Federal Funding + VariQuest
Engagement. Inclusivity. Social-Emotional Support. With all that students have experienced in recent months, you’re looking ahead to the future.
In a “normal” year, your federal funding dollars may have gone towards field trips, student performances, or hands-on lab materials. Now you have decisions to make on how to spend that funding in a meaningful way to set up for what next year will bring.
Overcoming challenges from distance learning, promoting inclusion and equality, and expanding your social-emotional support efforts are just a few concepts that will require extra action as students return to classrooms. Today we’ll explore a few major funding streams and how you can use aligned tools to face these challenges, head-on.
The VariQuest Visual and Kinesthetic Learning Suite includes:
It’s all powered by the VariQuest Design Software containing leading-edge Engage Every Learner Content. With thousands of templates, graphics, cutouts, fonts, and collections - the TEKS-aligned content, created exclusively for education, is what sets VariQuest apart.
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Title I
Purpose: Title I provides funding to support academic achievement, specifically helping low-income students meet performance standards.
VariQuest Alignment:
- Differentiate instruction for visual, auditory and kinesthetic learners
- Reinforce teachings with visual representations, graphic organizers and tangible study aids
- Encourage cooperative learning and peer recognition via group activity and award templates
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IDEA, Part B
Purpose: IDEA Part B is intended to offer differentiated instructional support to raise educational success for all students and close the achievement gap.
VariQuest Alignment:
- Supply instructional and hands-on, sensory equipment for all learners to reinforce educational concepts and a kinesthetic approach to learning
- Promote activities which involve problem-solving, collaborative group work and critical thinking to develop 21st Century Skills
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Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act
Purpose: Carl Perkins funding supports career and technical education programs and strengthens the connections between secondary and post-secondary education and careers.
VariQuest Alignment:
- Provide occupationally-relevant equipment allowing the creation of displays for academic, entrepreneurial, and technical purposes
- Deliver inclusive technology fit for operation and skill-building by learners of all needs and types
- Support 16 career pathways, especially functions as they relate to student-run entrepreneurial venture programs
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COVID Funding - CARES Act, CRSSA
Purpose: Including Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER), Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF), Head Start/Early Education Programs, Certified Community Health Clinics/Mental Health & Substance Abuse Programs, Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER), and more - this funding is meant to support the coordination of efforts among state, local, tribal and other entities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19.
VariQuest Alignment:
- Create and customize directional posters, floor markers, and room labels to promote social distancing and designate restricted areas/entries
- Organize PPE equipment with custom labels for organization, cleaning and sanitization needs, and healthcare items
- Produce social-emotional learning supports including calming charts, mental health check-ins, feelings discussion diagrams, flash card exercise collections, and more
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And of course, these aren't the only streams that VariQuest is aligned with. For more information on these and alignment with Titles II-V, PTO Funds, Literacy & STEM Grants, and more, download the full VariQuest Funding Guide.
Want to talk with one of our expert Education Consultants to view a no-obligation demonstration and brainstorm funding streams to get these tools in your school? Schedule a free consultation, now!