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Charlotte Speech and Hearing CenterCharlotte, NC |
Program support for clinicians to provide individualized support to emerging readers in K-3rd grades to build vocabulary and language expression | $35,000 |
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools FoundationCharlotte, NC |
Program support for the CMS Teaching Residency, with a goal of licensing 140 diverse, non-traditional teachers in the 2021-2022 academic year | $75,000 |
EducationNCState Level - NC |
Capacity building support for an analytics tool to understand and grow EdNC’s online audience (Next Gen Advisory Board Grant*) | $12,500 |
Heart Math TutoringCharlotte, NC |
General operating support for a math intervention program that reaches over 1,100 students and provides curriculum and on-site support for volunteer tutors in Title I CMS elementary schools | $120,000 over 2 years |
Helps Education FundCharlotte, NC |
Program support to deliver HELPS targeted fluency tutoring to over 1,600 CMS elementary students in Title I schools during the 2021-2022 academic year | $100,000 over 2 years |
The Hunt InstituteState Level - NC |
Program support for The Path Forward, a multistate convening to transform early literacy instruction by embedding the science of reading into teacher preparation and to improve early literacy outcomes through policy changes | $75,000 |
International House of MetrolinaCharlotte, NC |
Program support for the Rising Readers program that provides intense literacy support over the summer months to over 500 English Learner students in partnership with Camp CMS | $40,000 |
myFutureNCState Level - NC |
General operating support to ensure two million North Carolinians obtain a high-quality credential or postsecondary degree by 2030 | $25,000 |
North Carolina Center for the Advancement of TeachingState Level - NC |
Program support to bring national expertise to state education leaders at the fall Curriculum Leaders Conference and Literacy Leaders Conference | $40,000 |
North Carolina State University FoundationState Level - NC |
Program support for the Leadership Institute for Future Teachers (LIFT) at the College of Education that will work with 30 diverse rising high school seniors interested in pursuing a career in teaching | $10,000 |
New AmericaState Level - NC |
Program support to provide expert guidance on measures of teacher effectiveness to NC Professional Educator Preparation & Standards Commission (PEPSC) subcommittees, as part of the NC Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI) Pathways to Excellence for Teaching Professionals, a new vision for NC’s teacher licensure and professional growth system | $58,609 |
Public School ForumState Level - NC |
Building upon the DRIVE Task Force recommendations, program support to conduct a landscape analysis and policy recommendations for Grow Your Own strategies in the state, with a goal of recruiting and developing diverse teachers | $50,000 |
SREBState Level - NC |
Program and consulting support for the North Carolina Pathways to Excellence, the revamped NC teacher licensure and professional growth system | $181,650 over 2 years |
Teach for America- CharlotteCharlotte, NC |
General operating support to support over 110 early teachers and 670 alumni working in CMS, through professional development and training, impacting thousands of CMS students in under-resourced communities | $100,000 |
UNC Charlotte Cato College of EducationCharlotte, NC |
Program support for 260 Teacher Candidates to tutor 400 K-3rd CMS students in foundational reading skills with the Sound Partners intervention | $237,951 over 2 years |
UrbanPromise CharlotteCharlotte, NC |
Program support for a year-round program for 250 under-resourced students that provides out-of-school-time academic and spiritual development | $130,000 over 2 years |
UrbanPromise CharlotteCharlotte, NC |
Capacity building support for a custom database to track students’ “20-year journey” with UPC (Next Gen Advisory Board Grant*) | $17,500 |
* Continuing the family legacy, the Next Generation Advisory Board is comprised of 4th generation Belk family members who have come together to learn about the Belk Foundation legacy and mission, in part by running their own grantmaking process. This Advisory Board was formed in 2013.