Date: July 21st 2009
|
Dear Education Leaders, This free Grants Newsletter is published biweekly by Education World®, the largest free, independent resource on the Web for educators. Education World remains a free resource thanks to the support of our advertisers -- so please click on ads of interest and visit our advertisers' sites. Thank you.
==============================================================================
This week's newsletter is sponsored by Online Degree Directory. Further your teaching skills with the latest theories and practices -- get a Master of Arts in Education: Curriculum and Instruction. You'll learn practical and relevant information you can instantly apply to your classroom. Inspire your students and faculty -- get your Doctoral in Education: Leadership for Higher Education. Programs developed in collaboration with the American Association of School Administrators (AASA). And discover more available programs with FREE Information from Online Universities - Online Degree Directory. http://www.educationworld.com/OnlineDegree2.shtml
============================================================================== This week's newsletter is sponsored by SchoolNotes.
As educators, we also know that a strong bond between school and home is a key ingredient in boosting student achievement. What better way to build that bond and boost achievement than with your own SchoolNotes Web page? A SchoolNotes Web page enables you to communicate directly with your students and their parents as often as you wish. As an added bonus, SchoolNotes offers three customized entry points, or homepages -- one for you, one for your students, and one for their parents. Each of those pages provides daily content of special interest. As a classroom teacher you need to have a FREE SchoolNotes account. Go to http://new.schoolnotes.com/ to learn more.
============================================================================= Volume 2, Issue 15 
Three Big Hurdles to Writing a Winning Grant Proposal Over the years I've talked to hundreds of people about writing grants. As I think back over those conversations, most of them seem to center on three big hurdles that grant writers face before they can write a winning grant proposal. The first of those hurdles is understanding the grant process in general. Why do foundations, state governments, and the federal government give grant money to schools? There are many different reasons, but the main ones include improving student academic programs, fostering teacher training, or building positive relationships. (As a general rule, granting agencies don't tend to give money for trips to Europe, football stadiums, or band uniforms.) By researching and studying the grant process, you -- as a grant writer -- can come to understand why and how free money is given to schools. If you don't understand the process, your chances of getting grant money will be limited.
The second hurdle is finding the grants that match your school's needs. Most grants are listed someplace on the Internet. You can find them if you are willing to dedicate time and effort to that task. Of course, search engines can be helpful too. And grant newsletters can provide some direction. But the easiest way to match your school's needs with grants is by using a grant database. First know the problems your school is experiencing, then use a grant database to match those needs to available grants. The third common hurdle is simply getting started. There are many good reasons for making the effort to capture some of the grant money that's out there. Unfortunately, there are ten times as many reasons for putting off getting started. There are an unlimited number of excuses to put off grant writing, but if you can get started you will win grant money. Now don't get me wrong -- you might not win the first grant for which you apply. You might have to apply two, three, or even four times before you get your first grant. Winning grants is a numbers game. But the main number is One. If you don't apply for your first grant, I'll guarantee you'll never apply for a second or third one. Do you really want to write winning grant applications? You can do it. You just need to thoroughly understand the process, find the grants that match up with your school's needs, and get started -- now! Tackle those three hurdles, and you'll be getting grant money for your school or classroom before you know it. Don Peek is former educator and past president of the training division of Renaissance Learning. He now runs The School Funding Center, a company that provides grant information and grant-writing services to schools. Learn more about The School Funding Center at the bottom of this newsletter.
Grant Name: Funded by: Description: Program Areas: Recipients: Proposal Deadline: Average Amount: Marcia Kingman Telephone: Email: Website: Availability: 
Grant Name: Funded by: Description: Arts Recipients: Proposal Deadline: Average Amount: Website: Availability:
Grant Name: Funded by: Description: Program Areas: Recipients: Proposal Deadline: Average Amount: http://www.neafoundation.org/grants.htm Availability:
Grant Name: Funded by: Description: Program Areas: Recipients: Proposal Deadline: Average Amount: Telephone: Average Amount: Email: Website: Availability:
Grant Name: Funded by: Description: Program Areas: Recipients: Proposal Deadline: Average Amount: Email: Website: Availability:
This week's resource is a Web site that I've mentioned before. The site is more valuable than ever in the current economic climate; it will keep grant writers updated as new stimulus grants are announced. This site announces all government grants that are related to schools. You should check this site every week or two because new grants are constantly being listed. 
