Example of an Approved Grant (2023-2024)
Email:
(applicant's email)
Name:
Erin Miele and Kathy Hanlon
School or Organization Name:
Alden Elementary School- grade 3
What is your role and how long have you worked for DPS/community organization?
Erin Miele 23 years, Kathy Hanlon 15 years
Indicate DPS administrators supporting this grant:
Dr. Long
Title of Grant
A Simple Seed 5 minute Morning Journal for use by Third Grade Teachers
Type of Grant
New Educational Project
Category of Grant
Community
Well-being
Schools Benefiting from this Grant
Alden Elementary School
Approximate Number of Students Benefiting from this Grant
This will impact all third grade teachers and students so it will impact about 230 people.
What is the amount of your grant request?
$1-$1,000
Please provide a 1-2 sentence overview of your project.
We would like to order the Simple Seed gratitude workbook- School Edition for each third grade teacher to use with their students.
Detailed Description
The Simple seed is a 5-minute morning journal for students for growth, gratitude and giggles. It follows the belief that how you start each morning matters. It sets the tone for the whole day. This journal encourages a growth mindset. Each day includes: -a life lesson -a daily challenge -an intention to make others smile and of course some giggles. Kathy and I have been using this journal with our classes for the past year and loved the impact it had on ourselves and our students. We presented this idea to our grade level colleagues to see if they were interested and they all loved the idea and would like to incorporate this workbook into their classroom routines.
Supporting attachments or links to on-line resources, as needed.
Powerpoint emailed to Grant Committee
What is your inspiration for this grant? What experiences or needs have led you to make this request?
After the pandemic we are all still recovering in so many ways and we see a different set of student needs as a result of they have gone through. This is a wonderful way to create a kind, positive classroom climate that fosters the love of learning.
What are the goals of this grant?
To help our colleagues create a positive, uplifting learning environment in these troubling times we live in.
What is the timeline for implementation of this grant?
immediately
How will the grant be implemented?
The teachers will start using the journals once they receive them and then they can use them from year to year moving forward.
Describe who you will be working with on this grant. Please include if other staff or organizations will be involved
The third grade teachers.
How is your proposal innovative? How is it appropriate for DEF funding?
This grant is innovative in that it is a quick investment of time for a huge return of improved classroom behavior and climate. The author also presents professional development and we would love for her to be a speaker sometime in the future.
Who is the grant's intended audience?
Students
Colleagues
How will audience(s) benefit from this grant?
Students will learn about gratitude and the growth mindset and use what they learn in the classroom and their daily lives. Colleagues will learn about gratitude and the growth mindset and use what they learn in the classroom and their daily lives.
How will you measure and/or evaluate the success of your project?
monitor results
Please describe how you will measure and/or evaluate the success of your project in detail.
We will check in with the teachers after a few months using the journal to see the effect on them and their students.
List Cost of Materials, Supplies or Fees
8 books at $23.20 with shipping costs for an approximate total of $185.20
Links to specific products (ex. Amazon), product websites or registration sites
Total Project Cost
$200
Total DEF Request
$200
Is your grant dependent on receiving the full amount of DEF funding?
Yes
Are you able to redefine the scope of your project if only partial funding is available? If so, how?
No
Have or will you request funds from other sources?
Yes
Would funding be needed in the future to continue the work of this grant after DEF funds are granted?
no
