Education Plus! Mini-Grant Create a Winning Proposal  

Funding will be provided for projects that enrich the standard curriculum or school activities in ways that directly affect students’ day-to-day school experiences. Proposals should encourage creativity, increase student
motivation to learn and describe the “Plus” in education.

Priority will be given to projects designed to do one or more of the following:

· Motivate students and keep them eager to learn about Arts and Culture, Health and
Wellness; Media and Technology, Math and Science, and Reading and Literacy.

· Improve basic learning skills

· Improve cultural awareness to better prepare our students for the future

· To help underachieving students reach their potential

· Provide meaningful and measurable learning objectives

· Involve many students

· Include the purchase of non-consumable, reusable materials

Considerations:

· Grants cannot be used to supplant school and/or district responsibilities

· Proposals for equipment and/or fields trips will be considered only if they are an integral, vital component of a larger strategy

· Outside consultants and experts will be supported only if the expenditure is a necessary part of the overall
objective of the project

· Each educator may submit only one proposal per academic year

· Type your application

· Try to develop projects which will be self-sufficient at the end of funding

· Remember evaluation is an important component of the grant

· Integrate technology; however, purchase of the computers or major equipment in and of themselves is
discouraged

Look for and eliminate …

· Grammatical and spelling errors

· Logical inconsistencies

· Unjustified budget items

· Unsupported statements