Grant Writing for Ed Tech in Your School (or How Can I Get THAT in My Classroom?

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Rita Oates, PhD ritaoates@aol.com www.ritaoates.com

Has anyone written a grant? Has anyone received a grant?

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Prep Your Grant Writing Tool Kit

1. Dream 1. Write down what you want to do in a paragraph 2. Articles/research to support it 3. Photos of school, reality that needs to be revised 4. Shopping list hardware, instructional materials, training, electrical upgrade, furniture, field trips? 5. Develop a ballpark budget 2. Demographics on your school (or program) 3. Resume, biography or curriculum vita 4. Daddy Warbucks or other sources of funding 1. IRS form 990 for your area 2. Grants office for school district 3. Public or university library help 4. Know what can/cannot do from funding source 5. Do you need matching funds? Letter of support? 5. Keep trying; recycle idea into new grant competitions 6. After you get the grant say thank you and be prepared for criticism

Prep Your Grant Writing Tool Kit

Dream 1. Write down what you want to do in a paragraph (or a few) 2. Articles/research to support your dream http://www.edtechactionnetwork.org 3. Photos of school, reality that needs to be revised 4. Shopping list hardware, instructional materials, training, electrical upgrade, furniture, printer ink, paper 5. Develop a ballpark budget

NEA Foundation grant winner

Therese M. Jilek, Glendale, WI Through an action research project, Ms. Jilek investigates the effect of authentic and relevant experiences on student learning and the effect of interaction with children around the world on students' attitudes toward other cultures and each other. Students in Ms. Jilek's increasingly diverse class establish e-mail correspondence with students in other countries and participate in a global classroom project to exchange information and reexamine cultural stereotypes. Ms. Jilek shares the results of her study through district staff meetings and an online teacher exchange.
Instructional Technology Coordinator North Shore Middle School, Hartland, WI

www.DigitalWish.org
Non-profit seeks to solve K12 tech
shortfalls Teachers make technology wish lists Supporters make those wishes come true Digital Wish provides a host of fundraising ideas and allows teachers to e-mail and print their technology wish lists so that parents and community members can contribute. Fundraising feature so PTAs start online fundraisers in just a few mouse clicks

Prep Your Grant Writing Tool Kit

Demographics on your school Student population, grades served Racial %, gender %, free lunch % ESE, ESOL presence Test score data Teacher data: % masters, more than 5 years teaching, etc.
Where can you get for PB schools?

Prep Your Grant Writing Tool Kit

Resume, biography or curriculum vita Key grant leaders Resume: 1 page Biography: 100-150 words CV: detailed and long! Prep those this week Refocus to fit grant application and show experience Share with colleagues and revise

Prep Your Grant Writing Tool Kit

Daddy Warbucks or other sources of funding Grants office for school district Public or university library help Corporations Foundations US government State government Local groups (Rotary has literacy initiative) IRS form 990 for your area

Science and Technology Grant from Hardware Company

Vernier Software & Technology and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) are accepting applications for the annual Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards $3,000 each Seven educators who demonstrate the best inquiry-based, hands-on learning activities using data-collection technology interfaced with computers, TI graphing calculators and other handheld devices such as the Vernier LabQuest

More on Vernier/NSTA grant

Each award consists of: $1,000 in cash $1,000 in Vernier equipment up to $1,000 towards travel and expenses for attending NSTAs National Convention Award recipients one elementary teacher two middle school teachers three high school teachers one college-level educator All applications, either self-nominated or nominated by a colleague, are due by November 30

Prep Your Grant Writing Tool Kit

Sources of funding: Read between the lines! Know what must do/can do/cannot do from funding source examples: Cannot pay for food/alcohol Must allocate 10% for evaluation Cannot exceed state housing guideline Do you need matching funds? Do you need letters of support? (provide draft when asking for them)

Some sites to get funding ideas +help

Pearson site for grants and other funding resources http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator= PSZdPo Or go to www.pearsonschool.com Scroll to the bottom right hand to: Funding Sources

Scholastic provides boilerplate copy in the Funding Connection: http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/fundingCo nnection/index.html National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) http://www.ncte.org/about/grants/comp Grant Wrangler www.grantwrangler.org

Prep Your Grant Writing Tool Kit

Keep trying; recycle idea into new grant competitions

Prep Your Grant Writing Tool Kit

After you get the grant say thank you and be prepared for criticism Who would you send thanks to, and when?

What to know to write a winning technology grant A successful grant writer for four Alabama districts, Lana Bellew, provides six tips for successfully securing technology grants: 1. Avoid grants that might not be useful for the school or district 2. Research available grants and finding ones that match schools' needs 3. Study those who have won the grants in the past 4. Create a calendar to keep track of upcoming grants 5. Take a grant-writing class and 6. Understand that it could take several months to write a grant proposal and receive a response
T.H.E. Journal (11/10)

How Will You Get THAT in Your Classroom?

-Rita Oates ritaoates@aol.com www.ritaoates.com

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