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Grant Writing Skills

You Need NowSeptember 22, 2010

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Jaya plays a key role in identifying

tools, resources and programs for

pre-service and alternative certified

math and science teachers , middle

grades math educators and college

math instructors and faculty.

Jaya Tharimala

National Educator Support

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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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Contact information

Please email jtharimala@ti.com with

questions and feedback about today’s

webinar.

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