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Arts in Education Grants

 

Purpose

The purpose of Teacher Standards Implementation (TSI) grants is to help arts teachers acquire the supplies, materials, and expertise necessary for meeting the 2010 Visual and Performing Arts Academic Standards.

 

Description

The S.C. Arts Commission recognizes that arts teachers have varied backgrounds and resources upon which to pull when teaching lessons that meet the 2010 S.C. Visual, Performing, and Media Arts standards. TSI grants invite teachers to identify lacking resources and expertise in their classroom and use grant funds to acquire what is lacking. TSI funds may be used to pay for consumable and non-consumable resources and teacher professional development. However, a teacher may not apply for the same resource twice, and so the S.C. Arts Commission encourages teachers to be strategic in their ask. Please note that teacher professional development may be part of a classroom residency, but the artist in residence must spend peer-to-peer time with the teacher to ensure growth in the teacher’s skill level and ability to teach the skill and/or impart the knowledge in future years.

 

Eligibility

• Applicants must be public, private, charter, or parochial schools in South Carolina. The teacher should be listed as the contact person.
• More than one teacher from a school may apply.
• Teachers at ABC sites are not eligible.

 

Restrictions

• Each teacher/applicant may only receive one award each year.
• Contracted artists must be on the Arts Commission's Roster of Approved Artists. Please be advised that inclusion on the Roster is based solely on artistic merit. If a teacher wishes to contract with an artist not on the roster, he/she must sponsor the artist’s placement on the roster. Schools and other institutions contracting artists are encouraged to follow standard hiring practices for professionals working in schools.

 

Deadlines

• May 15 for projects beginning after July 1 and ending before May 15 (of the following year)
• August 15 for projects beginning after October 1 and ending before May 15
• November 15 for projects beginning after January 1 and ending before May 15
• February 15 for projects beginning after April 1 and ending before May 15

Note: If a deadline falls on a weekend or state holiday, submissions will be accepted through the following business day. Read more about deadlines >>

 

Funding

The funding for each TSI grant will be no more than $750.
The cash match for a TSI grant is 1:2 (grantee:SCAC) meaning that for each dollar granted, the grantee must match with $0.50 of their own funds.

• For example: If a teacher/applicant requests $750, he/she must match the grant with $375 of other funds, and use all of the funds for purchases related to the application.
• PLEASE NOTE that no in-kind donations or funds put toward teacher salary or other purchases will count as a match for this grant. You may actually wish to apply for less that the $750 limit. The size of your ask will have no bearing on the likelihood of receiving an award.

 

If you receive a grant award

If your application is approved, you will receive notification and a grant management folder through the postal mail. You must sign and return all required contracts to the SCAC by the date listed in the folder. You must also complete a final report, as listed in your grant management folder, by the date stated in your contract. You will be expected to contact the SCAC Arts Education Program Coordinator if for any reason your project will undergo significant revisions.

 

Grant Payments

Grant payments are disbursed upon receipt and approval of the grantee's final report; the due date for the final report will be printed on your contract. This means that the purchase must be financed up front by the school, teacher, or cooperating entity such as a Parent Teacher Association. Payment will be made to the school district, with the school listed on the check as the benefiting organization. Please remember that the SCAC does not pay artists directly. The grantee must pay the artist in full upon the conclusion of any residency included in this project.

 

 

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Application Materials

Please submit one of each of the following:

 

1. Grant application for organizations (PDF) - List the school as the applicant, with the teacher as contact person.
   
   • Helpful directions for schools completing this form >>
   • How to use PDF forms >>
     
     
2. A narrative, no longer than 2 pages (12 point type, 1 inch margins) that answers the following questions. Use each question as a section header.
   • Which of the 2010 Visual and Performing Arts Academic Standards are you currently unable to effectively meet, and why?
   • Explain the activities of your project and tell specifically how the funding will meet the standards.
   • How will you sustain this ability?
   • If you are applying for consumables, what is your long-range plan for replenishing the supply?
   • What is the source of your matching funds? Do you understand that you must support the full cost of the project until you are reimbursed at the end of the project (either upon purchase of all project budget items or May 15, 2011)?
     
3. TSI Budget Form (Microsoft Word document)
   If requesting funds for supplies, provide breakdown of supply expenses.
   
   • Helpful directions for schools completing this form >>

 

If you are a private or parochial school, we also require the following:

 

4. Board of Directors list - List of Applicant's current board of directors. Include board members' occupations/professional affiliations indicating with asterisks those who are African-American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, or Hispanic.
   
   
5. IRS tax-exempt letter - A copy of applicant's IRS tax-exempt letter.
   OR, IF APPLYING THROUGH A FISCAL AGENT, submit:
   • A copy of fiscal agent's IRS tax-exempt letter.
     AND
   • A copy of a letter of agreement, signed by both the applicant and the fiscal agent that outlines the working relationship and responsibilities of both parties.

 

Please note:

• Each page/item of materials must be labeled with the name of the applicant and be submitted in a format suitable for copying.
• Do not use 3-ring binders, folders, staples, or bind the application materials in any way other than with binder clips or paper clips.

 

Please mail your completed application to:

Teacher Standards Implementation Grant Program
S.C. Arts Commission
1800 Gervais Street
Columbia, SC 29201

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