The Crayola Grant

An arts grant will be beneficial to the students because with schools cutting the arts and focusing more on curriculum focused on the common core standards and are leaving out the arts. However, as we have learned we can integrate the arts into our core curriculum and still be teaching common core standards. The developmental benefits of implementing the arts into the classroom can be refined motor skills, language development, decision making skills, visual learning skills, inventiveness, cultural awareness and an overall improved academic performance.

Title: The Crayola Grant

What it's for: Each grant-winning school (up to 20 grants awarded) receives $2,500 and Crayola products valued at $1,000.

Who can apply:In collaboration with the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), Crayola offers up to 20 grants for schools in the United States or Canada. The applications will only be accepted from principals who are members of NAESP. If you are not the principal, please collaborate with your school's leader to develop the plan.The National Art Education Association encourages their members to partner with their school's principal and colleagues to generate grant proposals.
Schools who received this grant in 2014 will not be eligible to apply for a 2015-2016 grant. Instead, we urge grant winners to become judges to help score new proposals. 2014 winners may apply again in 2016.

Requirements:
1.  Form a collaborative team to plan innovative ways of infusing creativity throughout the school.
2. Brainstorm a leadership program that will enrich the creative capabilities and confidence within the school community.
3. Plan how and who will lead this collaborative effort.
Complete the application.

FAQ: They look for the many innovative ways schools propose building the creative capacity of the school and increasing art-infused education. The plan should address specific needs and interests of your professional learning community. Consider how you’d create the team, craft a common vision, chart a strategic plan, change behaviors, build creative confidence, teach design thinking, align new National Arts Standards with Common Core or your state’s standards, embed creativity into the school culture, and use professional development, peer observation, and coaching to implement the plan.

Deadlines: Submit application by June 22, 2015 (the principal must be a member of NAESP).
Receive a gift — every Early Bird application submitted before midnight on Monday, June 8, 2015 will receive a Crayola product Classpack®.