Since 2015, Rural Schools Collaborative and its partners have awarded over $500,000 directly to rural teacher-leaders through the Grants in Place Program. The Grants in Place program provides rural teachers with a $2,500 award to engage their students in a place-based project that directly connects the students with their rural community. The Grants in Place rural teacher awardees meet as a virtual cohort to learn more about each other's projects, explore Place-Based Education best practices, and share lessons learned and celebrations.

Rural Teacher Corps are unique initiatives to intentionally recruit, prepare, and retain rural educators. Rural Schools Collaborative supports a learning network of over 25 Rural Teacher Corps programs to connect peers, share ideas and resources, and foster community. Alongside our partners, RSC's Catalyst Grant initiative has awarded more than $600,000 to-date to seed and launch place-responsive rural teacher initiatives. While each program is unique, many include rural-specific curriculum or PD, scholarship and mentor support, and community learning opportunities.

The GRAD Partnership for Advancing Student Success Systems is a national initiative fostering the adoption of high-quality student success systems, empowering schools to graduate all students prepared for the future. In partnership with Johns Hopkins Everyone Graduates Center and the Rural Schools Collaborative Regional Hub network, we're supporting rural schools to explore student-centered mindsets, actionable data, and research-driven interventions to ensure all students can achieve post-secondary success.

I Am A Rural Teacher is a national advocacy campaign that celebrates and amplifies rural teacher voice. The I Am A Rural Teacher project was launched with support from The Gates Foundation, and includes place-based teacher narratives, rural teacher resources, opportunities for teacher-to-teacher connections, and asset-based reflections on the rural teaching profession.