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WELCOME!. Show Me the Money: Writing a Successful Grant Application. 21 st Century CCLC Grant Writing Training January 12, 2012. McREL. 501(c) (3) private non-profit research and development corporation Denver and Honolulu

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  1. WELCOME!

  2. Show Me the Money:Writing a Successful Grant Application 21st Century CCLC Grant Writing Training January 12, 2012

  3. McREL • 501(c) (3) private non-profit research and development corporation • Denver and Honolulu • Committed to helping educators change the odds for the success for all students • Research and evaluation, developing resources/tools, providing technical assistance, PD and consultation • Started in 1966; we are celebrating our 45th year

  4. Today’s Learning Outcomes Participants will: • Become familiar with strategies for writing a successful grant • Identify key structures, processes and people to have in place before and during the grant writing process • Become familiar with the 21st CCLC Grant Program RFP • Practice developing key sections of the grant application

  5. Warm-up Activity At your table, introduce yourself to someone new and discuss how the word on your card impacts grant writing.

  6. Before you Start • Read and understand the Request for Proposal (RFP). • What are the funding priorities? • Highlight all of the questions you have to answer. • Identify key structures, processes and people to have in place. • Organize your ideas-identify your main concept or theme as your central idea. • Become very familiar with the proposal evaluation criteria or rubric. • List tasks to be accomplished, who is responsible, and by what date. • Write an outline of your proposal. Good planning is key to on-time delivery!

  7. Before you Start Write a one paragraph description of your request. It should include: • Who you are • What your project is • How much you’re requesting

  8. Writing the Proposal • Define your project. • Is the project you are proposing a priority with the funding agency? • Develop a message that is easily understood and believable. • Follow the format suggested in the RFP. • Write the proposal so that it clearly addresses each area in the evaluation rubric. • Draft, review, edit…repeat. Draft, review, edit…and repeat.

  9. Budget • Budgets are cost projections • Well-planned budgets reflect carefully thought-out projects • Only include items the funder is willing to support • The budget narrative must describe a clear relationship between the activities described in the application and the proposed allocation of grant funds. • A good budget narrative must also address the necessity and rationale of proposed costs.

  10. Budget Considerations • Can the project be accomplished with this budget? • Are costs reasonable for the market? • Is the budget consistent with the proposed activities? • Is there sufficient budget detail and explanation?

  11. Evaluation Plan • How will you assess what you are doing? • Connected to work plan • Includes strategies for measuring outcomes, data collection and date sources

  12. Goal • Goal-broad statement of what you wish to accomplish • About the final impact or outcome that you wish to bring about • Make sure they are linked back to your need statement

  13. Objective • The objective represents a step toward accomplishing a goal. • An objective is narrow, precise, tangible, concrete, and can be measured. • Describe program results to be achieved and how they will be achieved • Help set priorities and targets for progress and accountability

  14. SMART OBJECTIVES S= Specific (Who? What?) M= Measurable (How much change is expected?) A= Achievable (Can it be accomplished?) R= Realistic (Proposes reasonable action steps) T= Time-phased (When will objective be met?) p.8

  15. SMARTVerbs

  16. Tips for Writing Good Goals and Objectives • Tie directly to your need statement • Include all relevant groups in your target population • Do not confuse outcome objectives for methods • Know how you will measure the change projected in each objective • If you can’t measure the objective, then change it so you can

  17. BREAK TIME! Please return in 15 minutes

  18. 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Program

  19. Purpose Establish or expand community learning centers that provide students with academic enrichment opportunities along with activities designed to compliment the students’ regular academic program. • Services should focus on helping students in low income schools succeed academically through the application of scientifically based practice and extended learning time. • Examples: tutorial services in core academic subjects; youth development activities, drug and violence prevention, counseling, art, music and recreation programs, technology education programs, and character education programs designed to reinforce and complement regular academic program Opportunities for literacy and related educational development for families pg 3

  20. Priority Areas for Funding • Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) • Serving high school students • Project based and service learning programming • High school programs with three times the state average number of McKinney-Vento homeless identified students pg 3

  21. Who is Served? Students and families of students who primarily attend high poverty, low performing schools as evidenced by: • Free and Reduced Lunch rate of 40% and above; AND • Demonstration of low achievement and low growth on Colorado reading and math content standards OR • High schools that are three times the state rate for high school eligibility of McKinney-Vento regardless of poverty or performance pg 4

  22. Who is Eligible? Any public or private organization or consortia of organizations including: • Public schools • Non-profit agencies • City or county government agencies • Faith-based organizations • Institutions of higher learning • For-profit corporations • BOCES • Consortium of organizations and/or school districts • Charter schools pg 4

  23. Grant Awards • $6 million will be awarded • Not less than $50,000 and no more than $150,000 per year • Five years with funding decreasing by 20% per year beginning in year four (sustainability is crucial!) p.4

  24. Collaboration Applicants must collaborate with other public and private agencies, including the local school district, to create programs as comprehensive and high quality as possible. p. 3

  25. Evaluation Rubric The criteria outlined in the evaluation rubric is used by reviewers to evaluate the application as a whole.

  26. The evaluation rubric is your friend!

  27. Evaluation Rubric • Part I: Proposal Introduction- No Points • Part II: Narrative- 159 points + 10 Section A: Need for the Project Section B: Quality of Project Design Section C: Quality of Project Evaluation Section D: Quality of Management Plan Section E: Adequacy of Resources Section F: Priority Areas

  28. Narrative • Reader’s first impression • State your case • State the problem (data) • Gaps in current program • Description of your proposed plan

  29. Research-based Practices • Institute of Education Sciences-What Works Clearinghouse - http://ies.ed.gov • Youth for Youth- http://y4y.ed.gov • Southwest Educational Development Laboratory- www.sedl.org

  30. Thank you!!! • Please complete an evaluation. Your feedback is valued.

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