Announcing the CORE Rural and Small Schools Career Technical Education Grant: Phase III
Digital learning presents an opportunity to advance the career prospects of students attending rural and small schools. High-quality career training courses and programs can help expose and prepare students for high-wage, high-skills, in-demand careers. Rural and small schools, however, face a number of challenges that are sometimes unique or exacerbated by their remote geography-- among them are course access and tight budgets.
Core Learning Exchange (Core-LX) is pleased to announce the CORE Rural and Small Schools Career Technical Education Grant, Phase III.
Purpose:
The CORE Rural and Small Schools Career Technical Education Grant, Phase III is designed to support rural and small schools as they innovate career learning and instruction, helping students access high quality, flexible, online CTE courses and programs that can provide career education options to students for whom otherwise many opportunities would be out of reach. This grant program allows schools to get started with or accelerate digital career learning from middle to high school.
Click here to review the Core-LX CTE Catalog
About the Grant:
This grant allows an awardee site unlimited access to Core-LX’s extensive catalog of nearly 260 courses. This enables rural and small schools the ability to provide equitable access to courses and the broadest spectrum of career pathways available. The courses are designed to be blended and can be delivered in a hybrid modality with an in-person or a remote instructor.
Applicant Period
Grant applications will be accepted through June 15, 2022 @ 2 pm MST. The application is available on this site.
All applicants will be notified of their status on or before June 22nd, 2022.
Note the application is very brief, focused, and may be completed in fifteen minutes time by anyone managing CTE programs, a school administrator, or administration-authorized staff.
Grant Award
Grantees are awarded access to the Core-LX Mastery Learning Platform bundled with the entire Core-LX Catalog
Core-LX will match 25 free licenses when 25 or more are purchased @ $179 per student license. This grant option is optimal for small schools that want to offer CTE programming to up to 50 students.
Only 25 schools will be chosen to receive the Grant
Eligibility
School size of 25-250
Must complete application by June 15 2022 @ 2 pm MST. Click here to apply.
Requirement
purchase a minimum of (25) $179 licenses to get the match of up to (25) licenses
purchase a minimum of (1) teacher training and support package for $499
Example
Beatles High School (BHS) is awarded a matching grant. The school needs licenses for 50 students in a multitude of career pathways. BHS would purchase 25 licenses at $179 each for $4,475, and receive a grant of 25 licenses, a value of $4,475. BHS would also purchase at least one Teacher Training and Support package for $499.
BHS Investment = Licneses $4,475 + Traning and Support $499 = $4,974
Grant Award = $4,475
Number of Awards
Core-LX will award Rural and Small Schools CTE Grants to 25 schools during Phase III.
Selection
Core-LX will select 25 schools demonstrating a need to help expose and prepare students for high-wage, high-skills, in-demand careers in rural and/or small school settings, for whom providing career education options to students is a passion and priority.
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