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The Chicago Foundation for Education
Welcome to the Chicago Foundation for Education's Teacher Grants page. From this site, you can learn more about all our grant and fellowship programs as well as download applications.
In The Spotlight
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CFE featured on Chicagoing with Bill Campbell June 22, 2008. Watch the clip on CFE's myspace page.
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CFE offers four grant-based initiatives to Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teachers to improve instructional quality and enhance student learning:
$500 Small Grants enable CPS elementary teachers to design, implement, and disseminate their own innovative curricular project.
- 2007-08 application deadline has passed. Winners notified.
Study Group Grants train exemplary teachers in peer mentoring, and provide professional development to teachers as they help their colleagues learn and adapt effective teaching strategies to strengthen instruction.
- $1,000 Coach Grants: 2008-09 application deadline has passed. Congratulations to our winners!
- $300 Team Member Grants: 2008-2009 application deadline has passed.
$1,250 Teachers Network Leadership Institute develops the leadership potential of Chicago's most outstanding elementary teachers to conduct action research in their schools and provides them with an opportunity to share with colleagues and educational leaders their recommendations for improving student achievement.
$5,000 Fund for Teachers Grants provide experienced teachers with the opportunity to explore the world by developing a summer learning experience designed to hone their professional expertise and increase their instructional effectiveness with students.
- 2008-09 application deadline has passed.
- Follow along with last year's Fund for Teachers winners as they travel the globe! Click here to read about their trips.
Professional Development Workshops: CFE offers Professional Development Workshops led by our Teachers Network Leadership Institute (TNLI) Fellows. The Fellows have adapted their action research projects to assist other teachers in strengthening instruction. For more details click here.
Need Help Writing a Grant?
Check out our grant-writing tips available here.
Please e-mail cfe@cfegrants.org or call (312) 670-2323 if you would like to request a free, one-hour grant-writing workshop at your school. |
