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I truly believe that the one-on-one instruction provides the best writing for our current technological student clients. I often take their final copies and correct them myself giving a second tier of information about their writing. This allows me to pinpoint locations where the quality began to stray or could be most effectively improved. There is less to correct with regards to mechanics, so I can focus on their content and development more. The process of revision is the main lesson my students learn before they give me a hard copy for their portfolios. Best of all for students and me, I'm less of a nag now!
Connie Luder, Washington Irving Middle School, Los Angeles Unified School District
Funding
Before Beginning the Grants Search
Before you begin the process of investigating the possibility of seeking potential financial support for one of Vantage Learning's educational products, your school or district needs to gather the following information:
Before you begin the process of investigating the possibility of seeking potential financial support for one of Vantage Learning's educational products, your school or district needs to gather the following information:
- Target Population - grade level, content area, approximate number of students and number if teachers
- Does the district have a foundation?
- Provide a paragraph or two describing the district:
- urban, suburban or rural
- profile of the student population - socio-economic level
- mission statement
- Major employers, corporations or institutions where parents may be employed
- District past use of MY Access! or other Vantage Learning product
- Target date for purchase of program - licenses and professional development
- Contractual arrangements for staff in-service
- Previous out-of-district funding sources
- District contacts for grants and professional development
- Hardware
- Software
- Professional development
Vantage Learning Grant Writing Tool Kits
Our web-based, award winning program, MY Access!, integrates proven instructional technology to teach all aspects of the writing process through direct instruction, assessment, and data management. The program has been developed as a clear, research-based model of what constitutes strong writing skills at multiple developmental levels.
To help you draft a data and research-based persuasive grant proposal to fund your use of MY Access!, we present the 2009 MY Access! Grant Writing Tool Kit and the 2009 I3 Grant Tool Kit.
Links to Funding Resources
Perhaps your school or district would like to explore potential grant opportunities that would assist you in incorporating Vantage Learning's educational products into your program. The following links to websites may help in your search:
Perhaps your school or district would like to explore potential grant opportunities that would assist you in incorporating Vantage Learning's educational products into your program. The following links to websites may help in your search:
- U.S. Department of Education Funding Forecast
http://www.ed.gov - No Child Left Behind Act Website
http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov - The Foundation Center
http://fdncenter.org - Technology and Learning Magazine Grants and Contests
http://www.techlearning.com