Agenda
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Day
One: December 6, 2004 |
| 8:00 |
Conference
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 |
Keynote
Address: It Takes a Whole District To Run a Successful Grants
Program
The face of America’s schools is changing. Funding has
shifted from 100% local public support to a combination of mixed
local, state, federal, private corporations, foundations, rich
individuals and participating individuals support. It has become
clear that districts need to adopt a comprehensive strategy
that involves changing traditional roles to be successful. Learn
about these roles, especially the roles of the grants people,
and learn how to be sure your district isn’t missing out.
Moreover, discover the benefits of creating a grants program
for your district that effectively handles the acquisition and
management of funds.
Charlotte Harris, Development/Title I
Director, Boston Public Schools |
| 9:30 |
Break
& Refreshments |
| 9:45 |
Conducting
a Needs Assessment
A successful needs assessment takes into account participation
in the needs assessment process,
relationships between data and program goals, validity of local
data and both local and donor data needs and goals. Discover
all the steps necessary to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment
and improve the likelihood of getting funded.
• Determine what data you need to collect
• Develop key questions that your assessment will evaluate
• Devise better data collection methods
• Organize and analyze your data
Gary Frye, Ed.D., Director of Development/Special
Student Programs, Lubbock-Cooper ISD |
| 10:30 |
Break
& Refreshments |
| 1:00 |
Show
Me the Money: Identifying Available Grants
Identify and learn the latest funding trends from all public
and private grantmakers. Unearth the
latest information from:
• Federal and state programs
• Independent, operating, corporate and community foundations
• Individuals and corporations
Gary Frye, Ed.D., Director of Development/Special
Student Programs, Lubbock-Cooper ISD |
| 12:00 |
Networking
Luncheon |
| 1:15 |
Fundamental
Elements of Successful Grant Applications
This session will detail basic information on how to write grants.
Master essential principles that
are needed to craft a proposal that wins. You will obtain knowledge
of:
• Contents and characteristics of a successful proposal
• Innovative grant writing tips and strategies
• Various factors to consider when writing a proposal
Gail Vertz, Executive Director, American
Association of Grant Professionals |
| 2:30 |
Break
& Refreshments |
| 2:00 |
“Fund
Me First!” Advanced Grant Writing Techniques
Gain more advanced information on grant writing and perfect
your technique. This in-depth and interactive discussion will
focus on providing you with all the tools needed for composing
a grant that effectively screams ”Fund Me First!”
Participants will develop:
• A needs statement
• Two program goals
• Four program objectives
Gail Vertz, Executive Director, American
Association of Grant Professionals |
| 4:15 |
Adjourn |
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Day
Two: December 7, 2004 |
| 8:00 |
Continental
Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Best
Practices in Grants Management
You have been awarded a grant, now what? This session will focus
on programmatic and fiscal reporting requirements for federal
programs, foundations or private funders.
• Identify grant application parameters and guidelines
• Ensure funds are spent according to applicable laws
and regulations
• Learn to direct education grant dollars effectively
• Develop standards and strategies
Gail Vertz, Executive Director, American
Association of Grant Professionals |
| 10:00 |
Understanding
Grants Management: A Case Study
This hour will be an interactive, facilitated discussion taught
through the case study method. The night ahead of the class
you’ll read a short case study of grants management gone
awry, than spend class time in a facilitated discussion sorting
out the issues and deciding as a group on the best solutions
to keep your organization out of trouble and enhance your own
professional luster. Along the way, you’ll learn about
grant reporting, allowable costs, timing for spending, record
keeping and what it means to get–and survive–an
audit exception.
Charlotte Harris, Development/Title I Director,
Boston Public Schoolsn |
| 11:00 |
Leadership
Panel: Exchange of Best Practices and Lessons Learned
This concluding session is designed to pull together many of
the topics covered throughout the conference. It will be your
opportunity to ask unanswered questions, share insights and
to dialogue with speakers and colleagues. Moreover, this session
will allow presenters to reiterate important messages that can
become essential part of your grants strategy.
Charlotte Harris, Development/Title I
Director, Boston Public Schools
Gail Vertz, Executive Director, American Association
of Grant Professionals
Gary Frye, Ed.D., Director of Development/Special
Student Programs, Lubbock-Cooper ISDs |
| 12:00 |
Networking
Luncheon |
| 1:15 |
Post-Conference
Workshop: |
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Crafting
and Implementing a Comprehensive Framework for Performance-Based
Grants
Management
This training will provide grant recipients with the skills
necessary to manage grants that are
performance-based in their origin and that incorporate evaluation
and reporting strategies
within their structure. Through the use of the Government Performance
Logic Model
framework, recipients will be able to focus on developing performance
goals, timelines and
resource allocation strategies specific to each grant or program.
Through the incorporation
of outcome-oriented performance measures, managers will be able
to communicate, monitor
and enforce the compliance requirements that will guarantee
a successful closing or extension
of the grant.
• Develop a framework for measuring grant program performance
• Utilize logic modeling to link end-outcomes to specific
grant program activities
• Select your targets and measure your improvements
• Discover the Ten-Step approach to maximize grant management
efficiency
• Hear six proven success stories in performancebased
grants management
Jon Desenberg, The Performance Institute |
| 4:15 |
Adjourn |
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