SFC- January 24, 2007 Newsletter

SCHOOL FUNDING NEWSLETTER

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Editorial
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I've heard all my life that you never forget how to ride a bicycle once you've gained the skill. I truly believe that.

Whether you learn to type on a keyboard, write a good paragraph, make a persuasive speech, or read at the 12th-grade level, the skill will never leave you. Yes, if after years without practice, you start typing again, you will be rusty.
But after a short while, the skill is normally as sharp as it ever was.

It amazes me sometimes the amount of facts we pour into students without giving them adequate skills to use those facts. Who was the 11th President of the United States?
What is the equation for the Pythagorean Theorem? When did the Civil War begin and end?

Now, write something in cursive. Summarize this editorial for a friend. Apply for a grant.

Once you've obtained a skill, it is yours for life.

Employers really don't want to know what an applicant knows.
They hire them because of what they can do.

When you help build your school's curriculum, build in a series of skills to be mastered. I have no doubt many necessary facts will be included, but make sure that important skills are, too.

Don Peek
dpeek@schoolfundingcenter.com

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Feature Article
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The Perfect Time for a Needs Assessment

What are the major problems in your school? Are they academic? Do your teachers have adequate training?
Are discipline problems preventing true learning from taking place? Are you spending the bulk of your budget in areas that are already doing well? Do you have a particular group of students performing well below average?

January and February are perfect for assessing your needs.
Here's why. At the end of the school year in June, you had all the information you needed to know your school's strengths and weaknesses. Hopefully, you made changes, implemented new programs, provided needed training. Now a full semester has come and gone. This is an excellent time to compare 1st semester results with those of last school year.

Did you make the changes you said you would? Are those changes working? What evidence do you have? Is there a lack of money in certain areas that make change difficult?
You should be answering those questions and a lot of others right now.

Why? First, if you don't make assessments often, little or no change will take place. If you don't make assessments at all, you are simply floating on the sea, going nowhere in particular.

Don't let a whole year pass before you assess how well you're doing. Too much will be lost if you are not making progress. Use January and February to assess and make needed changes. Then measure progress again in June to see if you are indeed on the right track.

Assessing needs in a school or classroom is really an ongoing task. It just happens that January and February are excellent months to make a needs assessment because a semester has just ended.

Find those needs, write plans to fix those problems, and write grants for the money you need to put your plans into operation. Your school will never be perfect, but you can always make improvements.

Don Peek
dpeek@schoolfundingcenter.com

The School Funding Center's database at http://www.schoolfundingcenter.com
will help you match your needs to the grants that are available. We include live links to e-mail and Web sites of
granting organizations whenever available.
Usually address, phone, and/or fax is included.

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Tips
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1. The beginning of all good grant writing is a needs
   assessment.
2. Write grants specifically for the problem you are trying
   to address.
3. Make sure you list all the money and resources you will
   be using in addition to the grant money for which you are
   applying.

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Phone: 1-877-856-7400 with credit card
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On-line: http://www.schoolfundingcenter.com/jump.asp

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Q & A
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Q. How can I best improve my chances for getting grant money?

A: Match as closely as possible the need you have with the
   granting agency's purpose and grant program. The
   closer the match, the better your chance of getting
   grant money.

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Grant Announcements
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Grant name: Picturing America

Funded by: American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office (PPO) / National Endowment for the Humanities

Description: A pilot project of NEH's We the People program, Picturing America has been created to promote the teaching, study and understanding of American history and culture in K-12 schools through examples of the nation's most significant works of art and architecture and to facilitate interdisciplinary partnerships between school library media specialists, art teachers, classroom instructors and other educators. Picturing America will provide 500 public and private schools with:
1) A collection of 20 double-sided, laminated posters depicting works of American art; and 2) A 100-page resource booklet with information about the paintings, sculpture, architecture and crafts reproduced. The booklet contains essays for each poster, teaching suggestions, and quick introductory exercises geared to different grade levels.

Program areas: Arts, social studies

Recipients: Public school private/charter school, faith-based, other

Proposal deadline: 3/19/2007

Email: publicprograms@ala.org

Website: http://publicprograms.ala.org/picturingamerica

Availability: All states
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Our database is filled with every state, federal, and foundation grant available to your school. You have absolutely no need to buy any other product. We already monitor over 4,000 sources to compile our grant information.

We have grants for universities, colleges, K-12, and pre-K.

We have grants for public, charter, private, and faith- based schools.

Our database contains over 110,000 grants worth over
$6.5 billion.

To order, go to: http://www.schoolfundingcenter.com/jump.asp

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Grant name: Prevention of High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior Among College Students

Funded by: U.S. Department of Education

Description: The Grant Competition to Prevent High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior among College Students provides awards to develop or enhance, implement, and evaluate campus- and community-based strategies to prevent high-risk drinking or violent behavior among college students.

Program areas: At-risk/character, community involvement/volunteerism, safe/drug-free schools

Recipients: Higher education, faith-based, other

Proposal deadline: 2/20/2007

Total amount: $2.3 million

Contact person: Richard Lucey, Jr.

Telephone: 202-205-5471

Email: richard.lucey@ed.gov

Website: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12081&mode=VIEW

Availability: All states

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Grant name: State Personnel Development Grants Program

Funded by: U.S. Department of Education

Description: The purpose of this program is to assist SEAs in reforming and improving their systems for personnel preparation and professional development in early intervention, educational, and transition services in order to improve results for children with disabilities.

Program areas: Disabilities, professional development, special education

Recipients: Public school, other

Proposal deadline: 3/27/2007

Total amount: $28.6 million

Average amount: $80,000 to $4 million

Contact person: Larry Wexler

Telephone: 202-245-7571

Email: larry.wexler@ed.gov

Website: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11660&mode=VIEW

Availability: All states

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Grant name: StreetSentz Community Grant Program

Funded by: Radio Shack Corporation

Description: The RadioShack StreetSentz Community Grant program is designed to offer answers that bring community impact through programs or projects conducted by local nonprofit organizations.
The program currently focuses on two areas: prevention of family violence/abuse and/or child abduction.

Program areas: At-risk/character, family services, all other

Recipients: Public school, other

Proposal deadline: 3/15/2007

Average amount: Up to $500

Website: http://www.radioshackcorporation.com/cc/contributions.html

Availability: All states

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I look forward to hearing from you.

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