Technology, Leadership and Change : Module 5- Prospetive Grant

Prospective Grant

For

WV Social Studies Teachers Association

Proposal Summary

Across the state of WV, many teachers associations exist to promote teaching leadership, technology integration, and best practices for teaching subject matter. However, currently there are no programs or groups to assist the classrooms for teachers in the field of Social Studies. This grant will help with the creation of an association that will intend to exist as a continuing learning opportunity for teachers across the state of WV.

Organization Purpose and Ideology

The WV Social Studies Teachers Association, or WVSSTA, will focus on professional development for teachers who are currently teaching social studies, and will help future teachers become better social studies teachers. The WVSSTA will strive to provide a constant learning opportunity for existing and future teachers. The WVSSTA will become 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, which will seek to provide additional funding for low income and underrepresented schools.

West Virginia is a state with rich cultural and natural resources. West Virginia has historical roots in the colonization of North America, the American Revolution, the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, the Civil Rights Movement, and continues to be a place of national importance. However, despite the cultural and historical significance and the prosperity of some of the most valuable natural resources in the nation, West Virginia continues to deal with poverty, underdevelopment, infrastructure issues, and the crippling “brain drain,” due to the lack of secondary education and need for college educated labor markets.

The WVSSTA will work fill gaps in many different educational needs areas. The WVSSTA will work to promote professional development, better learning environments for children in WV, help to move WV forward in the digital age, explore the needs of individual schools, and provide information and resources to teachers to provide for their technology hardware needs. The WVSSTA will also focus its efforts in promoting the continuing education of the history of WV and Appalachia, and direct the students of WV to work to fix these issues.

The WVSSTA will primarily work through three pathways: a biannual online newsletter, an online forum, and an annual summer conference.

Resources

Common Grant Application Resources

http://foundationcenter.org/findfunders/cga.html

Possible Grants

http://www.grantsalert.com/grants/state/915/Lockheed-Martin%E2%80%99s-Philanthropic-Giving

http://www.grantsalert.com/grants/federal/893/Investing-in-Innovation-Fund---Development-Grants

http://www.fundforteachers.org/funding-opportunities/grants-history-social-studies.php

http://www.socialstudies.org/resources/tah

http://earlychildhoodschoolgrants.wordpress.com/category/social-studies-grant/

http://ccsd.net/departments/grants-development-administration-department/social-studies

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