Hands-on, Practical Guidance for Educators

From math, literacy, equity, multilingual learners, and SEL, to assessment, school counseling, and education leadership, our books are research-based and authored by experts on topics most relevant to what educators are facing today.

Simplified Grantwriting

First Edition
By: Mary Ann Burke, Editor

This step-by-step guidebook will give educators at all levels the practical tools they need to take control of the grantwriting process and succeed, including time-tested ways to:

Create a simplified process for managing grantwriting activities
Identify an effective marketing strategy
Effectively organize and time-manage the grant development process
Establish a "program sustainability plan" that ensures continuous funding and community support

. . . and much more. Field-tested and refined for more than a decade, these strategies can create a new level of understanding for all practitioners and bring effective grant development to your school and district.

Full description

Product Details

Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9780761945321
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2002
Page Count: 144
Publication date: June 14, 2002

Select Format:

Review Copies

This book is not available as a review copy.

Description

"I have reviewed and indeed written books on grantwriting and this is by far the most comprehensive and clear guide to grantwriting ever. The clarity of direction, including sample pages and charts, makes this a winner from beginning to end."
Lee Mahon, Ed.D, Professor/Mentor Doctoral Studies
The Fielding Graduate Institute
Santa Barbara, CA

"A long overdue step-by-step guide for schools and community organizations to navigate the complexities of program design and funding. In very succinct fashion, Dr. Burke has condensed her years of experience into an accessible format that can be used by anyone with even a limited understanding of the grantwriting process. Simplified Grantwriting is a must for school and district administrators, as well as service providers, as they respond to the changing educational landscape of the 21^st century.
Cambria Smith, Outreach Coordinator
Volunteer Center of Los Angeles
Panorama City, CA

Effective strategies for writing program grants—for beginners and experienced practitioners alike!

Teachers and administrators can feel overwhelmed by the grant application process—researching the proper resources, developing the proposals from scratch, and writing well-constructed and effective grants.

This step-by-step guidebook will give educators at all levels the practical tools they need to take control of the grantwriting process and succeed, including time-tested ways to:

Create a simplified process for managing grantwriting activities
Identify an effective marketing strategy
Consider various options for collaborating with diverse stakeholders
Effectively organize and time-manage the grant development process
Understand the integral components of a grant proposal's needs
Design a clearly articulated grant proposal template that addresses all of the funder's requirements
Modify program proposals that meet the diverse funders' needs
Establish a "program sustainability plan" that ensures continuous funding and community support

Field-tested and refined for more than a decade, these strategies can create a new level of understanding for all practitioners and bring effective grant development to your school and district.

Author(s)

Mary Ann Burke, Editor

Mary Ann Burke is the co-founder of the Generational Parenting Blog at genparenting.com. Dr. Burke presents effective parenting and school engagement strategies at numerous state and national parent engagement events. She creates Common Core State Standards kits and S.T.E.A.M. activities for parents to use at home and in their child’s classroom to support children’s literacy and academic readiness skills. Dr. Burke is an author or editor of four Corwin Press Books on parent and community engagement in schools. Mary Ann is an active grandmother of five grandchildren that include seven month old twin granddaughters, a four year old preschool grandson, a six-year-old kindergarten granddaughter, and a nine year old third grade grandson. She supports her grandchildren’s literacy and academic development activity play at home and at their schools. Mary Ann is a credentialed parent educator for over thirty years in California’s schools and a former adjunct professor. Dr. Burke previously led the Santa Clara County Office of Education’s Parent Engagement Initiative that is a state model for best practices in parent engagement for culturally diverse families.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

The Value of Effective Grantwriting

Organization of This Book

1. A Simplified Process for Grant Development and Implementation

Strategic Planning for Program Development

How to Find Funders

Attending Funder Informational Meetings

Designing Responsive Grant Templates

Creating Diversified Grant Development Teams

Modifying Grant Proposals to Meet Diverse Funders' Needs

2. Marketing Strategies for Educational Program Funding

Customizing the Marketing of a Program

3. Integrated Program Collaborations

Identifying Collaborative Community Partners for Critical Services

Building Collaborative Partnerships for Leveraging Program Resources

Brainstorming With Key Stakeholders for Creating Supplemental Program Services

4. Effective Organizational Strategies and Time Management

Reviewing and Creating a Summary of All Grant Requirements

Scheduling Funder Informational Meetings

Convening a Grant Needs Assessment Meeting

Facilitating a Stakeholder Meeting for Completing a Worksheet Grant Template

Convening Follow-Up Meetings for Grant Development and Implementation

5. Integral Grant Proposal Components

The Grant's Introduction

The Problem and Needs Statement

The Program Design With Goals, Objectives, Activities, and a Timeline

The Organizational Capacity and Experience of Staff

The Evaluation Plan

The Program's Budget and Budget Narrative

The Program's Plan for Sustainability

6. Designing a Responsive Grant Template

Step 1: Reviewing Critical Information for a Grant's Development

Step 2. Reviewing the Grant's Scoring Forms

Step 3: Reviewing the Factors to be Considered for Each Criteria

Step 4: Using Selection Criteria Scoring Weights to Plan the Grant Template

Step 5: Constructing the Grant Template to Respond to Selection Criteria

Step 6: Assisting Stakeholders in Formulating Grant Responses

Step 7: Editing Diverse Stakeholders' Grant Template Responses

Step 8: Identifying and Creating Grant Template Evaluation Tools and Plan

Step 9: Securing Feedback From Stakeholders for Completing the Grant

Step 10: Designing a Template Budget, Budget Narrative, and Sustainability Plan

Step 11: Creating a Follow-Up Template Plan

7. Modifying Program Proposals to Meet Diverse Funders' Needs

8. Establishing a Program Sustainability Plan for Continuous Support

Suggested Readings

Index

Reviews

"I have reviewed and indeed written books on grantwriting and this is by far the most comprehensive and clear guide to grantwriting ever. The clarity of direction, including sample pages and charts, makes this a winner from beginning to end."

Lee Mahon, Professor/Mentor Doctoral Studies
The Fielding Graduate Institute

"A long overdue step-by-step guide for schools and community organizations to navigate the complexities of program design and funding. In very succinct fashion, Dr. Burke has condensed her years of experience into an accessible format that can be used by anyone with even a limited understanding of the grantwriting process. Simplified Grantwriting is a must for school and district administrators, as well as service providers, as they respond to the changing educational landscape of the 21^st century."

Cambria Smith, Outreach Coordinator
Volunteer Center of Los Angeles

Other Titles in: Finance/Funding/Grantwriting | Principalship | Superintendents & District Administration

Select Format:

Review Copies

This book is not available as a review copy.