wfee.org : Professional grant submission

.NEW: WFEE has added a second professional development grant cycle with applications due November 18, 2011 . Grants will be awarded in December of 2011. This is appropriate for people interested in late winter and early spring classes.

Final submission date for individual and major collaborative grants: March 2, 2012; received on-line by midnight.

Instructions: The online grant application does not support saving your grant in an interim state. Please follow the instructions below.

1. Review Professional Grant guidelines.
2. Download a Word version of the grant application.
3. Complete the Word document with your grant information.
4. Save a copy of your application on your compter.
5. You are required to have administrative sign off on your grant. You will need to review your proposal before submitting it.
6.Your principal (elementary) or Department Head and Principal (MS/HS) must mail the Administrative Review Sheet (the last page of the application) to WFEE
7. Once all reviews have been completed please return to this page and cut and paste the appropriate content from your Word document.

We are unable to accept late applications. If you have any questions, please contact Grants Co- Chair, Susan Schwartz at schwinardo@gmail.com or Nick D’Angelo at Nicholas.dangelo@us.pwc.com. You may also call the WFEE office at 781-756-8020 or email info@wfee.org. Thank you for your interest and effort in completing this application

Please note: all fields are required unless identified as optional.

Download Professional Development Application (Word document)
Review Professional Development Grant Guidelines
Download Administrative Review Sheet (Word document)
Download an application of an approved grant as a reference.

Have you reviewed the Grant Guidelines in the link above? yes List the names of people who have reviewed this application: Principal: Director: (review required if you are a member of a department) Others: (optional)

Part I. Applicant and Project Information
Title of project:
Project manager:
School:
Email:
Confirm email:
Telephone:

Additional applicant :
Name:		Name:
School:		School:
Telephone:		Telephone:
Please check:	Individual grant Major collaborative grant
Curriculum:
Date of training:		Location:

Part II: Grant proposal
A. Please provide a brief summary of your project in 200 words or less. If the project is funded, we may use this summary for publicity purposes.
Summary:

B. Describe your project in detail by including the following information:
Educational issue or content area :	Describe the educational issue(s) and/or the content area that this professional development program or course will address. Please describe how it is compatible with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and district goals.
Goals & outcomes:	Describe the ultimate goal of the program or course and the several expected outcomes. What knowledge and/or skills do you expect will be enhanced as a result of this project or course? What impact will this program or course have in the classroom? .
Activities:	Describe the content and/or activities involved in this course, program or educational experience. This should be done in detail and will be of particular importance to the WFEE Grants Committee.
Innovation, creativity, and/or collaboration:	Specifically describe the ways in which your program reflects one or more of the following: - an innovative approach to addressing an aspect of your own professional growth - a creative way to address an educational issue in the classroom or systems through professional development - A collaborative way of addressing an educational problem or need
Quality, reputation of the program.	Please provide evidence of the quality or reputation of the program, course, or consultant through web links, letters of support or recommendation, links to articles in professional literature, or other means. If using a consultant, specify his/her role in this project, list the company website or, if there is no website, mail a copy of the consultant’s resume, brochure, or any pertinent material to your proposal.
Timeline:	Please provide a timetable of activities for the project.
Evaluation:	How will you demonstrate that the goals and objectives have been met and what evidence you will provide? (final project or paper, data, surveys, journals, etc.)

Part III: Budget and Explanation - please be specific
1. Tuition and fees
Description 1:		Cost 1:
Description 2:		Cost 2:
Description 3:		Cost 3:
Tuition:

2. Travel and lodging (not too exceed $500 per applicant).
Description 1:		Cost 1:
Description 2:		Cost 2:
Description 3:		Cost 3:
Description 4:		Cost 4:
Travel:

3. Personnel
Personnel 1:		Hourly rate :
# of hours		Cost 1:
Personnel 2:		Hourly rate :
# of hours		Cost 2:
Personnel 3:		Hourly rate :
# of hours		Cost 3:
Personnel:

4. Other costs:
Other 1:		Cost 1:
Other 2:		Cost 2:
Other 3:		Cost 3:
Other costs:

Total costs:

5. Please provide a description justifying the costs of the project. Provide an explanation for requests for travel and funds to support personnel.
Budget explanation:
6. Sometimes funds are not available to fully fund a proposal. If this is the case, please give a brief description of how you would reduce the scope of our proposal to accommodate a lesser amount, but still meet your objectives.
Description of budget reduction:

Part IV. Administrative Sign Off
You are required to obtain Administrative approval for this grant. The grant submission is not considered complete until the Review Form has also been mailed to WFEE.

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