National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum
(Seeking Educational Equity & Diversity)
2014 APPLICATION FOR NEW SEED LEADERS
(If two people are applying from one institution, fill out two forms.)
This application must be submitted with an Administrative Support Form (below)
FIRST NAME
NICKNAME
MIDDLE NAME/INITIAL
LAST NAME
JOB TITLE/SUBJECT AREA/GRADE(S) (As applicable)
OTHER CURRENT ROLES IN INSTITUTION/DISTRICT/LIFE
HOME STREET ADDRESS
HOME CITY/STATE/ZIP/COUNTRY
HOME PHONE
MOBILE PHONE
PERSONAL E-MAIL
INSTITUTION OR DISTRICT SUPPORTING YOUR SEMINAR
INSTITUTION OR DISTRICT MAILING ADDRESS
INSTITUTION OR DISTRICT CITY/STATE/ZIP
IS THIS A (check all that apply):  ELEMENTARY SCHOOL  MIDDLE SCHOOL  HIGH SCHOOL
 COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY
 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
 PUBLIC SCHOOL
 PRIVATE SCHOOL
WORK PHONE (main)
WORK PHONE (direct)
WORK FAX
WORK E-MAIL
PREFERRED CONTACT ADDRESS:
THE SEMINAR YOU WOULD
LEAD WOULD BE FOR:
 WORK
 HOME
 K-12 TEACHERs
 COMMUNITY MEMBERS
 COLLEGE FACULTY
 PARENTS
 OTHER (PLEASE EXPLAIN)
(If applying to do a parent seminar) DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN ATTENDING THE ABOVE INSTITUTION?
PREFERRED 2014 NEW LEADERS’ WEEK DATES (CONTENT THE SAME IN BOTH WEEKS):
 July 10-17
 July 24-31
 Either
REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN SEED NEW LEADERS’ WEEK:
1. Be accepted to and attend seven-day, residential SEED New Leaders’ Week at the San Domenico School in
San Anselmo, California, either July 10-17 or July 24-31, 2014.
2. During the one or two academic years following New Leaders’ Week, coordinate and facilitate a monthly,
three-hour SEED seminar with up to 20 colleagues or peers on making curriculum, teaching methods, and
school climates more gender-fair, multiculturally equitable, socioeconomically aware, and globally
informed.
3. Submit three feedback forms for the SEED newsletter (in October, February, and June) during the course of
the SEED seminar.
4. Participate in pre- and post-seminar evaluation surveys and phone interview.
COSTS
The cost for each New Leaders’ Week and year-long participation in SEED is:
 $3,900 fee per seminar leader (payable to the National SEED Project once the application is accepted).
This fee covers tuition, room, meals, and all materials while at New Leaders’ Week.
 $1,000 budget per seminar for up to two years of books, handouts, DVDs, materials, and food, to be
provided by the school/district to the seminar leader(s) (not to SEED) and handled locally.
 Travel costs to/from New Leaders’ Week, which are not paid for by SEED unless included in a grant.
GRANTS
Educators, community members, and parents connected with qualifying schools can apply for full grants (all above
costs) or partial grants (up to $3,900) to offset the costs to the school or district for participation in the National
SEED Project. See grant form below for qualifying criteria.
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
Note: Please write your answers on a separate sheet, or save this document onto your computer, fill it out,
and e-mail it back to Diane Dana, ddana@wellesley.edu as a Word or PDF document (along with an
Administrative Support Form, found below).
SEED work invites the engagement of ideas, experiences, and identity. Participants develop ways of
understanding complex relations between inner selves and outer systems with regard to race, class,
gender, sexual orientation, physical ability/disability, and other lived cultural experience. Everyone at a
SEED New Leaders’ Week becomes engaged in diversity work in both familiar and unfamiliar ways.
1. What has been your experience to date with the SEED Project? If your institution has already had a SEED
seminar, did you participate?
