{"id":107249,"date":"2022-03-17T16:03:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T23:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=107249"},"modified":"2022-03-17T16:03:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T23:03:14","slug":"california-credit-union-awarding-teacher-grants-for-class-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2022\/03\/17\/california-credit-union-awarding-teacher-grants-for-class-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"California Credit Union awarding teacher grants for class projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/school.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97386\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/school.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/school.jpg 650w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/school-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>California Credit Union<\/strong> is inviting Los Angeles County teachers with innovative class project ideas to apply for a grant through the financial company&#8217;s twice-yearly teacher grant program.\u00a0Ten grants of $500 each will be awarded in May for the spring program, the credit union said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are committed to serving the education community, and can&#8217;t think of a better way to honor that commitment than helping teachers light up their classrooms with an innovative learning opportunity for their students,&#8221; said California Credit Union President\/CEO Steve O&#8217;Connell.\u00a0&#8220;We hope this program will make it a little easier for educators to make a difference in the lives of our students, and encourage any teacher who has an exciting project idea to take just a few minutes to apply for one of our grants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The spring grant program is available to full-time teachers in L.A. and Orange counties, or to credit union members teaching in California.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers&#8217; classroom projects &#8220;should have clearly defined learning objectives tied to students&#8217; academic needs, display creativity and benefit a significant number of students,&#8221; according to the credit union&#8217;s announcement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interested teachers can find more information and apply online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccu.com\/teachergrant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ccu.com\/teachergrant<\/a>. The application deadline is April 15, 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since the creation of the program in 2012, California Credit Union has awarded $145,000 in teacher grants across Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 fall grant program funded a wide range of projects, including creating community gardens; art expression programs focused on social change, anti-racism, diversity &amp; inclusion; a mobile library; a cooking channel for special-needs students; and coding and robotics programs, among others, the company said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Credit Union is inviting Los Angeles County teachers with innovative class project ideas to apply for a grant through the financial company&#8217;s twice-yearly teacher grant program.\u00a0Ten grants of $500 each will be awarded in May for the spring program, the credit union said. &#8220;We are committed to serving the education community, and can&#8217;t think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1499,1496],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107249"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107250,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107249\/revisions\/107250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}