Grants for Teachers

Contact the Foundation at (972) 429-3025 or wefinfo@wisdfoundation.org.

ALL applications require approval from campus principals, purchasing, curriculum and instruction, and technology (if applicable). This line of approval is automated once your application is submitted. Review the approved vendor list and discuss your budget with purchasing before submitting your application.

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The district discourages grant applications for technology-related devices due to functional equity concerns, the existing plans for software updates, and the timetable for the replacement of devices.

Curriculum requests are discouraged. The timeline for vetting materials is longer than the window to review grants. Campus administrators or learning specialists should be consulted for necessary items that fall under this category.

Use the grant application working draft document. It is set up to allow you to use Word and spell check and share your application with friends and colleagues for review. Answers can be copied and pasted directly into the correlating online application question.

Sometimes the formatting gets messy when pasted to the online application. Don’t worry about that aspect. The reviewers know it is a system issue and not the fault of the applicant.

Your budget line items should equal the amount you are asking for in the request. List items in order of importance and answer questions about partial funding. We try to fund each grant fully. When it’s not possible, we appreciate grant applications that provide some funding flexibility.

Do NOT use discount codes for estimating prices on your budget. Discount codes expire and sales end. Any budget costs over the approved grant amount are the responsibility of the campus.

If purchasing a variety of similar items, for instance, a variety of sheets of music, you can consolidate them into one budget item.

Each year the application system is reset. Create a new login every year even if you have applied in the past. If you have any issues logging in, please email wefinfo@wisdfoundation.org.

Save your work as you go. You will be able to edit pages before you submit your application.

Be clear and concise. Use simple terminology, and refrain from using academic language or acronyms without explanations. 

Be realistic. The committee favors rational and thoughtful approaches to enhance learning. If they don’t believe you can do it, they will hesitate to make the investment. Our reviewers appreciate proposals that enrich the educational experience of Wylie ISD students, and is achievable within the existing framework of the school schedule.

Proof your work. Incorrect grammar and misspellings discredit your request. The quality of the application matters, as does the creativity and integrity of the idea itself.

Proposed programs must align with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for the grade level(s) affected. If you are struggling to accomplish this, the reviewers will struggle to fund it.

The review system hides campus information from the reviewers. The reviewers do not know who has written the grant or the campus from which the application is submitted. To help ensure the integrity of the process, do not include the name of your school, mascot, or any campus identifiers in the written grant. Office staff will review applications and remove this information if it is included. Reviewers will be voting on the merits of the application alone.

The Grant Review Committee are community volunteers. It is a unique opportunity to invite the community to be a part of Wylie ISD and to see the creative ways our teachers want to enhance education for our students. Because the grant reviewers are not professional educators, it is best that acronyms and specialized language or procedures be explained in laypersons’ terms. A simple but well-thought-out appeal is best.