To be successful, proposed projects must connect explicitly with the Jordan Code and Brand Truths:

Each year, a significant number of projects will be funded as "Innovation Grants" with individual teacher approaches that attempt to engage students in school using either experimental or traditional strategies effectively. These projects should incorporate a number of critical components:

  • Address at least one or more of the grant Program Objectives
  • Provide multiple examples of how the program will be Effective
  • Address specific student needs
  • Will rely on at least one specific Brand Truth's as guiding principles
Inspiration Grants, averaging $10,000, will be awarded to teams of teachers to support scaling-up the implementation of approaches, originally developed with Innovation Grants. Requests larger than $10,000 for Innovation Grants will be considered if the proposal scope is appropriately in alignment with the requested amount. These projects should incorporate a number of critical components:

  • Projects should demonstrate the potential for being Effective, Replicable and Sustainable
  • Address at least two or more of the grant Program Objectives
  • Address specific student needs
  • Will rely on at least two of the Brand Truth's as guiding principles


The application deadline is April 15. Complete the online application and submit it electronically. How to apply.

APPLICANTS
Applicants must be public school teachers or paraprofessionals working with students in grades 1 through 12.

GEOGRAPHY
Jordan Fundamentals will consider grants in all 50 States and the District of Columbia

SCHOOL DEMOGRAPHICS
At least 50% of the school's student population must be eligible for the free or reduced school lunch program at the time of application.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
Applicants must develop and implement an educational approach that supports improved student academic achievement and/or social/emotional/behavioral interventions. Proposals may attempt to do this through any of the following program objectives:

  • student engagement
  • student teacher relationships
  • building the capacity of teachers. Student involvement in the proposal design is encouraged.



PROPOSAL CONTENT
Applicants must develop and implement an educational approach that supports improved student academic achievement and/or social/emotional/behavioral interventions through student engagement, student teacher relationships, and/or building the capacity of teachers. Applicants are encouraged to involve students in the development of this plan or unit. Student involvement in the proposal design is encouraged.

SUBMISSION
Proposals must be completed online and submitted prior to the posted deadline of April 15.



Grant funds may be used for project-related expenses, e.g., materials, supplies, equipment, transportation, costs related to field trips, software and other items required to implement and evaluate the project.

Funds may not be used to supplant expenditures that are the normal responsibility of the school district (e.g. salaries).

COMPASS Consulting will collaborate with grantees to collect data at three stages in the grant cycle: as a baseline at the beginning of the project, at the mid-point of the cycle and at the end of the project. Please be prepared to respond to the e-notice in a timely manner.

Recipients for all levels of grants are required to file a mid-year and final report detailing the use of funds and lessons results. Jordan reserves the right to review the conditions and procedures of this program and to make changes at any time, including termination of the program. Jordan Fundamentals expects that grantees will maintain a copy of all submissions.

COMPASS Consulting, the management company, will collaborate with grantees to collect data at three stages in the grant cycle: as a baseline at the beginning of the project, at the mid point of the cycle and at the end of the project. Please be prepared to respond to the e-notice in a timely manner.

Small grants, averaging $2500, awarded to individual teachers, to support the development of more effective approaches or more effective implementation of traditional strategies to engage students and foster improved outcomes.

Each year, a significant number of projects will be funded as "Innovation Grants" with individual teacher approaches that attempt to engage students in school using either experimental or traditional strategies effectively. These projects would incorporate a number of critical components:

  • Address at least one or more of the grant program objectives
  • Address specific student needs
  • Will rely on at least one specific Brand Truth's as Guiding Principles
Medium-sized grants, averaging $10,000, may be awarded to teams of teachers to support scaling-up the implementation of approaches, originally developed with Innovation Grants. Requests larger than $10,000 for Innovation Grants will be considered if the proposal scope is appropriately in alignment with the requested amount.

These projects would incorporate a number of critical components:

  • Projects would demonstrate the potential for being replicated and sustainability
  • Address at least two or more of the grant program objectives
  • Address specific student needs
  • Will rely on at least two of the Brand Truth's as Guiding Principles
  • Innovation Grants: $2500 focused on experimentation by individual teachers or paraprofessional for classroom level interventions.
  • Inspiration Grants: $10,000 (on average) for teacher-team experimentation and development of approaches initiated with Innovation Grants.

"Do more than possess your innate talent. Own it. Drive it. Prove your worth every day by working harder than everyone else. Exemplify performance, stay dedicated, and live with passion. Be the authority"

Those who hunger to be more than expected share a common set of beliefs, four core truths that are the mark of respected leaders compelling them to work harder, reach higher, demand the best.

Jordan Fundamentals believes that educators are at the critical intersection of a child's life where they can allow a student to accept mediocrity and the impact of circumstances of the community in which they live or as an educator, they can offer their students an opportunity to be authentic, uncompromised, earned and aspirational. Please consider how the vision behind your proposal and/or the curriculum your project intends to implement will convey the Core Truths.

  • AUTHENTIC - STAY TRUE.
    Raw Passion. Quiet Confidence. Visible Leadership
    Proudly display your passion for all to see - raw, intensely honest, determined. Never pretend to be what you're not. Instead, trust that your hard work will grant you authority. Earn respect.
  • UNCOMPROMISED - DEMAND EXCELLENCE.
    Meaningful Innovation. Fully Considered. Unmatched Performance.
    Take no shortcuts. Obsess over every detail. Innovate. Act with grace and style, even when tempted to do otherwise. Set the standard of performance for all others to follow.
  • EARNED - BRING YOUR BEST GAME. EVERY DAY.
    Unbridled Commitment. Relentless Improvement. Labor of Love.
    Be relentless in your commitment to reach the pinnacle. Always improve. Be in the zone. Fully commit. Labor because you love it and know such remarkable efforts afford you deep respect.
  • ASPIRATIONAL - BE MORE THAN EXPECTED.
    Righteous Ambition. Unquenchable Desire. Inner Strength.
    Demonstrate righteous ambition - the unquenchable desire to be and do more than expected. Resolve to find the inner strength that propels you beyond your own limits. Be unwavering in your aspiration to achieve excellence, as well as in the ethics that you use to get there.

EFFECTIVE
The project has clear strategies to meet its objectives and produces the intended effects for students.

SCALEABLE
The project can be expanded from a small classroom, to multiple classes to the whole population of a school or district.

REPLICABLE
The project can be reproduced in another setting.

SUSTAINABLE
The project can be continued over time with funding from other sources or without the Jordan Fundamental Grant.

SUBMISSION
Proposals must be completed online and submitted prior to the posted deadline of April 15.