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Teacher Innovation Grants

Teacher Innovation Grants

Boerne Education Foundation Teacher Innovation Grants (TIGs) are funded to transform classroom experiences in order to develop future leaders through critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity.

Please use the following guidelines when applying for a TIG:

  • Grants should be written to describe how technology, equipment or other funding needs will be implemented to showcase fun and collaborative learning using the 4 C’s: critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity.
  • If Professional Development is required to properly implement this grant, the cost needs to be included as a line item.
  • All grants are required to be tied back or support grade-appropriate TEKS.

Grant applications for the 2025-2026 school year are now being accepted. To apply, click on the blue link below and follow the instructions to submit the application.

Click on the button below to see the example application that you can look over and see all the information you will need to collect.  Applications are to be filled out and submitted online only.

Apply for a Grant

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Absolutely! Just make sure you have a separate application for each grant.

     

  • Visit the BISD Purchasing Dept. page on the bisd.net website and look at the approved vendor list. Please make sure your grant request aligns with the TEKs. If you do not see a particular vendor on our approved vendor list please reach out to the Purchasing Dept. to seek advice.

     

  • No, the grant stays at the campus where the grant was awarded.

  • Innovation is a unique teaching method that does not have to be technology-based.

  • Yes!

  • Chromebooks, laptops, standard classroom furniture (non-TEKS), devices that require wireless-only connectivity, software/subscriptions that compromise BISD safety and security, food, hotels, salaries, afterschool programs/clubs, or anything else that is not specifically for academic purposes.

  • If the teacher transfers to another BISD campus or leaves the district, the grant does not transfer with them. The TIG stays with the original campus where the grant was funded.