Announcing the CORE Rural and Small Schools Career Technical Education Grant, Phase II
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 II.
Purpose:
The CORE Rural and Small Schools Career Technical Education Grant, Phase II 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 150 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. Core-LX will match a free license for each purchased license. Training will be performed for $499 per teacher using the program.
Applicant Period
Grant applications will be accepted from January 19 through March 1, 2022 @ 2 pm MST. The application is available on this site.
All applicants will be notified of their status on or before March 15th, 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
Access to the entire Core-LX Catalog
Core-LX will match 25 free licenses when 25 or more are purchased @ $119 per student license
Only 25 schools will be chosen to receive the Grant
Eligibility
School size of 25-200
Must complete application by March 1, 2022 @ 2 pm MST. Click here to apply.
Requirements
The school must purchase a minimum of (25) $119 licenses
The school must purchase a minimum of (1) $499 training package. Training is performed via Zoom.
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 just 25 licenses at $119 each for $2,975, and receive 25 licenses free of cost, a value of $2,975 covered by the matching grant award. The total cost for the school would be the cost of just half of the needed licenses and the teacher training ($499), a total investment of $3,474.
BHS Investment = $3,474
Grant Award = $2,975
Number of Awards
Core-LX will award Rural and Small Schools CTE Grants to 25 schools during Phase II.
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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