Elevating High-Quality Work-Based Learning

Climate Literacy for Community Resilience - Continuation is a grant from the NJ Department of Education that funds expanded climate change education for K-12 students across New Jersey. The program supports standards-based climate literacy instruction, student-centered experiential learning, and location-based climate change solutions. It also aims to strengthen a statewide network of local education agencies (LEAs) dedicated to sharing best practices for implementing climate education curricula. Eligible applicants are New Jersey local education agencies committed to equitable, high-quality climate change education. Award amounts are specified in the published Notice of Grant Opportunity on the New Jersey grants portal.

The Teacher Development Program is a grant from the New Jersey Department of Education that funds the recruitment and support of teacher candidates in high-poverty school districts across the state. This 12-month program targets New Jersey Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) with approved educator preparation programs (EPPs) that offer a Certificate of Eligibility with Advanced Standing (CEAS) pathway. Eligible applicants must demonstrate a successful history of recruiting and supporting teachers in high-poverty districts, with special emphasis on minority teacher recruitment. Funded IHEs will identify and implement effective strategies, support clinical placements in high-poverty schools, and provide financial assistance to teacher candidates in their final program year. Partnerships with at least one high-poverty school district are required.

Simons Historically Black Colleges and Universities Faculty Fellowship is sponsored by Simons Foundation International (SFI) administered by the Simons Foundation (SF). This program will support junior tenure-track faculty in mathematics, physics, and ecology and evolutionary biology at up to five (5) HBCU institutions by buying out a minimum of 50% of their teaching responsibilities.