The purpose of this grant program is to support districts piloting and providing feedback to the development of the middle school science curriculum, OpenSciEd. This aligns with the Center for Instructional Support's initiatives to support high quality instructional materials and high quality professional development since:
None is available.
Districts can use funds toward the direct support of the costs of the pilot including purchase or reimbursement of curriculum materials, supplies needed to pilot the OpenSciEd curriculum, and the costs for substitutes for participating teachers to attend OpenSciEd trainings. Additional material costs must be approved prior to expenditure. Budget worksheets need to be approved prior to uploading to EdGrants.
The following districts, Boston, Fitchburg, Marlborough, Plymouth, Taunton, and Weymouth are part of the Massachusetts OpenSciEd Field Test.
The districts eligible to apply for the following amounts (based on the number of teachers and units being piloted in each district):
Applications were to be submitted by September 24, 2020.
Approximately a total of up to $104,000 will be awarded for this grant.
Funding is contingent upon availability. All dollar amounts listed are estimated/approximate and are subject to change. If more funding becomes available it will be distributed under the same guidelines that appear in this RFP document.