Purpose

The purpose of the Arts Curricular Innovation Grants (ACIG) — Arts Teacher Institutes program is to provide support to eligible organizations for administering arts institutes that provide professional development in arts content to South Carolina arts teachers, other academic teachers, and arts administrators. Grant awards are to provide Arts Teacher Institutes as tuition-free graduate courses or professional development that directly supports quality arts education programs that will significantly improve student achievement in the arts. Seven of the arts institutes, offered in collaboration with an accredited college or university, will award three graduate credits (indicated by “GC”) or Continuing Education Units (indicated by “CEU”) to participants who successfully complete the institute. Five Two of the institutes will award educator certificate renewal credits based on the number of contact hours documented in the syllabus.

Program Office

Office of Assessment and Standards

Eligible Applicants

An eligible applicant is

• a South Carolina public or private institution of higher education (IHE),
• a nonprofit organization with an arts focus working in partnership with a public or private IHE in the state,
• the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities,
• the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics, and
• the South Carolina Governor’s School for Agriculture at John de la Howe School.

Nonprofit organizations must have a fully executed letter of agreement with the partnering IHE to offer the institute.

Total Funding Available

$520,000 $55,000

Funding Details

One grant award for each of the summer Arts Teacher Institutes. the Music Teacher as Artist Institute and Theatre Teacher as Artist Institutes will be accepted for this funding round.

Project Term

February 1, 2024, through June 28, 2024

Application Due Date

November 9, 2023 February 9, 2024,

Technical Assistance Session

The Office of Assessment and Standards provided a pre-application technical assistance session on October 10, 2023. Contact Stephen Stokes for a link to the recording.

Documents

Request for Proposals (DOCX, 907 kb - 11/22/23)
Link to Online Application
Budget Narrative (XLSX, 15kb - 9/27/23)

Program Web Page

Visual and Performing Arts