GEF 2011/12 Grant Deadlines:
Fall: October 24, 2011 / Spring: March 12, 2012

Quick Links:
Grant Guidelines
2011/12 Grant Application (.doc)
2011/12 Grant Application (.pdf)
Grant Final Report Form


About the GEF Grant Process
Glenview Education Foundation grants are designed to support Glenview School District 34’s long history of innovative instruction and leading edge practice. The grants support teachers as they look for ways to enhance learning within their classrooms and across the district.

I. Investment Priorities
GEF focuses its fundraising and grant support around four critical areas – the STAR Initiatives, which are as follows:

Science Enrichment

• Purpose: Enhance newly adopted District 34 Science Curriculum.
• Vision: Nationally acclaimed science program throughout District 34.
• Targeted Student Outcomes: Increased student engagement, increased student achievement in science K-8, and well prepared students demonstrating success in high school science.

Teacher Investment

• Purpose: Advance high performance teaching environment in District 34.
• Vision: District 34 students learn from the highest-caliber teachers working in a highly collaborative and continuous learning environment, strengthened by the most effective teaching tools and access to shared knowledge, resources, and information.
• Targeted Student Outcomes: Increased opportunities for student learning influenced by teachers’ ability to efficiently share knowledge, tools, and successes. Increased academic performance and learning engagement. Increased resources directly accessible by students and families.

At-Risk Support

• Purpose: Augment programs for academically at-risk students.
• Vision: All students learning to their potential.
• Targeted Student Outcomes: Increased academic performance, learning engagement, and positive school affiliation for at-risk students (both individual and student sub-groups).

Readiness Skills

• Purpose: Improve all students’ ability to be the best learners possible.
• Vision: All students demonstrate learning behaviors that allow them to become successful high school students and life-long learners.
• Targeted Student Outcomes: Improved student organization, time management, and other study and executive function skills. Strengthened research, communication, and presentation skills. Arm students with the knowledge of how they can best learn through understanding of multiple-intelligences and their own best learning styles.

Strong preference will be given to grant applications addressing the STAR target areas listed above. Of those, preference will be given to:

• initiatives that involve multiple teachers and multiple classrooms,
• initiatives authored and enacted by teachers across different grades and/or multiple schools, and
• initiatives that are scalable and can be replicated throughout the district.

Application Process

1. Current Grant Applications may be obtained from District 34 offices via links at the top of this page. Applicants must be District 34 staff.
2. Prior to the application deadline, arrange for your building principal/supervisor to review your application and address any expressed concern. Technology requests should be reviewed by the District’s Director of Information Technology prior to applying.
3. On or before the grant application deadline, e-mail your application with supporting documentation to the GEF at grants@gef34.org. You will receive an e-mail acknowledging receipt of your application.
4. The GEF grant committee will meet to review and discuss each grant application. Following this meeting, a member of the grant committee may contact you with questions and request further information. It is crucial that you answer questions in a timely fashion. Any delay could jeopardize the approval of your grant application.
5. As part of its evaluation, the GEF Grant Committee reserves the right to consult with other educators, including members of the District administration, about the proposed grant, as well as the right to fund only a portion of the proposed grant or to suggest revisions to the scope, duration, conditions, or other terms of the proposed grant.
6. The GEF Grant Committee will make recommendations to the entire GEF Board on which grants should be funded. The entire GEF Board as a whole will make the final determination of the funding of each grant.
7. Applications will be processed in two phases. The first phase due date is October 24, with all applicants notified about the status of their grant in December. The second phase due date is March 12, with applicants notified in May.
8. Grant applications are considered only for one grant period. Unless otherwise specifically directed by the Grant Committee, an application to renew or reconsider a previously proposed grant must be resubmitted for consideration in a subsequent grant period.
9. The Grant Committee Chair or designee will communicate with all applicants (typically within 48 hours) following the Board meeting in which the applications were voted on and notify applicants whether their grants were approved. For applications which were not approved, the communication will include a brief explanation as to why. Please note that the GEF receives more applications than it can fund, therefore, it is possible that your grant may not be selected even though it meets all of the outlined criteria.