Disseminator and Adapter grants are available for Broward teachers who want to create or adapt award-winning programs in their classrooms. Broward Education Foundation, through its generous donors, awards Innovative Teacher grants to teachers who submit original and innovative projects.
Anyone who applies for an Innovative Teacher grant must agree to share their successful idea with fellow teachers at Broward Education Foundation’s annual Innovative Teacher IDEA EXPO.
Find out if you are eligible for either a Disseminator Grant or Adapter Grant below.
Innovative Teacher Grants Frequently Asked Questions
Innovative Teacher grants are the cornerstone of the Broward Education Foundation. The Innovative Teacher program reaches two groups of teachers- 1) those who have developed successful classroom teaching methods, referred to as ‘disseminators,’ and 2) those who are in search of ways to make their own classrooms better, referred to as ‘adapters.’
Proven projects are packaged and marketed through the Innovative Teacher IDEA EXPO Catalog, the IDEA EXPO and Idea Packets that contain curriculum materials such as lesson plans, worksheets and resource lists.
Disseminators use their award funds to publicize their original project ideas and to interact with other interested colleagues, i.e., adapters.
Adapters use their grant money to customize a ‘disseminator’s’ original Innovative Teacher concept and ‘adapt’ it to fit their own individual classroom needs.
The Disseminator grant awards $1000: $300 goes to improve the teacher’s project and $500 goes toward packaging and marketing the project.
The Adapter grant awards up to $600, which is to be used to purchase the necessary supplies needed to facilitate the adaptation of the project to suit your classroom.
If you don’t see an answer to your question or would like more information on grants, please contact Coco Burns at Colette.Burns@browardschools.com
Find the right grant for you
Each year, Broward Education Foundation award grants to teachers and school-based administrators for their submission of original and innovative projects that propel student achievement. You may be eligible for one of the following grants:
Broward Education Foundation awards Disseminator grants each year. The grants allow teachers to further develop and disseminate exemplary programs that they have developed within their classrooms. Disseminators are required to showcase their projects and present workshops to interested colleagues in Broward County Public Schools at the annual Innovative Teacher IDEA EXPO in January of the following year.
Disseminator Grant Deadline – May 13, 2024
Broward Education Foundation awards Adapter grants each year. The grants allow educators inspired by Innovative Teacher ideas may adapt or receive funding to purchase material and implement a project in their classrooms.
Adapter Grant Deadline –February 23, 2024
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