Literacy Fund Grant – Organization Application – Indigo Love of Reading Foundation

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Step 1 of 6 - School Information

Section A: Demographic Criteria

Tell us about the current literacy levels of the students you would be reaching through this grant.*

In responding to this question, please refer to any local or national research, test scores if available, or other relevant data that might support the need for this grant.

Please speak to how the demographic landscape of your school communities may have impacted your reason for applying for this grant.*

Feel free to share the following information to paint a picture of the scope of need faced by students and families in your communities*

Average family income
The percentage of students in your school communities that speak a language other than English in the home
The percentage of students in your school community that self-identify as Indigenous
The percentage of people/families in your school community who have a post-secondary certificate, diploma, or degree (e.g. university, trade school, college, etc.)
The percentage of your students’ families need financial support to school supplies and/or enable their child to participate in school activities (e.g. field trips and clubs)?
The percentage of students that access food programs or other support programs at your partner schools

*For any metrics provided, please state the source of this information. This can be derived from a number of sources, eg. Census data (Stats Can), family/caregiver surveys, school community surveys, provincial data

Please share any other relevant information about your partner schools, and why you feel it would benefit from an Indigo Love of Reading Literacy Fund Grant.*

SECTION B: Library Status

How do students in your partner schools currently access books in their communities (i.e. school or community libraries, literacy resources external to your school)?*

What strengths exist in the current system?*

What gaps/challenges exist in the current system?*

How would accessing new books through the Literacy Fund Grant help you enhance resources for your students?*

Section C: Current and Future State of Literacy Programming At Your School

The Indigo Love of Reading Foundation Literacy Fund Grant is awarded through a credit of 90% of the total grant amount held in a corporate account with Indigo for the purchase of books and e-readers at a discounted rate. The remaining 10% of the grant is presented to the school via cheque to be used for other literacy initiatives. (ex. $10,000 grant = $9,000 credit with Indigo, $1000 cheque)

Part A: Supporting the overall literacy vision with your school partners

Please list any past grants you’ve received that you feel speak to your capacity to execute on the Indigo Love of Reading Literacy Fund Grant*

Please describe the programs you currently run that support student literacy in the schools you're looking to support.*

Please describe in detail how this grant would help expand your existing programs and/or launch new ones. Feel free to include a full budget and timeline plan to support your response.*

Would you use the credit and/or your cheque funds from the Literacy Fund Grant to build out land-based curriculum or indigenous language curriculum?

Yes

No (Optional)

Please describe the specific Indigenous knowledge based programming you would like to put in place through this grant*

Part B: Community engagement

The Indigo Love of Reading Literacy Fund Grant program is most successful when students, parents and teachers are all involved.

Please describe how you plan to build support from parents, teachers, community members at your school*

Please consider the following in your response:

What strategies have you used in the past to encourage engagement with your school communities?
What have been some of the successes as well as challenges with building bridges between your partner schools and their surrounding communities?
How would you build a community of support to ensure this grant is best used by the schools you would be supporting?

Part C: Turnover Plan

Many schools will experience turnover in key roles (e.g. principal, librarian, educators on school literacy teams) in the course of the three year Literacy Fund grant. Describe the general transition plan that you would put into place in the event there are key staffing changes at any of your partner schools over the duration of this grant program.*

Section D: Enriching the Ecosystem of Learning at Your School

In this optional section you will be asked to identify any specific curriculum content you would like to bolster through this grant, in addition to achieving the literacy objectives you have identified in section C and D of this application.

This section is not mandatory and will not be formally assessed, but rather helps us understand if we can further support your educational objectives through other initiatives (professional development, curriculum content, book lists, public speakers, etc.) that may arise over the course of the school year.

Please select all thematic areas of learning that you are currently feeding into or hope to grow in near future with your students:

Please check all that apply

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I): providing educational opportunities that are based on the principles of acceptance and inclusion of all students (eg. BIPOC, LGBTQ2S+, Newcomer, children with disabilities, etc,). Students see themselves reflected in their curriculum, their physical surroundings, and the broader environment, in which diversity is honoured and all individuals are respected.

Reconciliation and/or Indigenous knowledge: Educators and schools have the responsibility to increase students’ knowledge and understanding of First Nation, Metis and Inuit histories, cultures, contributions and perspectives. By beginning to grapple with the realities of Canada’s dark legacy of the residential school system, students (and educators) have an opportunity to begin their journey towards reconciliation.

Environmental Literacy: Equipping young learners with the right books and tools helps to teach them about natural systems, environmental issues and ensure responsible environmental stewardship.

STEM programming: by studying and applying Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math concepts, students develop their transferable skills, such as critical thinking and collaboration to meet the demands of today’s global society and economy.

Please identify specific resources that the foundation could provide in DE&I*

Please identify specific resources that the foundation could provide in STEM Programming*

Please identify specific resources that the foundation could provide in Reconciliation and/or Indigenous knowledge*

Please identify specific resources that the foundation could provide in Environmental Literacy*

Section E: Community Involvement

At the Love of Reading Foundation we truly value youth voice, and ask that you use this portion of the application as an opportunity to share a creative project that highlights your school’s need for additional funding and your vision for how the grant would support transformational change around literacy at your school. There are two options for the community involvement component:

A video that captures the values of your school and its commitment to literacy. As a suggestion, it can include interviews with members of your community, such as teachers, librarians, parents, students (a maximum length of 5 minutes); OR
Letters from members of your community, such as teachers, librarians, parents and students that share the impact that the library has on the school and its children (a maximum of 5 letters). You’re welcome to include photos.

Link to a shared folder / site

If your file is bigger than 128MB, upload your creative project to an online storage service (such as Google Drive, OneDrive, or Dropbox) and share the link to that file with us.

OR upload files here

Maximum file upload size is 128 MB per file. This form supports the following file types: pdf, jpg, gif, png, mp4, mpg.

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Please note that once you have submitted your school’s application, the submission will be final.

Schools will not be able to revise their applications once submitted. If you have further questions please contact the Foundation at loveofreading@indigo.ca.

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