PROFESSIONAL
Perkins & Funding
Supplement Your Computer Technology Education Classroom with Perkins Grants
Your school may qualify for federal money under the recently reauthorized Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act. Among other things, the Perkins Act allows grant funds to be spent on supplemental materials for career and technical education programs, such as videos and DVDs, computer simulations, online tutorials, and workbooks. Such materials help you provide rigorous and challenging academic and career instruction for your students. They also help you plan and present varied, motivating activities (such as self-guided and team projects) and accommodate different learning styles.
Supplemental Materials
Glencoe provides a wide range of supplemental materials eligible for purchase with Perkins funds. To see what is available to you, browse Glencoe's "one-stop shopping" catalog of instructional materials. Click the link below to download the catalog, which presents high-quality, innovative products for Family and Consumer Sciences; Business, Careers and Marketing; and Trade and Technical Education.
Funding Resources
Adobe Youth Voices
Adobe's Youth Voices program offers multiple resources to help teachers integrate youth media into their classrooms. You can also learn more about Adobe's Software Donation Program.
Microsoft Fresh Start for Donated Computers
Microsoft offers this program to ensure that donated computers are properly licensed. Students and teachers will be able to use Windows legally and will have access to updates and support from Microsoft.
Computers for Learning
This program allows schools and other nonprofit educational organizations to receive computers and related peripheral equipment from government agencies that do not need them. The program matches the needs of schools in the U.S. with the excess inventory of computer equipment at a variety of federal agencies.
eSolutions Grant Resource Center
This Glencoe site provides information on all phases of the grant application process including NCLB grants, funding sources, grant writing, and how to implement a grant.
