
The LFJ Educator Fund supports three types of projects:
- Classroom level,
- School-level
- District level.
Sustainability and Support
- The applicant can demonstrate how the project affects long-term structural change.
- The applicant can articulate how the project will be sustained over time.
- The applicant has the support and commitment from a school or district leadership team.
- The applicant has the support and buy-in from relevant stakeholders, such as administration, students, and parents.
Geography and priority populations
- Educators working in the United States are eligible to apply. Priority is given to applicants from the SPLC’s core states Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
- Priority is given to projects implemented in Title I schools or schools with high percentages of students and/or educators of color.
Project Criteria
- Demonstrated need
- Social justice alignment
Outcomes
- Restorative discipline: an increase in schools and districts shifting from punitive discipline policies to restorative discipline policies;
- Youth civic engagement: an increase in student civic engagement, especially supporting the rights of marginalized students and communities;
- Dismantling oppressive narratives: an increase in schools and districts shifting from white supremacist or oppressive policies and curricula to policies and curricula that are anti-racist or support the safety and self-determination of all students.
Eligibility Criteria
People who meet one of the following descriptions are eligible to apply:
- Educators, administrators, and school personnel who work in public and private K-12 spaces;
- Educators, administrators, and school personnel who work in facilities where students receive their main education, such as juvenile justice facilities, therapeutic schools, or alternative schools;
- Faculty and staff in schools of education in colleges and universities.
- Educators employed at community-based, nonprofit, or other informal learning sites are not currently eligible for Learning for Justice Educator Fund awards.
For more information, visit Educator Fund.
For more information, visit https://www.learningforjustice.org/educator-fund