Learning Journey Grant
About Sue Fraser
The Learning Journey Grants were inspired by Susan Fraser. Sue was a teacher, mentor, and long-time friend of the Vancouver Reggio Association. With her passing, Learning Journey Grants continue to honour her legacy and her memory.
Learning Journey Grants
We view the Reggio Emilia educational endeavour as an ever evolving, complex set of philosophical approaches and pedagogical practices that continue to provoke questions and inspiration locally and globally. Learning Journey Grants are intended to support local educators who wish to engage in an in-depth study and exploration of the underlying principles of the Reggio Emilia approach.
These principles include:
- A commitment to expand and elaborate the image of the child.
- To elevate the view of early childhood settings as places for culture production and democracy and as places for research.
- This engagement with research and collaboration propel pedagogical practices such as pedagogical documentation (narration) which makes visible the learning and thinking of children, families, and teachers. Learning is extended and deepened through curriculum that thrives on long-term projects.
For the Learning Journey Grants project, we invite applicants who are interested in exploring how the pedagogical principles of Reggio Emilia interact with our own West Coast contexts, including our history and our images of children, educators, and families.
Small grants of up to $1,000 each will be available to participants committed to exploring the pedagogical principles of the Reggio Emilia Approach. The focus of this study or project will be determined by the applicants, who must collaborate with at least one other colleague. Applications for the grants will be adjudicated by members of the Vancouver Reggio Association.
The general timeline for proposals is:
- September – proposals are open
- October – proposals are due and are adjudicated
- November – grant recipients are notified
- May or June – Learning Journey Grant recipient Sharing Circle
Learning Journey Grants
- Work in a partnership with at least two individuals (can include a parent or community member)
- Are a resident of BC
- Work in an early years or school-age context
- Grant would extend understanding of the Reggio Emilia approach
- Grant strengthens community relationships
- Applicants did not receive this grant in the last three years
Successful applicants will submit a thorough application that shows emerging understanding of at least one aspect of the Reggio Emilia Approach. Successful applicants will demonstrate how the grant monies will be effectively used to further the principles of the Reggio Emilia approach in their community and context. Please note that grant monies cannot be used to pay for educators’ time or food for meetings.
Past successful applications have included book studies, documentation experiments, purchased tools for documentation, mini-RemIdas, loose parts libraries, ideas borne of VRA conference content, digital literacies, supporting families in learning about the Reggio Emilia Approach, story workshop, incorporating Indigenous contexts and knowledges within the Reggio Emilia approach and many more.
Proposal
Learning Journey Grants
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