School Board of Palm Beach County

GRANT PROPOSAL

Instructor: Amanda HillmanApril 7, 2013

Grant Type?The educational technology

improvement need which I chose to address in my grant application is for staff and administration to ensure that all teachers in their department and school know how to operate and maintain the technology available in their classrooms.

According to the NEA Foundation, this specific grant is intended to

develop “students’ academic achievement by engaging them in

critical thinking and problem solving that deepen knowledge of standards-based subject matter”

What type of grant?This grant is intended to center the focus on student need, with a limited

amount allotted for professional development.

Executive Summary Jupiter High School request $2,500 grant to:

Enable professional development which may be centered on student success by the implementation and maintenance of technology in the classroom

Geared toward professional development skills and courses which can directly benefit the school and align with the school district’s commitment to the pursuit of excellence

Jupiter High’s MissionJupiter High School’s mission statement states “Jupiter High School is committed to equipping students with the tools they need

for academic, personal and social achievement.”

Palm Beach County MissionPalm Beach County is committed to

excellence by maintaining and assimilating digital tools to follow the technology trends of the current generation of students. The technology strives to be outfitted with a variety of digital technology tools.

Needs and Proposed ImprovementsPresently, the school has very

minimum computer access for student usage. In addition, current teachers within the English department have limited resources available to advance their professional development in regards to classroom technology needs.

Specific NeedsFocal point of the proposed grant is to make

certain to provide more accessible means of technology for the students; as well as research, identify and pursue professional development tools which may be easily incorporated to further student achievement within the English department

Professional DevelopmentEnglish department will pursue a professional development course to educate instructors on how to operate and maintain the technology available in their classroom to improve school unity.

Specific Goals and Objectives

English Department GoalsOne of the important goals within the

English department is to partner with colleagues and encourage the consistent

use of the technology available in the classroom currently. A professional

development course will help to ensure staff has the knowledge necessary to learn

and model the current technology

English Department ObjectivesOne of the most important objectives within

the English department is to encourage the IT staff to explore more feasible software to utilize in eventual school use.

By collaborating with the IT staff, it will help to make the software and hardware goals develop quickly and accurately.

Possibilities…The department staff in turn will learn and

model the technology for other teachers within our department. In addition, possible encouragement of the software and hardware for professional development within other department

Specific Activities for Student FocusWithin one month of receiving funding, the

English department will brainstorm and restructure the computers within the hallway. Once an evaluation of available resources has been identified through focus groups, the department will take action on implementing the goal

Specific Activities for Teacher FocusWithin the weekly focus groups, the

department will also brainstorm on professional development tools available

currently and which may be assimilated after the funding is received. Upon receiving

funding within one month, the department will have identified and began implementing

the new professional development course

Budget Details for StudentsTool Price and Quantity Total

2 Refurbished Intel Core 2 Duo Dell computers and monitors for student access in English department

•2- $300.00 per computer tower2- $75.00 per computer monitor

$675.00 total for 2 new computers

2 new software programs installed on new computers

2- $318 for 2 yearly Pro Prezi software for computers•Fee to pay IT department of maintenance and installation of new computers

$318 for licensed Pro Prezi software$50 per hour to pay IT staff to install and maintain new computers and software

Budget Details for TeachersTool Price and Quantity Total

Professional Development online tools to facilitate consistent technology and Prezi Tutorial for teacher use

Short online course for consistent use of technology $120 for 9 English teachers

$1,080 for Professional Development CourseFree Prezi tutorial with licensed purchase of software

Grand Total

Budget

Estimated budget

$2,200 total

Evaluation Plan

Evaluation of student impactThe impact of student access to software and

computer use will be evaluated by anonymous student surveys which will be distributed through the online communication tool

Evaluation of Teacher impactThe impact of the professional development

course which the English department will be collaboratively managing and participating in, will be evaluated through weekly guided focus

groups and needs assessments to measure technology needs and future goals.

Grant Proposal Complete

ReferencesFunding Opportunities_FarmtoSchool.org. (n.d.)

Retrieved from http://www.farmtoschool.org/fundingopps.php Student Achievement Grants // The NEA

Foundation. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/grants-to-

educators/grant-application/student-achievement-grants/

Mission Statement for Jupiter High School in Jupiter,Florida. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://florida.webschoolpro.com/jupiter-high-school_FL000500081/mission.html