Grant Application

Mrs. Deep and I discussed the need for grants yesterday. The K-2 Literacy Program has been a huge success with the Kindergarten and 1st grade students and teachers. The program helps to build the students' literacy and supplements their learning. The program targets their weaknesses and helps to build upon their learning to help them to become more successful learners. Mrs. Deep expressed that 2nd grade wished to try the program with their students as well. However, they lacked the technology to be able to allow students time on the program. The Media Center no longer has a set of Chromebooks that can be checked out. I told Mrs. Deep about the Grant Application activity that we must do, and I stated that I would like to create the grant for the Chromebooks. The next day I came back with this grant, linked below, to request funds for the Chromebook cart. Mrs. Deep approved of the Grant Application and stated that it was done very well. This was a great learning experience for me as I have not had a lot of experience with grants. I have learned that patience and determination is a necessary characteristic that a school media specialists must have. Finding funding to obtain new resources and programs in the school library is very difficult. However, after this practicum experience, I have found many different organizations that offer grants. While completing this project, I have grasped how important it is to provide detailed information about the school's library media program in order to receive funding from a program. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LF5ps-oh3wXaPXdIqlVZwYk34xmrKG3y/view?usp=sharing