mini-grant


 * Arts Educator 2.0 - Mini Grant Proposal**

As part of the Arts Educator 2.0 Project, participants are eligible to apply for a mini grant for funds to support their Personal Professional Development Plan (PPDP) goals or their Unit Plans. Below are the components which must be included in all mini-grant proposals. You may copy these elements in to your wikispace or in to a Word document to prepare your application. Submit your application to your mentor for suggestions on revisions before submitting it to the grant co-directors for approval of funding. The grant co-directors and mentors reserve the right to approve or deny funding of all applications. **All purchase made in your mini grant will be made through Intermediate Unit 1 and will be delivered their for grant tracking purposes**.


 * Participants will be expected to account for all spending within their mini-grant award, through a brief summary of the impact of the grant upon personal learning outcomes or student learning outcomes prior to the end of the 2008-2009 school year.** Purchases may include items such as, but not limited to: software, online course registrations, memberships in professional organizations, registration for conferences, local workshops, textbooks, non-consumable equipment, or consumables specifically tied to PPDP or Unit Planning goals.

Once your application is completed and approved by your mentor, fill this requesition form: and send it to Mara Linaberger for purchase. It is strongly recommended that you keep your order to as few vendors as possible to speed up the ordering process, as well as using well known vendors, with whom the IU most likely already has accounts set up with. You will be notified when your materials arrive at IU1, and you may either arrange to drop by to pick them up, or secure them when attending the next onsite event or workshop. Here is a mini-grant sample page to help you along with the process.


 * Arts Educator 2.0 - Mini Grant Application

Date: Name: Email Address: School Name: School Address: City: State: Zip: School Phone Number: Grade Level(s): Subject Area(s):

Summary of PPDP Goals:** (Please describe your PPDP and what you hope to achieve with your plan.)

(Describe in detail the resources that you need which will be purchased with mini grant funds.)
 * Statement of Need:**

(Create an itemized list of items you would like to purchase with your mini-grant funds. Include approximate costs that you have located in catalogues, brochures, websites, etc., and provide hyperlinks to those costs within your application as you are able.)
 * Documentation of Costs:**

(Indicate when you will need mini-grant funds, as well as when you anticipate making your purchases. Receipts should be turned in no later than 60 days after your grant award has been made, and your summary of the impact of those purchases no later than June 30, 2009.)
 * Expected Time Frame:**

(Once approved by your mentor for appropriateness, you will print out your mini-grant proposal, sign it, date it, and submit a paper copy to the grant director to serve as a contract between you and Intermediate Unit One. In the assurance and signature area, include the statement:
 * Assurance & Signatures**

I ___ agree to:


 * spend my mini grant funds as specified in my application above
 * to submit all original receipts to the grant director within 60 days of purchases
 * to provide IU1 with a written summary of the impact of those funds
 * to return any un-used mini-grant funds to IU1 no later than June 30, 2009
 * and to pay out of pocket for any items that I purchase, which are not fully disclosed on my mini-grant application

Participant Signature and date Faculty Signature and date