Everything in this course has been designed to inform the grant writing process, something that may be new to you, but also something that will set you apart as a school administrator. All of the learning from this course is experiential. Your textbooks, however great they may be, are only supplemental. They are your resource, a valuable resource, for your library and your perusal. They are your reference material. What is important and most critical in this course is your focus on campus needs and campus improvement. Period.
First of all, campus needs can only be understood by you or the principal (or anyone else for that matter), by being open to the mental models that are held by the diverse members of the community. Multiple data sources are essential to target needs and develop workable solutions. Your textbooks can be a source of helping to interpret or put into context what you are seeing and hearing around you each day as an educational practitioner. Be open to what the needs are...inquire, inquire, inquire....at some point you are ready to join with your team of educators with shared and informed mental models....SHARED VISION, Peter Senge calls it...to move forward with a plan of action...a solution...a solution that may cost money...money that may be available through the school budget....but most likely not. Therefore it is time to look into a variety of alternate funding sources ready to fund the creative efforts that you and your colleagues aspire to pursue on behalf of your students.
This is the first step of the grant writing process...the frame of mind of Ubuntu...or inquiry and advocay...of intelligent and creative minds coming together to problem solve...before looking for the money...there must be an idea or a plan...so get ready...I am going to introduce you to funding sources that will provide you with a career of excellence that others may never discover.
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