2. How did you originally hear of the SEED Project?
3. How long have you been at your institution and in what role(s)? OR: If a parent, how long have you been
connected to your supporting school?
4. If you are NOT a K-12 teacher or administrator: Do you work in any capacity with K-12 teachers and schools,
or in teacher education?
5. If you were to coordinate and facilitate a monthly three-hour SEED seminar for 10-20 colleagues or peers,
how many people do you think would be interested and willing to attend? If faculty, what subjects/grades
do they teach? If community members or parents, how might you recruit them?
6. Would you invite people to attend from other schools, colleges, or organizations in your area? If so, which
ones and why?
7. How much support for gender-fair, multiculturally equitable, socioeconomically aware, and globally
informed teaching do you see at present in your supporting institution? Is support growing?
8. What personal or professional characteristics do you bring to serving as a facilitator for change in your
institution or community context?
9. What has been your:
a. Lived experience related to gender and/or multicultural perspectives, and/or
b. Experience reading or teaching about gender and/or multicultural perspectives, and/or
c. Experience in teaching, producing scholarship, and/or curriculum transformation efforts at your
institution, or other activities related to greater inclusiveness in your discipline
10. If you wish, describe one or two key factors in your life that influence your desire to be a leader for
multicultural and gender equity in your school or community.
11. In working toward a more inclusive curriculum, what are some of the most pressing multicultural and
gender matters that you would like to see addressed in yourself and in a SEED seminar in your workplace
or community?
12. If you are proposing to attend the workshop with a person who will co-lead with you, please explain why
you would like to facilitate together.
13. Is there anything else you would like to say about yourself, aspects of your identity, or your school, in
connection with this application to attend a New Leaders’ Week and facilitate a SEED seminar for
colleagues or peers during the next one or two academic years?
14. Has the administrator of your institution, organization, or district agreed to provide a meeting place for the
SEED seminar, the SEED New Leaders’ Week fee of $3900, travel costs, and a budget of $1000 or more for
books, materials, handouts, and food for your seminar participants? If not, will your administrator be
applying for a grant from SEED, and how much do you estimate your school will need?
15. Please provide the names and phone numbers of two people (school administrators, colleagues, or peers)
willing to serve as references for your application to become a SEED leader.
TIMELINE AND DUE DATES
(Applicant’s Copy)
APPLICATION FORMS
Through May 15, 2014: Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis; early applications are
encouraged. After May 15, 2014, call for availability. This completed application, including Administrative
Support Form and Grant Form (if desired), should be mailed, e-mailed, or faxed to:
Diane Dana
National SEED Project
Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
ddana@wellesley.edu, FAX: 781-283-2504, ATTN: Diane Dana
SEED PARTICIPATION FEE OF $3,900
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Upon acceptance, and no later than July 15, 2014: At least half of the $3,900 SEED participation fee
($2,000) is due to the National SEED Project at the above address.
December 1, 2014: The balance (if there is one) is due to the same office.
MATERIALS BUDGET OF $1,000
Schools with partial or no grants:

At the start of the school year: The $1,000 materials budget is provided by the institution directly to
the SEED seminar leader(s), not to SEED. This budget should be made available to the local SEED
leader(s) as quickly as possible at the start of the school year so they can purchase materials for their
SEED seminar.
Schools with full grants:

Grant recipients’ administrators will receive additional paperwork for the $1,000 budget the
first week of September, and are requested to return it by September 15, 2014.
Questions? Contact SEED at 781-283-2399 or info@nationalseedproject.org. More information and copies of
applications can be found at nationalseedproject.org.
Please give the SEED Administrative Support Form below to your supporting administrator or
principal, and have her/him complete it as part of your application submission.
