FINANCING INFO

For the past four years, Geordie has encouraged educators to take advantage of the Culture in the Schools grant program administered by the Government of Quebec's Minister of Culture and Communication. This program offers compensation for bussing costs to and from Geordie's School Matinée productions. Geordie Productions provides free Teacher's Resource Guides to assist teachers with the preparation and transfer-of-learning phases.

Please click here to visit the Culture in the Schools Program 2008-09 website for more information and PDF application forms. Download the Project Submission form here

The Culture in the Schools Program 2008-2009

The Culture in the Schools Program, created in 2004 by the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications (MCC) and the Ministère de l'éducation, du Loisir et du Sport (MELS), is designed to encourage teachers and professional cultural organizations, to carry out cultural activities in keeping with the spirit of the education reform, and to offer schools a window on the world.

Through this program, schools are encouraged to network with resources in the field of culture and to take advantage of the financial resources available, so that they can take concrete action to integrate the cultural dimension in a harmonious and coherent way with the other learning activities provided for their students.

Financial assistance

Depending on the region involved and the resources available, financial assistance provided under the Culture in the Schools Program may cover up to 75 per cent of allowable expenses. Special conditions may be set by the Regional Management Committee or the school board, to ensure the fair distribution of available resources.

Cultural outings

The Program covers the cost of chartered transportation when students:

• attend performances offered by professionals recognized by the MCC, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) or the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEQ); these performances must involve the performing arts, i.e. drama, music, song, dance, or the circus arts
• attend educational activities designed specifically for school groups at professional cultural venues, such as museums, exhibition centres, heritage interpretation centres, book exhibitions etc.

Conditions of Eligibility

Activity projects constitute a set of cultural and educational activities that take place at school or during cultural outings. They include the preparation and transfer-of-learning phases. Such activities must be briefly described on the Cultural Activities Project Submission Form.

To be eligible, projects must meet all of the following conditions:

• Be the initiative of a teacher or group of teachers, an artist, a writer, a school board or a professional cultural organization
• Be presented by a school, a group of schools or a school board
• Include preparatory activities and transfer-of-learning activities related to the proposed activity
• Involve active participation on the part of students, school and cultural resources, as well as financial contributions from various partners
• Involve the teacher's active participation in all three phases of the project: preparation, implementation and transfer of learning
• Be presented using the Cultural Activities Project Submission Form, which must be duly signed by the principals of the schools involved and the person responsible for each project
• Be incorporated into the institution's regular timetable for the 2007-2008 school year.

Ineligible projects:

• Extracurricular activities
• Exchange trips and practicums
• Fundraising activities

For more information on this subject, please visit the website for Culture in the Schools.