Building an Effective Grant Team
How to use your people and ideas to innovate.
Do you want to create innovative programs that help every child succeed?
Strategic planning with the grant team is critical. Create a Logic Model to guide the plan.
A team often consists of Central Office personnel- representatives from Finance, Senior Staff, Accountability/Research and Superintendent; representatives from the schools involved- principal, teacher, and curriculum lead as well as a primary grant writer. This team usually meets about a year before the grant is due to align processes. Bring this group together to create a logic model. Seek out partnerships with other districts, IHEs, and community/business partners.
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Growing a Grant Team
Strategic Planning Saves Time
Grant Writing
Implementation and sustainability plans must be thought about prior to writing the grant.
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The sustainability plan needs to be how you sustain the grant for at least five years after the grant is funded. Many times the sustainability plans discusses teacher leaders in your district being trained who can train teachers for years to come. The plan will also outline how purchased equipment can be most effectively used and which funds will sustain the critical elements of the plan after funding has run out. For example, if it is critical to sustain a person who implements the program then funds need to be prioritized prior to the grant showing this person will be sustained following the grant cycle. There are also sustainability funding that can be pursued to help with these costs.