National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum
(Seeking Educational Equity & Diversity)
Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College, MA 02481
2014 SEED ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FORM
for applicant(s) named below
(Full and partial grant application included)
NAME OF APPLICANT(S)
In July 2014, the National SEED Project will enroll 40 educators, parents, and community leaders in each of two
identical SEED New Leaders’ Weeks at the San Domenico School in San Anselmo, California, to be held from July 1017, and from July 24-31, 2014. Following the New Leaders’ Weeks, new SEED leaders will coordinate and facilitate,
during one or two academic years, monthly SEED seminars on making curriculum, teaching methods, and school
climates more gender-fair, multiculturally equitable, socioeconomically aware, and globally informed.
The cost of New Leaders’ Week and year-long participation in SEED is:
 $3,900 per seminar leader (payable to the National SEED Project once the application is accepted). This
$3,900 SEED fee covers tuition, room, meals, and all materials while at New Leaders’ Week.
 $1,000 per seminar for up to two years of books, handouts, DVDs, materials, and food, to be provided by
the school/district to the seminar leader(s) (not to SEED) and handled locally.
 Travel costs to/from the summer training site, which are not paid for by SEED unless included in a grant.
Educators in qualifying schools can apply for full grants (all above costs) or partial grants (up to $3,900) to offset
the costs to the school or district for participation in the National SEED Project. See grant form below for
qualifying criteria.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NAME
ADMINISTRATIVE JOB TITLE
INSTITUTION NAME
DISTRICT NAME (if applicable)
ADMINISTRATOR MAILING ADDRESS
ADMINISTRATOR CITY/STATE/ZIP
WORK PHONE (main)
WORK PHONE (direct)
WORK FAX
WORK E-MAIL
ASSISTANT’S NAME (if applicable)
ASSISTANT’S PHONE
ASSISTANT’S FAX
(continued)
Please write your answers to the following questions on a separate sheet, or save this document onto your
computer, fill it out, and e-mail it with the Leader Application to Diane Dana, ddana@wellesley.edu.
1. Would you support the above applicant(s) to coordinate monthly three-hour SEED seminars on educational
equity during the next one or two academic years? Is such a seminar compatible with your school’s vision
and mission, as well as its schedule, contract rules, and in-service or faculty-development programs?
2. Is the applicant positioned well with his or her peers to facilitate a SEED seminar of 10-20 persons? We are
looking for leaders who are highly motivated to support the development of more equitable, multicultural,
and gender-fair school communities. What makes this person especially well-suited to be a SEED leader?
(Answer separately if there are two applicants.)
3. If 10-20 interested persons from your institution or community do not sign up for the seminar, may the
seminar leader invite other educators and/or community members to join the seminar? What other
institutions or organizations would you suggest reaching out to?
4. Would you be able to do the following?
a. provide a convenient monthly meeting place for late afternoon or evening meetings for 10-20
participants
b. allow the SEED leader to provide light refreshments (supper, if possible) for participants
5. Pay:
a. $3,900 per seminar leader (payable to the National SEED Project once the application is accepted).
This $3,900 SEED fee covers tuition, room, meals, and all materials while at New Leaders’ Week.
b. $1,000 per seminar for up to two years of books, handouts, DVDs, materials, and food, to be
provided directly to the seminar leader(s) (not to SEED) and handled locally.
c. Travel costs to/from New Leaders’ Week, which are not paid for by SEED unless included in a grant.
6. If such a budget cannot be guaranteed, or if more funds are needed, please give details.
7. If not all of those attending your school’s seminar will be employees of your institution, will you have a
problem with regard to your funding of books and materials for attendees from other institutions? If so, can
you generate a creative solution? E.g., could books be loaned and then returned to a SEED resource shelf in
a mutually accessible location?
8. Is there anything else you wish to say about your institution or the applicant’s ability to serve as a
facilitator for change? (Applicants’ chances for acceptance into SEED increase in proportion as
administrators are able to offer organizational, moral, and financial support for a seminar of this kind.
Nevertheless, we understand that institutions and organizations have constraints, and we consider each
application on a case-by-case basis.)
