Deadline: March 7, 2008

The A+ for Energy program was developed by energy provider BP to recognize teachers for innovation and excellence in teaching energy and/or energy conservation in the classroom. Any public or private pre-K-12 teacher currently teaching in an accredited or licensed school in an eligible program location is encouraged to apply.

BP will award up to $4 million in total grants and scholarships to pre-K-12 teachers for innovative classroom, afterschool, extra-curricular, or summer projects focused on energy and/or energy conservation aligned with the application criteria. Grants reflecting the budget request submitted with the application will be awarded directly to teachers.

For 2008, there are nine eligible locations: Alabama (Decatur); California (Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties); Illinois (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties); Indiana (Lake and Porter counties); New Mexico; Ohio (Lucas and Wood counties); South Carolina (Charleston County School District #2); Texas (Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, and Montgomery counties); and Canada (Alberta).

Applicant teachers can work in traditional or non-traditional settings (inter-session, summer school, afterschool, etc.), as long as they work directly with, and are responsible for, students. The A+ for Energy grants are for all teachers, regardless of their content area. Since the program launched in 2004, winners have included Math, Science, English/Language Arts, History, Social Science, Music, Dance, and Technical Arts teachers. The one thing that all winners have in common is an instructional focus on one or more sources of energy or energy conservation within their own subject area.

For more information, visit A+ for Energy.