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The Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program was born out of Michael Jordan’s firm belief that education is the key to opportunity and to building commitment among students to the core values which foster personal excellence and achievement. The core values which serve to guide the Jordan Brand are known as Brand Truths: Authentic, Uncompromised, Earned and Aspirational. They embody the principles by which the Jordan Brand and he have excelled and achieved beyond all expectations.
It is in that spirit the Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program awards one million dollars annually, to teachers across the country, who motivate and inspire students toward achieving excellence. These grants are intended to support teachers and provide access to additional resources that help students succeed.
The application opens on February 2. The application deadline is March 30. Awards are announced in August.
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Innovation Grants: Grants averaging $5,000 will be awarded to individual teachers for projects that will impact classroom innovation and improve instruction.
Inspiration Grants: Previous awardees of Innovation Grants may apply for an Inspiration Grant. Grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 will be awarded to teams of teachers to support scaling-up the implementation of successful approaches developed with Innovation Grants.
Go to www.jordanfundamentals for more information and to review the NEW guidelines.
JORDAN BRAND, Nike
WELCOME TO THE FUTURE SOLE DESIGN COMPETITION
This competition was created to discover and develop footwear designers of the future. If you are a high school student between the ages 14 to 19(as of 7/1) and you have an interest in becoming a footwear designer this is the place for you to showcase your talents. You have a choice to enter designs in two categories, Nike and JORDAN.
If you decide to enter this competition your designs will be judged by top Nike and JORDAN designers for the chance to win up to $7,000.00 in cash and prizes. As an extra bonus the winning design may be sold worldwide on Nike ID.
Are you the future of the footwear industry? If, you are, enter both competitions to double your chances of becoming The 2009 Future Sole.
“Young men and women from diverse ethnic backgrounds (African American, Hispanic, Alaskan Native, American Indian, Alaskan/Pacific Islander, etc.) continue to be under-represented in America’s product design industry. It is our hope that Future Sole will expose this often marginalized group of youth to footwear design as a career but will also encourage them to take their experiences and their enthusiasm back to their schools, communities and their peers”. -D’Wayne Edwards, JORDAN Design Manager- Nike
For more information go to www.futuresole.com, today!
Go Smart
A Health and Physical Activity Initiative
National Head Start Association
Nike Community Investment
Nike Inc. and NHSA focus on childhood activity to promote social change in communities. The program’s goals are to enhance children’s love for physical activity, involve their families in leading physically active lives, and help prevent future sedentary lifestyles for those most at risk. It also focuses on education toward an understanding for why physical activity is critical to a child’s physical and neurological development and how the family and the community can positively impact that change by creating self-sustaining partnerships.
Let Me Play Early Childhood Evaluation
An evaluation of Let Me Play Early Childhood Curriculum, Training and Implementation . This project engaged Head Start and Nike in the collaborative development of an evaluation framework to identify critical issues and questions, sources of data, and standards for analysis. To develop evaluation instruments and furthermore use those instruments to collect and analyze data from staff, and families as stakeholders of this historical programmatic relationship. This was completed in partnership with COMPASS Consulting.
Jordan Fundamentals Ten Year Formative Assessment
As assessment of the Jordan Fundamentals grant program to evaluate the impact of the grant program over the life of ten years, to describe the effects the grant program has had on students, teachers, and schools and to make recommendations for the improvement of the program over the coming years. This was completed in partnership with Dr. Franklin Tuitt, PRL Associates and COMPASS Consulting.
World Cup Boston (WCB) 2010 is an 18-month, multifaceted initiative surrounding the 2010 FIFA World Cup that will bring the international spirit of competition and collaboration to Boston with public programming in soccer, culture, community and education for Boston youth and families. As a public, private and nonprofit partnership enthusiastically supported by Mayor Thomas Menino, WCB 2010’s mission is to unite members of Boston’s various socioeconomic, community and cultural groups to foster a renewed sense of inclusion, interaction, and involvement. With dynamic partners ranging from the Boston Public Library, the Boston Children’s Museum, Boston Public Schools, the New England Revolution and the Boston Breakers, and coordinated by South Africa Partners, a local nonprofit specializing in South Africa – U.S. collaborations, World Cup Boston 2010 brings the excitement of World Cup soccer to Boston’s public space sand highlights Boston’s growing status as an international city.
Mission
Erase your past-Awareness and Identify
-N0.2 Foundation was created to provide students resources and guidance to help them pursue a career in design
Vision
Sharpen your minds-Opportunity and Teach
-N0.2 Foundation will provide students the opportunities and training needed for them to receive an education in design.
Purpose
Design your future-Assist and Become
-N0.2 Foundation levels the playing field for students from underserved and low income communities through an introduction to design.