TIMELINE AND DUE DATES
(Administrator’s Copy)
APPLICATION FORMS
Through May 15, 2014: Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis; early applications are
encouraged. After May 15, 2014, call for availability. This completed application, including Administrative
Support Form and Grant Form (if desired), should be mailed, e-mailed, or faxed to:
Diane Dana
National SEED Project
Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
ddana@wellesley.edu, FAX: 781-283-2504: ATTN: Diane Dana
SEED PARTICIPATION FEE OF $3,900


Upon acceptance, and no later than July 15, 2014: At least half of the $3,900 SEED participation fee
($2,000) is due to the National SEED Project at the above address.
December 1, 2014: The balance (if there is one) is due to the same office.
MATERIALS BUDGET OF $1,000
Schools with partial or no grants:

At the start of the school year: The $1,000 materials budget is provided by the institution directly to
the SEED seminar leader(s), not to SEED. Please try to provide this budget to your local leader(s) as
quickly as possible at the start of the school year so they can purchase materials for their SEED
seminar.
Schools with full grants:

Grant recipients’ administrators will receive additional paperwork for the $1,000 budget the
first week of September, and are requested to return it by September 15, 2014.
Questions? Contact SEED at 781-283-2399 or info@nationalseedproject.org. More information and copies of
applications can be found at nationalseedproject.org.
If you are seeking a grant, continue on next page below.
Full and Partial Grants
This grant form must be completed by a school principal/head or organizational administrator authorized to
approve and receive funding and to support all aspects of the SEED seminar, including finances, logistics, and
promotion of equitable education in the institution. This grant form must accompany a completed SEED
application by a person who wishes to become a SEED leader and an Administrative Support Form.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s recent grant to the National SEED Project enables us to award 6 full grants ($3900
per leader fee; $1000 per seminar for local expenses; all travel expenses to New Leaders’ Week). Additionally,
SEED itself provides grants to some schools.
The basic criteria for grants are:
1. Full grant applicant schools must have 50% or more of the students on free and reduced lunch.
2. Full grant applicant schools must have over 50% students of color.
3. The applicant must be highly motivated to take leadership in the development of a more equitable,
multicultural, and gender fair school community.
4. The applicant school must display readiness and eagerness for participation in SEED.
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Schools applying for full Kellogg grants must meet all criteria above.
Schools applying for partial grants must meet either criteria 1 or 2, plus criteria 3 and 4.
If you are applying for grant funding:
NAME OF INSTITUTION/ORGANIZATION
1) What size grant are you requesting?
 Full grant ($3900 per leader; $1000 per seminar for local expenses; all travel expenses to
New Leaders’ Week)
 Partial grant (up to $3900 per leader). Please specify amount requested, and briefly explain.
2) Please provide the demographic profile of the institution and its constituent families.
3) Percentage of students receiving: Free lunch
Reduced lunch
4) Provide a personal statement from you, the administrator, describing your reasons for wanting a SEED seminar
in your institution or district. Please let us know:
a. What about equitable education is important to you and why does it matter in your institution?
b. How can you imagine your institution improved by efforts towards more gender-fair, multiculturally
equitable, socioeconomically aware, and globally informed education?
c. How would an ongoing three-hour, once-a-month seminar on these topics affect your institution?
d. Have the faculty, staff, or organization members had other professional development work on equity
and diversity? If so, do you see effects of this work?
Feel free to contact SEED at 781-283-2399 or info@nationalseedproject.org if you have any questions prior to
submitting this statement.
This form should be submitted along with the SEED Leader Application Form and Administrative Support
Form by May 15, 2014: Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis; early applications are encouraged. After
May 15, 2014, call for availability. Mail, e-mail, or fax all forms to:
Diane Dana
National SEED Project
Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
ddana@wellesley.edu, FAX: 781-283-2504: ATTN: Diane Dana