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Getting Grants, Part II
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In this second installment of our four-part summer series, we 
explore several more essential resources that will help you write 
successful grants for professional development. We've also 
created a special page on our Web site for the series, where we 
will post each installment:

http://www.stenhouse.com/pdgrants.asp

What are your (and your school's) goals for professional 
development? Addressing this question will not only guide your 
search for grants to help meet those goals but also serve as the 
foundation for writing your grant applications.

The National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform's 
"Step by Step" Web site includes a number of resources for 
creating a professional development plan. Scroll down to "Support 
System" (the 5th resource) on the following link for a practical 
guide to both school and personal PD planning from NSDC:

(link no longer active)

Turning to more specific resources, one site that you will 
definitely want to explore is SchoolGrants. This site has 
extensive lists of federal, regional, and state grant 
opportunities (with links to grant-specific pages for each 
state), grant writing tips, and over twenty samples of successful 
proposals:

http://www.schoolgrants.org/welcome.htm

Another excellent compendium of educational grant-writing 
resources can be found on the eduScapes Web site:

http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic94.htm

There are many lists of specific educational grant opportunities 
on the Web, but few that are well-maintained with up-to-date 
links. eSchool News Online has one such list, with dozens of 
grant programs listed by deadline:

http://www.eschoolnews.com/tsc/