Educators Rising Connecticut
2025-2026 Foundation Grants

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Introduction

The Educators Rising Connecticut Foundation Grant application is currently closed. If you are still interested in using the Educators Rising program at your school, please email Kimberly Celotto at kcelotto@pdkintl.org for available opportunities.

Whether your district or school is launching a Pre-Educator Pathway Program, starting an Educators Rising chapter or you are expanding your existing program, we’re excited to share that grants are being awarded for the 2025-2026 school year. In partnership with the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE), Educators Rising provides you with programming that supports your students as they explore the teaching profession through a curriculum, student competitions and conferences, leadership and scholarship opportunities, and membership resources and activities. Educators Rising is a community-based model, in which chapters at schools feed teacher preparation programs at institutes of higher education with the support of State Departments of Education and local funders and foundations. These entities come together to provide a clear pathway to address teacher shortage and educators reflect the communities they serve. As a Career & Technical Education program, Educators Rising supports Connecticut’s building of a 6 to 16 pathway for future educators. 

Through a Connecticut-based private foundation, we are able to offer grants to schools to subsidize the costs of implementing the Educators Rising program.

Grant Program Participation Criteria

  • 40 school sites will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis – Applications close June 13! 
  • Open to both middle and high school sites. 
  • Each site will be responsible for $4,000 after grant subsidy 
  • Sites with any outstanding balances will not be considered. 
  • 100% of students in the class must register as National Educators Rising members. 
  • Once accepted, an MOU and contract must be signed and returned by August 8th 

To implement the Educators Rising program through the Educators Rising Curriculum and Membership resources in the 2025-2026 school year the reduced cost with the grant applied is $4,000.

Educators Rising Program Costs

Educators Rising Curriculum Discounted Price with grant subsidy applied 

(discounted from over a $16,000 value, including:

  • Updated Educators Rising Curriculum Lessons ($12,000)
  • Lesson Assessments ($1500),
  • Teacher Leader Training ($1200),
  • National & CT Memberships for up to 20 students ($500),
  • Interactive Student Guidebooks ($1000) 
 $3,500*
Educators Rising Connecticut Base Membership Dues for up to 20 students  $500
  $4,000
Total Cost per District

After the first twenty students, any additional students will be invoiced at $40/student for required national and state dues.

Dues Breakdown
  • $15/student for National student memberships per site, and   
  • $25/student for Educators Rising CT State Student Membership dues  

*Please note: We cannot guarantee this pricing in future years. We strongly recommend including the full cost of the Educators Rising curriculum in future budget planning. 

What Is Included

  • Full access to Educators Rising Curriculum (1-, 3-, or 5-day formats) 
  • Access for two approved curriculum users per site 
  • Curriculum Map, Scope & Sequence 
  • Student-guided and teacher notes in every lesson 
  • Interactive Student Guidebook 
  • Project-based assessments 
  • Special Education-focused modules 
  • Clinical experience guidance 
  • Assessment Access (short and selected response) 
  • 20 paid national student membership fees 
  • Orientation & Introductory Curriculum Training 
  • Teacher Leader Portal Resources 
  • Teaching Channel videos 
  • National Board Videos 
  • Membership and Competitive Event support 
  • 1-on-1 appointments and monthly PLCs and programmatic curriculum trainings
  • One teacher leader stipend of $1500 will also be available per school site for fulfillment of all of the responsibilities outlined in the EdRising-CT Grant MOU for the 2025-2026 school year.

Key Dates

  • Monday, June 2 – Applications open 
  • Friday, June 13 – Applications due 
  • Friday, June 20 – Approved schools notified 
  • Week of July 14 – MOUs and Contracts sent out 
  • Friday, August 8 – MOUs and Contracts due (payment due within 60 days) 

If you have any questions, please email Connecticut Curriculum Coordinator, Kim Celotto, at kcelotto@pdkintl.org.