COLLIER COUNTY EDUCATOR AWARD
“STAND UP FOR JUSTICE”
The 2024 STAND UP FOR JUSTICE Educator Grant recognizes High School, Middle School and Elementary school educators who are innovative in bringing respect for others’ differences into their activities with students in a transformative, impactful, and caring way. The goal is to create a resource for educators of any discipline to incorporate strategies that promote understanding and respect among students, countering bigotry and bullying. This grant recognizes teachers, school counselors, school librarians, media specialists, school psychologists, administrators etc.
Click here for a PDF of the 2024 Collier County Educator "Stand Up For Justice" Award application.
Students, parents, colleagues and community members are
encouraged to nominate an educator.
Self-nominations are also encouraged and accepted.
For the 14th year a grant has been established by the
Jewish Community Relations Council
of the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples.
All applicants must have created lessons/programs of their own design or successfully made adaptations from other programs, and should be able to show evidence of a positive nature as a result of implementation. These activities should teach students to stand up for justice no matter what racial, religious, cultural, or other differences exist.
Click the link at the upper right of this page for the Grant Application.
For additional information please email rbialek@jewishnaples.org
Examples of prior grant recipient submissions can be accessed by clicking the links on this page.
THE DEADLINE FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS IS FEBRUARY 2, 2024.
Previous Recipient Submissions
2023
Click below for the recipients submission.
1st Place Winner, application, information
1st Place Winner, app
2nd Place Winner, application, information, more here,
2nd Place Winner, app.
3rd Place Winner, application, information
2022
Click below for the recipients submission. Two first place winners and three honorable mentions.
1st Place Winner, application, information
1st Place Winner, application, information
Honorable Mention, application, information, more information
Honorable Mention, application and information
Honorable Mention, application and information
2019
Click below for the recipients submissions.
1st place- part one is here
1st place- part two is here
2nd place
3rd place
Honorable Mention #1
Honorable Mention #2
Honorable Mention #3
Please click on each section for the KINDNESS PROJECT.
The kindness project. Here are messages of kindness.
Click here for the Research on benefits of kindness.
Additional resources can be found here.
Students can fill out I Pledge to Be Kind here.
Kindness project PowerPoint Presentation. Messages of kindness.
More messages and more can be found here.
The science of kindness can be found here.
The kindness zone. The kindness activity can be found here.
