How to Write a Faculty Development Planning Grant
Faculty development planning is an important concern for all educational institutions. Funds are needed to provide education and training opportunities to make educators better at what they do. Many grant funders provide funding to educational institutions to further educate faculty and provide resources that improve the quality of education offered. To win grant funding for faculty development planning, an impressive grant proposal is necessary.
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How to Write a Faculty Development Planning Grant
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Create a faculty development plan for your institution. Your faculty development plan should outline all professional and educational opportunities planned for your staff, including the goals of the department or institution. Outline the current strengths of your staff and any progress made so far toward reaching the specified goals. Describe the funding and resources necessary to achieve your goals.
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Create a cover page for your proposal. The cover page should include a title describing your faculty development plan, the name of the funder you're submitting the proposal to, the date, and the name and contact information of the person in charge of writing the grant or administering the project.
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Write a statement of need that outlines statistics about your faculty and demonstrates the benefits that funding could provide. Appeal to the reader's compassion by describing ill effects that could result from a lack of funding for the project. For example, if your faculty development plan involves a strategic analysis of student-teacher relationships and developing methods to improve communication with the ultimate goal of students achieving the national average on standardized tests, describe the possibility that students will continue to underachieve if the school cannot develop ways to improve performance.
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Describe the faculty development plan in detail. Outline specific information about the goals of the plan and how your institution will implement them. Describe the outcomes of successful implementation of the plan, such as decreased student drop-out rates or reduced incidence of crime on school property.
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Create a goals section that includes specific, measurable goals for the project. Include all conceivable goals that can be measured or evaluated. Include a timeline that demonstrates how much time is needed to achieve certain goals with projected completion dates.
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Outline your budget. In addition to naming the exact amount of funding you're requesting for faculty development, outline specifically where each dollar will go. You will need to allocate funds for training or seminars, workshops, extra staff needed and programming funding to implement programs with students, if applicable. Don't forget about administrative and office expenses that can be incurred as well.
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Describe the qualifications of the staff that will be leading the faculty development programming, and summarize the skills and qualifications of key faculty that will be involved in the training or included in the programming.
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Include, as appendices, any letters of support received from other organizations involved with or supporting your educational institution. Also include any other relevant documents, such as proof of successes with similar programming at your school in the past.
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Write a letter of introduction and an abstract for your proposal. Your letter of introduction comes immediately before the cover page, and the abstract is placed at the very beginning of your proposal. It's important to complete these sections last, because in both, you will need to summarize the collective information included in your proposal.
Briefly describe why funds are needed and how this faculty development plan will improve your school, the skills of your faculty and the well-being of your students. Identify the amount you're requesting and your expected outcomes.
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Tips & Warnings
Often, a grant funder will read your letter of introduction and your abstract first. Be as convincing as possible in these two sections to convince the reader to continue reading the remainder of your proposal.
