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Presenter and Guest Speaker
Louise Chapman
Volusia County Schools
Port Orange, FL
• 25-year teaching veteran and experienced grant writer
• Active in field research using data collection technology
since 1996
• Worked with the T³™ Environmental Science Writing Team
and the Biosphere II pilot site in Arizona in 1999
• Trained students in K-college to
use data collection and graphing technology since 2000
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Grant Writing Skills You Need Now
Welcome to Grant Writing Skills!
• Tight budgets at every level have led to a need
to be grant savvy to purchase equipment,
materials, and supplies for the classroom
• This workshop is intended to support your grant
writing efforts.
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Grant Writing Skills Learning Objectives
By the end of this Webinar, you will be able to:
• Interpret grant requirements
• Define key terminology related to grants
• Choose the appropriate funding source
• Make plans if funding is not granted
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Grant Writing Skills Agenda
• Topic 1- Determining What You Want to Do
and What You Need to Do It
• Topic 2- Finding a Source of Money
• Topic 3- How to Garner Support and
Partnerships
• Topic 4- Grant Terminology
• Topic 5- Steps to Writing a Grant
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Topic 1: Determining What You Want To Do
• Decide what it is you want to do.
• Decide what you need and how much it will cost.
• Find a grant or foundation that will allow you to do
that.
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• Do you want to change behavior, change
curriculum, add more hands-on, increase
girls’ participation, increase attendance, or
get more students to teach each other
students?
• Do you need a lot of money or will seed
money do? Can you accomplish your task
with $1000 or will $100 do?
Topic 1: Determining What You Want To Do
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• Do you need technology? Equipment?
Supplies? Mentors? Cash? Donations?
• What is the minimum you can use and what is
the maximum you can handle?
• How much will you have to do to get what you
need? Every grant has reports tied to it.
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Grant Writing Skills Agenda
• Topic 1- Determining What You Want to Do
and What You Need to Do It
• Topic 2- Finding a Source of Money
• Topic 3- How to Garner Support and
Partnerships
• Topic 4- Grant Terminology
• Topic 5- Steps to Writing a Grant
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Topic 2: Finding A Source of Money
• Learning to ask is the key.
• Scrounging is a teacher’s middle name.
• Find the right grant for the right need.
• Do I want a small grant, large grant, corporate
grant, or a foundation grant?
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What Will This Grant Fund?
• Believe me, if it says it will not pay for
technology, it won’t!
• Believe me, if it says 4 pages total, they will
just pull off the last 15 or 19 page entry.
• 90% of grant applications fail because the
applicant fails to follow simple instructions.
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What do they want?
• You must address what they are asking you
for, not what you would like to talk about.
• Think of a crossword puzzle and realize that
everything must fit just right. Follow the
guidelines.
• Realize that without a track record you may
not get everything you ask for. The more
grants you complete the more money people
will want to give you.
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KEEP TRACK!
• Keep track of the money you spend. Think
spreadsheet.
• Keep track of people involved and what they
are doing and how often they are doing it.
• Meet your deadlines or explain why.
If Florida is on fire and you can’t take 300 kids
in the woods today then explain that to them.
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• Grant strategies and grant writing tips from TI
• http://education.ti.com/educationportal/site
s/US/nonProductMulti/funding_grantstrate
gies.html
• http://education.ti.com/educationportal/site
s/US/sectionHome/grantwriting.html
• Wal-mart
• Target Field Trip Grants!
Helpful URLs
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Remember that nothing is free!
• There are things you need to do for the grant
and requirements you need to meet.
• There is nothing worse then taking money
and not using it or spending it the wrong way.
• If you need to change your budget tell them in
writing and give them the reasons why. Most
grants follow the 10% rule.
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Grant Writing Skills Agenda
• Topic 1- Determining What You Want to Do
and What You Need to Do It
• Topic 2- Finding a Source of Money
• Topic 3- How to Garner Support and
Partnerships
• Topic 4- Grant Terminology
• Topic 5- Steps to Writing a Grant
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Topic 3: How to Garner Support and
Partnerships?
• Spread the word for what you need. I still get
two or three fish tanks donated each year.
• Try it out on a small scale and then see what
works. Keep what works and get rid of the
rest. Set up activity stations and then add
more.
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Get Help When you Need It!
• Ask in your county: Do you have a grants specialist?
• Ask if anyone you know has received one of these grants before.
• Ask the granting agency for someone to mentor you.
• For example, each National Service Learning Leader School is responsible for sharing their knowledge and helping others write service learning grants. Every state has these.