The Education World Grants Newsletter is written by Don Peek, former educator and past president of the training division of Renaissance Learning. He now runs The School Funding Center, a company that provides grant information and grant-writing services to schools. The School Funding Center Grant Database attempts to list every grant available to schools across the United States. It is updated daily and currently contains more than 110,000 grant opportunities worth more than $6.5 billion. If you are serious about getting grant money for your school, you may want to subscribe to The School Funding Center Grant Database. Order your subscription today! Don't forget that you can do limited free searches in our huge school grant database by going to http://www.schoolfundingcenter.com.
The Vocabulary Teacher's Book of Lists How We Think Click the icon to the right to see more books and many other products that are available in the Education World MarketPlace. ==========================================================================
The Best of WRITING BUG is part of the Teacher Treasure Series, an NEA Professional Library Publication. http://store.nea.org/NEABookstore/control/productdetails?&item_id=0695X00 ==========================================================================
Education World now incorporates www.SchoolNotes.com ~ "everybody on the same page!" The leading school-to-home communications platform, with FREE pages for teachers and automatic notification of parents and students when new homework is posted! For a modest $24.95 PER YEAR, upgrade to Personal Edition, "Super SchoolNotes," with thousands of resources linked to your state's standards. Click here for more information. ========================================================================== MORE FEATURES OF INTEREST
Wire Side Chats Ed World chats with experts from the "education world." Printables Library 100s of printables! Meet Our Columnists From across the "education world." Early Childhood Themes From Sue LaBella. Stress Kit Tools for catching your breath. Classroom Management 101 Real tips from real teachers. News for Kids World news with kids in mind.
========================================================================== What's the World Coming To? A man standing in line at the checkout counter of a grocery store was taken by surprise when a very attractive woman behind him said, "Hello!" Her face was beaming. He gave her that "who are you look" and couldn't remember ever having seen her before. Then, noticing his look, she figured she had made a mistake and apologized. "Look," she said "I'm really sorry, but when I first saw you I thought you were the father of one of my children." Then she turned and walked out of the store. The guy was dumbfounded and thought to himself, "What is the world coming to? Here is an attractive woman who can't keep track of who fathers her children!" However, he had to admit to himself, he was quite flattered that he might resemble one of her former lovers. Then, again, he got a little panicky. I don't remember her, he thought, but maybe… during one of the wild parties he had been to when he was in college… perhaps he did father her child! Back in his car, he sat for some time, holding his head in his hands… never realizing that the woman he was puzzling over was his son's second-grade teacher. The Interview The college applicant sat across from the dean of admissions as the dean fired question after question. One question in particular struck the student as a bit odd… "If you could have a conversation with someone, living or dead, who would it be?" the dean asked. The student thought over the question for a few moments before responding…"The living one." A Waste of Time A little girl had just finished her first week of school. "I'm just wasting my time," she said to her mother. "I can't read, I can't write, and they won't let me talk!" Little Johnny Strikes Again Civics Teacher: Where was the Declaration of Independence signed? Little Johnny: At the bottom! ============================================================================
SIGN UP FOR OUR OTHER NEWSLETTERS
Have you signed up to receive the... Each week, Education World's Site Reviews Newsletter reviews three new Web sites of interest to PreK-12 educators. The weekly reviews spotlight some of the best resources on the Web for teachers and students. At least a couple times a month, we also shine the spotlight on a topic of wide interest to teachers; we present five or more great resources for teaching about that topic. Would you like to see a sample of the Education World Site Reviews Newsletter? If so, simply click the link below: If you would like to subscribe to the Education World Site Reviews Newsletter, simply click the following link: If the Site Reviews Newsletter is not of interest to you, do you know somebody else who might benefit from it? Perhaps you could pass this information along to that person. ============================================================================ Education World® Education World ========================================================================== |
by Don Peek 
In each issue, Don Peek recommends a Web resource, book, software program, or another useful tool of interest to the grants community. 
Shop the 
This Week's Feature 
Each week, Education World spotlights books of interest to educators. This week, read a brief summary of two more of our "top 50 books for educators." 
The Best of the WRITING BUG
|
<< Previous: Education World Grants Desk, Volume 2, Issue 12 |
| Archive Index | |
|
)
.
Subscribe to Education World Grants Newsletter: