Grant Writing: "Finding and Securing Grant Money for Your School Projects"

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Grant Writing "Finding and Securing Grant Money
for Your School Projects"

• Presented By
• Grants Development Administration (GDA)
• Student Support Services Division

5100 West Sahara Avenue Las Vegas, NV
89146 Telephone [phone] Fax
702-799-5239 http//sssd.ccsd.net/gda.html
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GDA Structure
Evaluator Teams
SB-185 Team
Denna Atkinson/Natalie Mazzullo Coordinator/Writer
s Kevin Biesinger/Dr. Brian Saffle/Opal
Ingram Program Evaluators Candie
Peterson Administrative Clerk
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Baseline Data

• Collected before program implementation begins.
• Comparable data is collected during program
  implementation in order to measure progress at
  different time points.
• May be collected during needs assessment.

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Stakeholders

• Individuals, groups or organizations having a
  significant interest in how well a program
  functions, for instance, those with
  decision-making authority over the program,
  funders or sponsors, administrators and
  personnel, and clients or intended beneficiaries.
  

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Selected Components of a Grant Application

• Abstract
• Project Design Timeline
• Management Plan
• Evaluation Plan

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Evaluation Monitoring

• Why must we evaluate grants?
• Data Collection
• How do we get the data?

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Definitions (Rossi, Lipsey Freeman, 2004)

• Formative Evaluation Evaluative activities
  undertaken to furnish information that will guide
  program improvement.
• Summative Evaluation Evaluative activities
  undertaken to render a summary judgment on
  certain critical aspects of the programs
  performance, for instance, to determine if
  specific goals and objectives were met.

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Goals

• Goal
• Short, general statement about the overall
  purpose of the program
• Ex. Develop a teacher training program that will
  increase teachers content knowledge in Algebra.

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Objectives (Corporation for National Service,
1998)

• SMART Specific, Measurable, Attainable,
  Realistic, Timely
• Process Objectives Is the program doing what it
  is supposed to be doing?
• What are the day-to-day activities of your
  program?
• Outcome Objectives What changes occurred as a
  result of carrying out program activities?
• What measures will you use to determine the
  effectiveness of your program, and what is the
  desired result?

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Objective-Writing Activity
You have chosen to implement a teacher training
program that will provide Algebra courses to
increase teachers content knowledge in Algebra.
The goal of your program is to improve teachers
ability to teach Algebra. Please take three
minutes to write one process and one outcome
objective for your program.
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Developing Your Grant Budget

• Follow directions
• Be clear and concise
• Show all expenses by line item
• Personnel
• Benefits
• Travel
• Equipment
• Supplies
• Contractual
• Construction
• Other
• Budget narrative Project
  description/action plan
• Research auxiliary information required by
  grantor

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