Finding Money

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Finding Money

• Helen Siukola Jancich
• Clinical Associate Professor
• Purdue University Calumet
• Hammond, IN
• http//education.calumet.purdue.edu/Faculty/Jancic
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Grant Resources on the Web

• Visit my website for links to grant
  opportunities, writing tips, and other related
  information
• http//education.calumet.purdue.edu/Faculty/jancic
  h/grants.htm

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Tips on Writing Winning Grants

• Select a small committee that will benefit from
  the winning grant
• Ask for copies of previous winning grants
• Review the curriculum standards for education
  grants
• Include pre- and post-assessment strategies

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Tips on Writing Winning Grants

• Make use of grant resources listed online
• Talk to the district business office and other
  school agencies
• Grant writing supplies
• Computers, other technology, AV projection,
  printer, desks
• Food!
• Writing supplies markers, pens, paper, etc.
• Curriculum guides, technology plans, etc.

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Writing Techniques

• Be clear and to the point
• Catch the readers attention
• Write in third-person
• Select an interesting, appropriate title
• Be liberal with spacing, sub-headings, and
  underlines. Limit sentences to 15 words and two
  commas per sentence
• Follow the grants formatting guidelines to the
  letter
• Always have someone review the grant draft prior
  to mailing
• SAVE, SAVE, SAVE!

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When You Win a Grant

• Do not be shy about sharing the good news
• Use the media (web sites, television, board
  meetings, etc.) to celebrate and thank committee
  members
• Depending on the grant, remember that prizes or
  gifts for team members develops unity
• Shirts
• Coffee cups
• Pens and pencils
• Photos and letters

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When You Dont Win a Grant

• Contact the agency to provide reasons why the
  grant was rejected
• Share the information received with your
  committee
• Use this grant as a resource for the next RFP and
  improve
• Keep trying dont give up!

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Elements of a Grant Proposal

• Summary
• Introduction
• Needs Assessment
• Objectives

• Activities
• Evaluation
• Future Funding
• Budget

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Learning Needs

• Students
• Language arts, mathematics, and science
• Problem solving and critical thinking
• Technology
• Information literacy

• Teachers
• Cross-curricular collaboration
• Teaching strategies for all learning styles
• Assessment
• Professional development
• Technology literacy

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Goals and Objectives

• Goal 1 Professional Development opportunities
  will be a continuous process designed to support
  the curriculum
• To provide a staff development team to work with
  the instruction and technology departments to
  design and implement technology integration
  strategies.
• To integrate varied professional development
  experiences into the learning environment.
• To evaluate, select, and implement appropriate
  software.
• To provide tools that will enhance/facilitate
  peer collaboration.

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Goals and Objectives

• Goal 2 Facilitate the use of technology to
  incorporate the essential skills into all content
  areas.
• To improve the writing process to foster
  improvement and application of essential skills.
• To increase skills in reading and interpreting
  graphs.
• To master essential skills across the curriculum.
• To integrate essential skills in academic and
  vocational education.

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Goals and Objectives

• Goal 3 Provide resources that support engaged
  learning as the purpose for technology.
• To show classroom teachers how new technologies
  can improve the way students learn and think.
• To challenge teams of students to employ
  information technologies to investigate authentic
  problems which parallel curriculum questions and
  topics.
• To show students how to solve problems and make
  decisions.
• To support engaged learners that are responsible
  for their own learning.

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Curriculum Integration Activities

• How technology will enhance curriculum
• How the schools students, using technology, will
  be able to become engaged learners
• Strategies that will help teachers learn how to
  use the technology to support the teaching and
  learning needs of students

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Evaluation

• A variety of assessment tools must be implemented
  
• To evaluate the effectiveness of suggested
  activities
• To incite program changes and revisions
• To evaluate goal matched to the standards

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Evaluation

• Important Evaluation Resources
• Purdue University Calumet http//education.calume
  t.purdue.edu/Faculty/jancich/edassess.htm

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Current Learning Technology Grants

• Indiana Department of Education
  http//www.doe.in.gov/olr/LearningTechnologiesGran
  ts.htm