Fund for Teachers 2022

 Today I was chosen as a 2022 Fund for Teachers Fellow and received a $5,000 grant to travel to South America for 20+ days this summer!

Fund for Teachers focuses on allowing teachers to create their own professional development so they can create innovative lessons for students and expand their knowledge as teachers. These grants are very competitive and require an extensive grant proposal.

While the proposal was many pages long, here is brief description: Document through video and photographs the diverse ecosystems in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil to create learning materials that enhance elementary science units and ignite student interest in cultural world knowledge.

Throughout my travels I will be using some pretty cool tech to video landforms, flora, fauna, and cultures in 360 so that they can later be converted into virtual reality field trips. Much of this will be while I am dressed as the Travelsaurus Rex!

I am honestly unable to express just how excited and proud I am of this project. The past 7 days have been so wonderful and meaningful to my career as a teacher. To be chosen means so much to me.

It shows that you should never give up - I had applied in the past and kept applying.

It shows that organizations are out there that care about teacher development and thinking outside of the box.

It shows the the sky is the limit!

I look forward to sharing my experience over the coming months. Follow The Travelsaurus Rex on Facebook and thetravelsaurusrex on Instagram to see trip updates!