Ascanius Grant for Professional Development at the Elementary and Middle School Levels
About the Grant
This grant is intended to support continuing education for teachers (and teachers-in-training) whose instruction or programming, focused on Latin and/or the ancient Greco-Roman world, will ultimately benefit elementary and/or middle school students. Amounts up to $1,000 are available to assist teachers with registration/tuition, travel, room, and board for programs, conferences, or courses. Depending on funds, partial grants may be awarded.
Grant Eligibility
Applicants must be teachers or teachers-in-training. They may either be teachers who primarily teach Latin and/or Classics, or they may be other teachers (e.g., general education or gifted) seeking to increase their knowledge of Latin and/or Classics in order to incorporate these areas into their students' instruction. The students who will benefit from the teacher's professional development should be elementary and/or middle school students.
This grant does not support tuition for courses taken for credit; however, it can offer assistance with relevant costs such as books, seminars, and conferences to individuals pursuing advanced degrees that will further our mission. The applicant must articulate this in their application and attach a detailed budget.
Please provide a short letter describing your goals as an educator of elementary or middle-school-aged students in the subject area of Latin and/or the ancient Mediterranean. Discuss your proposed program and explain how it would contribute to those goals.
Please provide an approximate budget outlining your expenses for participating in this program, and any other funding you may receive. It is the understanding that the sum of all scholarships and grants will not exceed the expenses that this program will require (tuition, travel, lodging, etc.)
Please include your resume or curriculum vitae.
Grant recipients will be asked to write up a short description of their use of the funds and their impact in the classroom. Failure to submit this brief report may disqualify recipients from future funding from Ascanius.
Ascanius Grants will be considered twice during the school year. The deadlines for submission are October 30th and March 30th.
Fall Grant applications that are not awarded may be considered again in the spring. However, no retroactive grants will be considered for programs that have already occurred. For any questions, contact info@ascaniusyci.org.
Please note that any individual may only receive one grant from Ascanius per academic year.
Application Requirements
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Recent Grant Highlights
Below are some recent grant highlights for the Ascanius Grant for Professional Development at the Elementary and Middle School Level
Jeremy Peyton
This grant provided advanced training in spoken Latin and active-language pedagogy through participation in a Latin Immersion Camp hosted by New Aberdeen College and the Ancient Language Institute. The experience strengthened Jeremy’s personal fluency and expanded his instructional techniques as he prepared to teach upper-school Latin. Additional professional development opportunities further enhanced his growth as an educator and deepened his understanding of effective Latin pedagogy. The knowledge and skills gained through these experiences benefited his students through a more immersive, engaging, and communicative approach to Latin instruction. Jeremy Peyton teaches humanities and Latin at New Covenant School in Anderson, South Carolina.