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GENERAL OVERVIEW
 * Consider teaming with other schools to help meet the requirements for the grant
 * Share demographics
 * Write to the "need"
 * Federal, State and Local access to grants
 * Access the funding source (division Foundation)
 * Grant writing is layering
 * Immediately get in touch with the Grant contact person
 * Write the contact person a "thank you" card/make the connection personal
 * Go above and beyond…send the student samples to the grantors
 * WRITE TO THE GRANT PROMPTS!!!
 * Scored on a rubric
 * 2-way process
 * Given a directive
 * Have an idea/project in mind and seek funding
 * Create a Wish List
 * A lot of grants available for math and science
 * Professional development grants
 * Release time grants
 * Vendor training w/ purchase
 * Tech support grant (staff)
 * Nothing beats a good idea
 * Innovative
 * Student achievement
 * Single goal
 * Grantors do not want to take risks! (grant should not sound "risky")
 * Grantors want to see the receiver of the grant will go "as far as" they go if they provide the grant
 * Sometimes it is the obvious
 * Know the needs of the division/school
 * Solving simple problems can earn grants
 * What is the goal?
 * Make sure the goal is not getting the equipment
 * It needs to be the achievement of the student
 * Evaluate your Project Goal
 * Realistic?
 * Can use?
 * Will work for students?
 * Assess the outcome of the project
 * How?
 * Grantors want to know the project they have funded is successful
 * Product
 * Intrinsic
 * Is the project replicable?
 * Plan for expansion
 * Can the project be sustained AFTER the grant has ended?
 * Multiple grants can take care of this
 * How will the technology help to achieve the goal?
 * Connect it with the students' success!
 * Students will use tactile and kinesthetic learning to interact with text
 * Highlight the technology as the "tool" for the learning/HOW will it be used to support/enhance instruction
 * LCD will allow access and deliver instruction through a variety of media platforms
 * Increase confidence in fluency by constructing and sharing podcast book projects
 * What do you have in mind?
 * Innovative?
 * Creative?
 * Educational?
 * Propose a project that puts a "fresh spin" on an existing idea
 * Grantors seek creative solutions to problems/needs, but they usually do not wish to fund risky projects
 * Do your research!
 * Backup with proven stats
 * Communicate with others regarding needs
 * Relationships 101 by John Maxwell
 * Networking is imperative!
 * Tech compatibility (network, hardware, on site support)
 * Needed training
 * Always include the training component in the grant
 * Local training? Vendor training?
 * Visit a school that is using what you want…SEE it in action!
 * Look for companies that offer FREE updates
 * Ask for price breaks
 * Ask for extras
 * [|www.Learningtimes.org]
 * [|www.learn.org]
 * [|www.teachade.com]
 * Get the facts
 * THE Journal
 * Ed Tech
 * Technology and Learning
 * Create a reasonable budget!
 * Create a database of needs
 * Student demographics
 * Division needs
 * Planned assessments
 * Be specific
 * Explanation of How?
 * Keep student samples!!!
 * Timeline
 * Planning
 * Implementation
 * Outcome
 * Training
 * Tech needs (software, hardware)
 * KNOW THE TRENDS!
 * "How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century"
 * Reliable and valid resoiurces
 * Cross curricular learning-real life skills
 * Project-based learning
 * Improving parental involvement will improve workforce skills
 * Foreign (Multi-) language-need to communicate in global world
 * Interactive and collaborative learners
 * Cultural awareness
 * Need for students to develop their creativity skills
 * Developing problem solving skills
 * Develop innovation
 * 3-Rs
 * Relevant
 * Rigor
 * Relationships
 * DO NOT USE ACRONYMS IN GRANT WRITING!!!!!!
 * Explain pedagogical issues in laymen's terms
 * What grants are appropriate?
 * Foundation
 * Corporation
 * Private Foundation
 * Professional Groups
 * Federal/State Grants
 * NASA (grants for podcasting)
 * HUD (grants for after school programs)
 * How do you find grants?
 * Government agencies
 * Grant search on the web
 * Listservs from state and professional organizations
 * Corporate foundations
 * WalMart Foundation
 * Starbucks Foundation
 * Education-related businesses
 * DOE listserv provides grant funders
 * Product vendors
 * Professional journals and magazines
 * Dell in Teaching and Learning
 * Civic organizations
 * Need to Know...
 * RFP - request for proposal
 * LEA - local education agency
 * Focus - Funding purposes and funding priorities (rubric)
 * If you do not get grant…can request score sheet
 * Address EVERY thing on the requirement sheet…Write TO the REQUIREMENTS
 * Federal Grants
 * Need approval from division
 * Approved grants are announced in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
 * Newly available grants are announced in the Weekly Federal Funding Report
 * Some grants…
 * Only buy what grant outlines
 * Cut a check and purchase what you want
 * Federal grants are political
 * Start with Local Foundations!
 * Mistakes in grammar, spelling and syntax WILL ELIMINATE the proposal
 * If grant talks about getting "stuff" will likely be eliminated…they want to see the "benefit" to the student and the "achievement" of the student
 * Community evaluators have pre-existing standards when they read the grants
 * Details will cause loss of a grants (font choice, bad writing skills)
 * Evaluation of Grants
 * Does title reflect the purpose and the mission of the proposal?
 * Does the project description identify?
 * Make sure you market what you want!...create a catchy title for the grant
 * Looking for comprehensive community involvement
 * Make sure project is data-proven and include references/citations
 * Have a strong proof-reader and make sure all parts are complete!