Looking for Funding for WritingCity?

What kinds of students and schools are finding success with our approach?

Suburban	Inner-City
Low-Tech	English language learners
High-Tech	Special needs
Rural	Advanced learners

School districts typically use one or more of these funding sources to purchase WritingCity and to finance coaching (professional development) that is personalized to meet each school’s needs:

• 21st Century Community Learning Center grants
• ARRA Funds – Stimulus Funding
• Federal Technology Funds
• IDEA – Special Education funds
• Private Foundation grants
• State and Local Curriculum Funds
• Title I Part A
• Title II – Professional Development
• Title I Section 1003(g) School Improvement Grants (SIG)
• Title I Supplemental Education Services (SES) funds
• Title I C – Migrant Education
• Title I Part D-2 – Neglected and Delinquent
• Title II Part D, Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT)
• Title III English Language Acquisition
• Title VII Indian Education
• Remediation Funds
• Charter Schools
• Investing in Innovation (i3)
• Rural Education Initiative

Language to Include in Title II Funding Applications:

Goal:

In (fill in school year here), (fill in name of school) identified improved student writing skills in its School Improvement Plan. The Common Core Standards emphasize strong writing skills at the foundational level, starting in kindergarten. This is one of the most challenging subjects for our K-5 teachers to address effectively. We need a strategy that helps all our teachers provide effective writing instruction, even those teachers who do not believe they are effective writers themselves.

Strategy:

We have selected WritingCity to provide PD for our teachers for X days in the coming school year. WritingCity staff has given professional development workshops for the Bureau of Education Research and provided district level coaching with strong results. Their approach frames best practices including writer’s workshop and 6 Traits in a format that is highly accessible to teachers. Schools receiving WritingCity PD have raised test scores by 30 percent in only a few years. Our teachers will receive grade-level coaching that develops their skills as writing instructors so they can effectively implement the Common Core Standards for writing and grammar.

Funding:

Funding covers the cost of PD staff time and a one-time materials fee per teacher (comprehensive binders – one for each teacher). The binders are required to complete the professional development program.

Funding requested: X kits and X PD days for a total of __________.

(Optional: schools may also need to include some background, such as what they have done to teach writing before, if anything, or past test scores, if available.)