English Education Professor

• Target (355-8020)

(http://sites.target.com/site/en/corporate/page.jsp?contentId=PRD03-001818)

                                                        
i.           
Deadline: March 1-May 21

                                                      
ii.           
Applications for Target Store Grants are available
either at your local Target store or online. Our grants focus on arts, family
violence prevention and reading; if your organization offers programs in these
areas, it may be eligible for awards up to $3,000

                                                     
iii.           
Arts Grants – given to programs that bring the arts to
schools or make it affordable for families to participate in cultural
experiences [including] artist residencies and workshops in schools

                                                    
iv.           
Reading Grants – awarded to schools, libraries and
nonprofit organizations

·        
Kroger Foundation

(http://www.thekrogerco.com/corpnews/corpnewsinfo_charitablegiving_activities.htm)

                                                        
i.           
Deadline:

                                                      
ii.           
Grants are made to support education.

                                                     
iii.           
Only proposals from 501(c)(3) non-profit
organizations are considered.

                                                    
iv.           
No specific grant application

                                                      
v.           
Contact

1.      Foundation
Administrator
The Kroger Co. Foundation
1014 Vine Street
Cincinnati, Ohio
45202
(513) 762-4449, ext. 3

·       
Food Lion (http://www.foodlion.com/IntheCommunity/CommunityPartners/default.asp)

                                                    
vi.           
Deadline:

                                                   
vii.           
In addition, the Food Lion
Charitable Foundation provides financial support for non-profit programs and
organizations dedicated to improving the communities in which Food Lion
operates. The Foundation primarily considers requests from three general
categories: primary and secondary education, feeding the hungry, and
local charitable organizations.

                                                 
viii.           
Customer Relations: 1-800-210-9569

                                                    
ix.           
Food Lion, LLC
Attn: Customer Relations
P.O. Box 1330
Salisbury, NC 28145-1330

·       
NCETA

(http://education.uncc.edu/nceta/classrooom_pg.htm)

                                                        
i.           
Deadline: May 15

                                                      
ii.           
NCETA Classroom Project
Grants will be awarded each year to English teachers and curriculum leaders
who submit the most promising proposals for developing new approaches and
enhancing current practice in English curriculum and instruction. Funding will
average approximately $500 per project; grants up to $1000 are possible.

·       
Staples

(http://www.staplesfoundation.org/foundapplication.html)

                                                        
i.           
Deadline: April 6

                                                      
ii.           
Online Application

                                                     
iii.           
The organization must:

1.      Have
a nonprofit tax-exempt classification under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code.

2.      Align
with Staples Foundation for Learning’s mission and give focus on job skills and
education.

                                                    
iv.           
Questions: foundationinfo@staples.com

·       
Grady White Boats

                                                      
v.           
Deadline:

                                                    
vi.           
(252) 752-2111

                                                   
vii.           
Grady-White Boats, Inc.
P.O. Box 1527
Greenville, NC 27835

Eschaton

The Least Important Job At Fox

It’s been almost two months since they updated their list of American troops killed in Iraq.

The
Premack Principle is one in which the teacher assigns a less desirable task
before a more desirable task.

I learned this today.

Kinda funny, though we’ve told Rachel not to use the word “hobo.”  E-Hobo.com

The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle by Steven Pressfield.

Blurb: “What keeps so many of us from doing what we long to do? Why is there a
naysayer within? How can we avoid the roadblocks of any creative
endeavor—be it starting up a dream business venture, writing a novel,
or painting a masterpiece?”

“I’ve never read a self help book that wasn’t fatuous, obvious and unhelpful.
Until The War of Art. It’s amazingly cogent and smart on the psychology
of creation. If I ever teach a writing course this would be one of the
first books I’d assign, along with the letters of Flannery O’Connor.” [More]

It’s got a speakerphone, which I really want.

Cliches: Avoid Them Like the Plague

from Adeeserrao.com

A nice little tutorial from Paul Roberts.

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