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What is a partner and how to find one!
• Volunteers already working with you
• Businesses already helping you
• Mentors, scientists, agencies already working
with you
• All around you there are partners. Your
students, parents, administrators, fellow
teachers, and anyone else you know may be
able to suggest a partner to help you.
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Grant Writing Skills Agenda
• Topic 1- Determining What You Want to Do
and What You Need to Do It
• Topic 2- Finding a Source of Money
• Topic 3- How to Garner Support and
Partnerships
• Topic 4- Grant Terminology
• Topic 5- Steps to Writing a Grant
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Topic 4: Grant Terminology
What are Matching Funds?
• This means that for every $1 you receive from
a grant you will receive a $1 from John Smith
or Mary Doe for the project.
• Matching funds requires actual cash for the
project to match the grant funding amount.
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What is In-kind?
• In-kind means any contribution of supplies,
materials, equipment etc.
• For most grants, human resources fall under
in-kind but most grants separate it out to help
with record keeping.
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What are Human Resources and how are
they valued?
• These are volunteer hours from scientists,
mentors, business people, etc. that are valued
at a set rate per hour. For example, in the
State of Florida you can count $18.00 per hour
for each volunteer you can DOCUMENT! So
create a sign-in sheet with names, dates, and
times and have your volunteers sign-in every
time they work with you.
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Get It Written and Then Get Help Again!
• Get the English Department to proof it.
• Get someone out of field to read it. See if your goals are clear to them.
• Don’t be discouraged if at first you don’t succeed. Keep trying and call the agency and ask what you can do to improve for next time.
• Expect to get half the budget you ask for and plan what you can get done on that.
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Grant Writing Skills Agenda
• Topic 1- Determining What You Want to Do
and What You Need to Do It
• Topic 2- Finding a Source of Money
• Topic 3- How to Garner Support and
Partnerships
• Topic 4- Grant Terminology
• Topic 5- Steps to Writing a Grant
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Topic 5: Steps to Writing a Grant
SAMPLE Grant Application- based on
FUTURES Foundation Grant
1. School
2. School Bookkeepers name:
3. Name of Applicant
4. Project Title
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Grant Name or Title:
1.
2.
3.
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Data Usually Required for Grant Reporting:
• Grade level/Class designation
• Names/aide letters= just for you
• Sex of student
• GPA
• Ethnicity
• Race
• Socio-Economic status
• At-risk……..Low performing status
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Number of Students Involved in the Project
• Keep track of those directly impacted-this is
your primary focus for FUTURES
• Keep track of those indirectly impacted-this is
your primary focus for dissemination
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Needs for the project: Don’t forget the
hidden ones!
1. Personnel
2. Equipment
3. Supplies
4. Facilities
5. Sustainability
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Needs:
1.
2.
3.
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Budget Selections:
• Did you check the warehouse or your own
suppliers?
• Did you check the state bid quotes?
• Did you price the local stores? Is there a
large discount for teachers?
• Is there a clearly related activity to the
purchase of this item? Be sure to include on
every item especially technology.
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Justification for Expenses:
1.
2.
3.
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Describe Your Project:
• Who
• What
• Project Duration
• Where
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Goal of your proposal?
• Buy paper?
• Have students write more often to increase
_________ skill and ________ achievement?
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How will this enhance your students or
classroom?
• In what ways?
• Why would this be needed or important?
• Remember with a corporate grant or an
organization grant include how this would
support their mission.
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Assessment/ Quantitative Data/ Academic
Gains:
1. pre/post///comparison of test
scores///achievement levels///student portfolio
using rubric///
2. details of activities
3. low performing- how were they specifically
impacted?
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Partners:
1. Who?
2. What?
3. How often?
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If You Succeed:
• Let us know.
• Meet with your Partners and make a plan.
• Check over your budget and make changes
based on what your funding has allowed.
• Keep track of your efforts, send pictures,
thank-you notes, and keep records of
everything from funds spent to volunteer time
logged.
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If you don’t succeed!
• Let me know and let’s talk if you want.
• Try again.
• Check with your judges if you can. Every
grant will send you the judges score sheets
upon request. Also, ask for copies of winning
grants.
• Try again.
• TRY AGAIN BUT WITH A DIFFERENT
GRANTOR.
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While you’re waiting for grant news
• Resources from TI that can help in the short
term:
• Borrow TI Technology
• http://education.ti.com > Search for
“workshop loan”
• Technology Rewards
• http://education.ti.com/us/techrewards
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