Wisconsin schools are fortunate to have the support of government, philanthropy and private funding programs to support high-quality student learning experiences. The vision of the Wisconsin Digital Learning Plan (c2016) calls for equitable, personalized, applied, and engaged digital learning for all students. As Wisconsin school districts begin to implement this vision, they are encouraged to consider the following areas: instruction, learning, and assessment; empowering, innovative leadership; technology & hardware; professional learning and building capacity; and data and privacy. School districts in Wisconsin do not make this journey in isolation as access to additional funding resources and networks of experts are essential to support school districts.
State of Wisconsin Division of Enterprise Technology: Technology for Education Achievement (TEACH)
Technology for Educational Achievement (TEACH) is a program administered by the Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Enterprise Technology. TEACH subsidizes much of the cost to provide telecommunications access (e.g. data lines and video links) to eligible schools, libraries, and educational institutions.
The Wisconsin DET TEACH Grants page provides information, applications and technical assistance support resources from the Division of Enterprise Technology.
TEACH Infrastructure Grants
Information Technology Infrastructure Grants provide technology infrastructure to improve the capacity of rural school districts to utilize technology for student instruction. Only eligible, individual, rural school districts may apply. They are a reallocation of existing funds within TEACH. Infrastructure grants are competitive based on school districts with the greatest free or reduced-price lunch percentage. See current Fiscal Year for grant awards, eligible districts, eligible infrastructure and eligibility requirements on the TEACH Infrastructure Grant website.
Donor's Choose
Founded in 2000 by a high school teacher in the Bronx, DonorsChoose.org empowers public school teachers from across the country to request much-needed materials and experiences for their students. Right now there are thousands of classroom requests that you can help bring to life with a gift of any amount. The Herb Kohl Foundation helps to support the funding of Wisconsin teacher grant applications posted on the Donorschoose.org site at various times of the year.
Donor's Choose website and project submission form. Technology guide for districts available on how to support requests and implementation process featured from CoSN.
Other Instructional, Digital Learning, and Innovative Grant Funding Resources
Other grant funding programs to explore are sponsored by other state education agencies and curated by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction content specialists.