science program grant making

Science Program Grant: "Making a Difference" Award

My principal just forwarded me a link to this grant application: DCAT

"Making a Difference" Award. It's for $2500 to expand a successful

middle school science program. You have to describe your program and

prove that it has been successful. I think it would be a relatively

easy grant to write, and that we might have a shot at getting it. We

have the test scores as a starting point for proving our success, and

I'd ask some former students to write letters of support indicating

their on-going interest in science. What would be harder is making the

case that we have a coherent program at all. What we have has

developed organically - is still developing - and is full of holes

that we are struggling to close. Although we've done some curriculum

mapping and whatnot, I don't feel like we have a

strategically-designed "program" yet. Then again, if I learned

anything in college, it was how to take fragments and present them as

though they were a whole - and I can do it pretty convincingly. And

goodness knows, we could use the funding, and I would LOVE to attend

NSTA (except I'd be out of the country and wouldn't be able to go,

anyway).

And then there's the bitter, immature part of me that is like, Write

the d*mn grant yourself. You don't even want me here. But why cut off

my nose to spite my face? We'll probably apply.

posted by ms. v. at 4:23 PM

4 Comments:

Blogger NYC Educator said...

I'm not sure I'd characterize it as immature to not wish to do

extra work for an administrator who doesn't appreciate you. A

good AP, and I've had a few of them, will get you to jump

through hoops.

You'll do it without thinking and appreciate the opportunity to

help out. It can happen.

7:13 AM

Blogger Amerloc said...

Had that grant might help fill in some of those holes...

9:05 AM

Blogger Andrew Pass Educational Services, LLC said...

It's interesting that you're writing about a science program

that has developed organically and therefore many not truly

even be a coherent program. I'm in the process of writing a

report on a program evaluation that I conducted on a literacy

initiative and the initiative has been somewhat successful. The

major point that I'm going to make is that since it developed

organically and not through a "framework" we don't really know

if we are accomplishing what we want to accomplish, since we

don't know what we want to accomplish. However, we still have

something and something is a lot better than nothing. We can

develop the framework post-facto and thereby continue

improvement. Perhaps you could write that getting this grant

would allow you to do the same thing. The grantors may be

pleased to know that they are helping something that has

already been somewhat successful but could certainly improve

even more, rather than taking a risk on an unknown entity.

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