Professional Growth

These grants are awarded three times each year to promote professional improvement of teaching and management skills through attendance at seminars, conferences, workshops, and other developmental opportunities.

Criteria

The Professional Growth for Teachers and Principals Program has been established to promote improvement of instructional through professional growth in motivational and other instructional techniques, content and methodology acquired through formal educational experiences and travel. Funds may be applied for visits to other school districts, state and regional conferences, seminars, institutes, etc., when funding from other sources is unavailable.

Professional growth can be accomplished using a variety of methods. The school system can provide opportunities for exchange of ideas to occur within our district, bringing in outside expertise to assist. It can occur in summer institutes where teachers and administrators are free of classroom responsibilities. It can also be accomplished by supporting our staff in their affiliation with quality national and regional professional organizations and workshops. The training of local staff who in turn train others within the district has proven also to be an effective technique in professional growth. The use of a combination of these methods can provide options to meet the varying needs of individuals within the framework of the Bartlesville Public School Foundation and its goals for growth.

With respect to training for principals, the emphasis would be to further enhance their instructional and managerial leadership skills. This program would permit principals to hone their skills in various identified ways, which would also be congruent with identified needs of their building, and potentially be an impetus for a new, improved direction for the district.

Application

Grants will be awarded three times each year: during the first week of October, the first week of February, and the first week of May. Application submittal deadlines are September 15, January 15, and April 15.

Fill out and print the application, which is available in Word format and as an Adobe Reader fillable form.

Send the completed form to:
Professional Growth Program
Bartlesville Public School Foundation
1100 S Jennings
Bartlesville, OK 74003

Funding approval will be determined by the Foundation Board of Trustees the first Wednesday of the month following the cycle deadline.