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We are grateful to the Oklahoma Tribal Alliance for their generous support of Fund for Teachers fellowships. The program provides Oklahoma PreK through 12^th-grade teachers with grants for self-designed professional development experiences in locations around the world.

Fund for Teachers fellowships empower teachers to explore their academic passions, deepen their scholarship and enhance their craft.

The Oklahoma Tribal Alliance, which began supporting the program in 2019, has expanded its support this year, helping increase the Oklahoma fellowship funding to its highest level in five years.

We are grateful to these tribes for their support of 2020 Fund for Teachers Fellowships:

Gold Level Donor
Chickasaw Nation

Silver Level Donor
Osage Nation

Bronze Level Donors
Cherokee Nation
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Choctaw Nation
Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Sac and Fox Nation
Seminole Nation

Members of the Oklahoma Tribal Alliance join students at the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics during a campus tour preceding a reception thanking tribal donors to Fund for Teachers.

Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence President Cathy Render (left) and Executive Director Emily Stratton (right) present a certificate to Reagan Cole (second from left) and Sarah Allen-Nelson of the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma recognizing their tribe's support of the 2019 Oklahoma Fund for Teachers Program.

Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence President Cathy Render (left) and Executive Director Emily Stratton present a certificate to Greg Anderson of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation recognizing his tribe's support of the 2019 Oklahoma Fund for Teachers Program.

2018 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year and two-time Fund for Teachers fellow Donna Gradel (right) poses with Tesia Zientek and Stephanie Hawk of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence held a reception in spring 2019 at the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics to honor Gradel for her selection as a 2019 National Teacher of the Year Finalist and to show appreciation to the Oklahoma Tribal Alliance for their partnership in securing Fund for Teacher fellowships for 27 Oklahoma teachers last summer.

Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Executive Director Emily Stratton (left) and President Cathy Render (right) present a certificate of appreciation to Citizen Potawatomie Nation representatives Tesia Zientek (second from left) and Stephanie Hawk (third from left) for their tribe’s support of the 2019 Oklahoma Fund for Teachers Program.

Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence President Cathy Render (left) and Executive Director Emily Stratton (right) present a certificate to Danny Wells of the Chickasaw Nation recognizing his tribe's generous support of the 2019 Oklahoma Fund for Teachers Program.

Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence President Cathy Render (left) and Executive Director Emily Stratton (right) present a certificate to Mark Vance of the Cherokee Nation recognizing his tribe's support of the 2019 Fund for Teachers Program.

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