​"If you think you are beaten, you are, If you think you dare not, you don't...For out in the world you find, Success begins with a fellow's will; It's all in the state of mind..."
- Walter D. Wintle

Jonathan C. W. Jones
SJC - Educator

Anne Dresen
Capitol City Education Fund - Board Member

#novgrantworkshop | #sjc7 | #ccef.stp

Providing educators and non-profit professionals TIME to learn grant writing basics, actual working time to write grant ideas, share with peers and acquire feedback for submission to local grants. Grants from Education Minnesota Foundation for Excellence in Teaching & Learning, Capital City Education Fund and other local grants will be discussed.
ASPIRE Mentor Program
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc
MN Educator Nov2016
Student Yearbooks
Intermediate District 287​
Educational Downlink
BSA, ​Northern Star Council
Career Field Trip
Intermediate District 287​​
Technology Integration
Intermediate District 916​
PENDING - Innovative Grant Idea That Could Affect Saint Paul Educators of Color
Saint Paul Federation of Teachers, Local SPFT 28

Today we will:
Explore Grant Opportunities
Explore Grant Anatomy 
Write Narrative
Share Narratives
Provide Grant Writing Resources
​Give Feedback

Intro
Discuss:
​What is the correlation between writing a grant and being an inventor?
Discuss:
​What is Capitol City Education Fund? What grants are offered by Education Minnesota Foundation?
How To Write Grants
Dr. Stacy Stockdill
Without Smoke & Mirrors: Finding the Magic in Outcomes & Evaluations
Suggested Steps:

1. Read Application

5. Prepare Budget

2. Shop Around​

6. Brainstorm

3. Team Up

7. Share & Revise

4. Write Narrative

8. Submit & Breath

Needs

(Who)
"To increase students navigation skills across various technologies."​

Outcomes

(Why)
"To continue developing student multimedia skills in order to create meaningful projects."​

​Activities

(How)
"Education activities that utilize a model-prompt-check sequence."

Resources

(What)
"...Dollars, materials to complete the project."
Write:
Using the post-its on your table brainstorm your grant needs, outcomes, activities & resources?

Write.Review.Revise

Writing Session 1

Write:Time to use the Template to write out grant narratives. Breath
Grant Narrative Template
Grant Narrative Template

Peer Review

Share: Time to share grant narratives in small groups. 
Review: What sections were clear & what sections could be revised?

Writing Session 2

Write: Time to revise narratives with suggestions provided by their peers. 
​Breath

Resources

Grants
Education Minnesota Foundation
December 2016
Bruce Vento Science Educator Professional Development 
– Dec. 9, 2016 – PDF or online application

Classroom Project – Dec. 9, 2016– PDF or online application

January 2017
IMPACT – Jan. 13, 2017 – PDF or online application (Nonprofit)

April 2017
Second-Year Classroom – April 3, 2017 – PDF or online application

Classroom Technology – April 3, 2017 – PDF or online application

Affinity – April 3, 2017– PDF or online application (Nonprofit)

Higher Education Faculty Professional Development
– April 3, 2017 – PDF or online application

Education Support Professionals Professional Development
– April 3, 2017 – PDF or online application

Capitol City Education Fund
Find A Grant
GetEdFunding
GrantsAlerts
The Big List of Educational Grants & Resources
Standards
Common Core
 
MN Standards

ISTE Standards for Teachers

ISTE Standards for Students

​ISTE Standards for Administrators

Workshop Survey

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