Response to Intervention (RtI) Grants

BJEC Response to Intervention (RtI)

Academic Year: 2019-2020

Application Deadline: July 1, 2019

Notice of Award: August 1, 2019

Mid-year report: January 15, 2020

End-of-year report: June 15, 2020

Eligibility: Montreal Jewish Day Schools

Contact Information: Dr. Carly Rosenzweig (514) 345-2645 ext. 3076 or carly.rosenzweig@bjec.org

The RtI grants are offered to improve a school’s ability to support students within a multi-tier service delivery model. Submitted projects should have a clear goal for improvement, target audience as well as a detailed budget projection.  Projects with a clear and complete project proposal will have a greater chance of being funded. Click here for tips and suggestions on grant writing.

In order to qualify for an RtI Grant your school must collect data in the academic area for which you are applying.  Grants will not be awarded for projects that do not respond to data.

Schools may apply for more than one (1) grant within and across the three (3) available RtI grants.

 

Students At-Risk Grant

Comprehension across the Curriculum Grant

Executive Functions and Study Skills Grant

Description: The Students At-Risk Grant provides funds to assist schools in addressing the needs of students who are at-risk of educational failure. Funds can be used to support students identified as at-risk in the areas of reading (English / French) or math.

 

 Description: The Comprehension across the Curriculum Grant provides support for teaching comprehension strategies to support students’ ability to build knowledge and apply understanding within and across the content areas (Math, Science, Geography, History etc…).

Description : The Executive Function and Study Skills Grant provides support for the implementation of a structured approach to the teaching of executive function and/or study skills in the general classroom as part of Tier 1 education.  

 

 

Number of Grants Awarded:  9 Individual Grant Amount: up to $5000

Grades:  Kindergarten – Grade 11

 

Number of Grants Awarded:  6 Individual Grant Amount: up to $4000

Grades:  Grades 3 – 11

   

Number of Grants Awarded:  6 Individual Grant Amount: up to $3000

Grades:  Kindergarten – Grade 11

 

 

Funds may be used to purchase program material and/or provide professional development for classroom and resource room teachers.

 

The granting committee will review the school’s applications and announce the 21 grant recipients within one month of receipt.  Grant recipients will receive:

  1. Financial assistance up to 5000$ to be used during the 2019 – 2020 academic school year.
  2. Access to professional development services, ongoing coaching and support for school administrators, teachers and school personnel.

 

Grant recipients will be required to adhere to the following:

  1. Use the grant funds only as specified in the approved grant application.
  2. Participate in mid-year and end-of-year evaluation report.
  3. Submit mid-year report (due December 2019) and end-of-year request for reimbursement (due June 30, 2020) to account for the appropriate uses of grant funds (invoices and proof of payments required for all items).