Internationalizing Teacher Prep & Innovations

Overview

Longview funds proposals for one-year grants focused on increasing global dimensions within K-12 education in the U.S. submitted using one of the following strategies. Successful applications will contribute to the field and/or will impact significant numbers of students. We are placing a priority on applications that support professional development for teachers, globalizing career pathways, using AI to bring the world into your classroom, fostering civic discourse, and access to strong on-line global content in the categories as described below.

1. Internationalizing Teacher Preparation: The foundation will support efforts to expand teachers’ global knowledge and skills. Preference will be given to those teacher preparation institutions that are connected to state or citywide systemic effort in order to have a greater impact and to those using online courses for pre-service education or professional development. 

Proposed projects are reviewed with particular attention to:

• Partnerships & collaborative activities between institutions to further ensure impact and sustainability
• Integration of global dimensions into pre-service teacher education, both in pedagogy & subject matter 
• The number of teacher preparation candidates reached
•  Assess the impact of strategies on teachers’ ability to integrate global knowledge & skills into  practice 
• Financial support for continuation of activities beyond the grant period to assure sustainability
• Participation of both the College of Education and the College Arts and Sciences
• Clear commitments to work with the relevant state education agency and/or local school districts 
• Dissemination plans to encourage replication at other institutions 

2. Innovations in International Education: This program supports strategic, field-building activities that help address gaps in knowledge or capacity.  Projects will also be reviewed for their potential to have a broad impact and remain sustainable beyond the grant period. 

The foundation is particularly interested in the following areas:

• Bringing international knowledge and skills into virtual learning experiences
• Bringing international knowledge and skills to career pathways
• Bringing international knowledge and skills to career and technical education
• Including international children’s literature in literacy building initiatives
• Using Artificial Intelligence to bring the world into your classroom

As a small foundation, the Longview Foundation must focus its resources in order to have impact. Trustees have identified K-12 education in the U.S. as their area of interest and only fund projects that directly support building global perspectives in teachers and students. Proposals funded will advance the field or impact significant numbers of students.

What the Longview Foundation does NOT fund:
•    Projects outside the United States or
•    Projects that reach small numbers of students and teachers
•    Work that does not advance or contribute primarily to global understanding in K-12 education
•    Support for individual PK-12 schools or programs within individual schools
•    International travel
•    Project work linked to a specific country
•    Overhead/indirect costs above 10%
•    Individuals
•    For-profit entities

The grant application process has three stages:
1) an eligibility quiz, 2) a short form Letter of Intent, 3) and a Full Proposal by invitation only. 
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The foundation is interested in supporting activities that have other sources of funding and can demonstrate sustainability beyond the grant period.

Most grants will be between $15,000 and $25,000. Given the current economic climate, the Longview Foundation expects to make fewer grants at the top of this range in 2024.

Internationalizing Teacher Preparation: 
Grant Range: $10,000 (for single institution grants) - $30,000 (for multi-institution grants)

Innovations in International Education: 
Grant Range: $15,000 - $25,000