Teacher Innovation Grants

A teacher-crafted bilingual poetry book supports students with calming strategies, communication, and emotional growth.

NCCA students are building metalworking skills while creating custom projects that support local nonprofits and community events.

An NEF-funded hydroponics garden helps Flint Hill students learn science, responsibility, and healthy habits - complete with a fresh harvest!

An NEF grant allowed Mansfield students to pair water-themed reading with experiments and a water reclamation center field trip.

An NEF Teacher Innovation Grant provided materials to every second grader, helping them bring their ideas to life.

The Teacher Innovation grant funded an industry-standard Marley floor that will elevate the safety and quality of student dance productions.

Funded by an NEF innovation grant, Flint Hill opens its new Zen Den, a calming wellness space supporting staff well‑being.

Thanks to a ChangeX grant, Alcovy High students will grow fresh produce with a new Flex Farm, gaining STEM skills while feeding local families.

An NEF grant helped to fund a new book vending machine, inspiring students with rewards that spark reading and positive behavior.

The funding will provide new music stands and a high-powered speaker that will help students focus on musicianship during rehearsals.

Newton County STEAM Academy students met exotic birds, boosting research skills and curiosity, thanks to an NEF grant and Parrot Productions.

A media specialist and a resource officer teamed up to create a collaborative reading project that had students wanting more.

Leah Johnson saw an opportunity to provide her students with real life business skills and got a grant from NEF to make it happen.

After a year of planning and planting with their teacher, Fairview Elementary students delight in the vegetables they grew.

Spring weather allows students in the Green Thumb Circle at Clements Middle School to design and plant their school garden.

An NEF grant to RISE Academy allows students to receive customized reading instruction and practice throughout their school day.

Middle school art students get more advanced ceramics training with the introduction of a new slab roller at the Newton County Steam Academy.

Meeting the dogs, featured in the 4th grade book study of Where the Red Fern Grows, connected student learning to real life.

The principal at Fairview Elementary wanted a more appealing look for her school's entrance and an NEF Grant helped her do it.

Students are planting a fruit orchard at Eastside High that they hope will eventually provide fruit for their school and local food banks.

After getting to know Redbone Coonhounds in Where the Red Fern Grows, East Newton students get a classroom visit.

NEF grant funds the purchase of high-tech equipment to help Newton High Science students get a new perspective on what they are studying.

Teacher Grant levels the playing field by providing graphing calculators so that all students can enhance their mathematics education.

Newton High School 10th graders are building models of ions, molecules and atoms that help them understand the structure of these building blocks of life.

Pre-K students at Oak Hill Elementary School enjoy new grant-funded sensory materials including seating, stepping stones, and soft toys.

NEF Teacher Grant provides new materials to help Kindergarten and 1st grade students at Livingston Elementary School practice phonics and become confident readers

Students at the Newton College and Career Academy animation class have a new tool that supports creativity and collaboration and helps them bring their ideas to life

Second grade students participate in "hands-on" learning as they work with community volunteers to prep garden beds and plant flowers at the school's entrance.

Newton High dance teacher Alainna Evans wanted her talented dancers to have proper costumes and footwear that reflected the young women's commitment to their art.

At Fairview Elementary School, a new garden is not just a pretty place for things to grow but an outdoor classroom that will provide a rich learning environment for all students.

NEF grant supports STEAM Academy bird study using the engineering design process that includes the following steps: ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve, discuss.

NEF grant helps make Eastside High School's Theater program welcoming to neurodivergent students with the addition of a sensory-friendly show.

Two schools receive funding for a new kind of vending machine that promotes healthy reading habits and increases book ownership.

NEF grant supports activities for students at South Salem Elementary that promote problem-solving, critical thinking and creativity.

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Teacher Juliette Goldston at Flint Hill Elementary School, recognized a learning issue with her students and came up with a creative idea to address it.

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