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

1. Select a small committee that will benefit from
   the winning grant
2. Ask for copies of previous winning grants
3. Review the curriculum standards for education
   grants
4. 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

1. How technology will enhance curriculum
2. How the schools students, using technology, will
   be able to become engaged learners
3. 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