Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Contact Information	Office Hours
Online Web Office: www.ceap.wcu.edu/ Houghton/home.html Physical Office: 242 Killian Bldg.  Phone: (704) 227-3347 Email: Houghton@email.wcu.edu College Fax: (704) 227-7388	Hours posted at web office. Other hours by appointment.

CEAP Conceptual Framework

Focus

Those enrolled in the Masters Degree in Supervision program seeking 077 Instructional Technology Specialist certification must have completed their other computer-related coursework for the degree, have demonstrated completion of all requirements of the North Carolina Technology Competencies or have the permission of the instructor. The course would have broad application to graduate students in all graduate programs for all specialty areas. Specific grant development activities are tailored to the interests of each participant.

The College maintains an ongoing process of upgrading the Instructional Technology Center (Rm268, Killian Bldg.) to keep state of the art technology available to all students, not just those of this course. You will also become more familiar with other resources for grantsmanship: Hunter Library; WCU's Research and Grant Administration Office; and the World Wide Web.

Required
• WCU email account data (e.g., account name and password. Available from the Computer Center in the basement of the Forsyth Bldg.) and other personal email account.
• Internet Access off-campus, either through a nearby institution such as your school or preferably through a modem on your home computer or permission of the Instructor. Information is available in the ITC (Instructional Technology Center) on regional Internet Service Providers.

Readings
• Job descriptions of Technology Director  ;  Technology Coordinator
• North Carolina School District Technology Plans
• Topics in the Technology Planning and Support Section, Educational Technology Division, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
• Selected readings are available or referenced online on the Grantsmanship home and assignment pages.
• These and other readings are to be researched and read based on NC needs, selected in negotiation with your instructor and vary with the current needs of the educational scene. Your bibliography and notes from the readings in your notebook will document this activity.

Specific Competencies

Students will:

• Learn to:
• Communicate with technology vendors and grant personnel
• Work with system-level personnel to assess and plan for new technologies
• Investigate and disseminate information on best practices for technology integration
• Use a wide variety of current information technology communication systems
• Develop a notebook that documents your efforts and activity with the steps below and provides future guidance for yourself and other teachers in each of the 11 steps of the course defined grant process:
1. Read Current Educational Literature and NC Instructional Technology Issues and Goals
2. Keep a Diary: Acquire Sufficient Experience to Articulate Problems and Develop Alternative Visions.
3. Plan Based on Educational Needs and Available Resources.
4. Know the General Grant Process.
5. Find, Read and Copy Different Grants RFPs (Request For Proposal).
6. Develop a Concept Paper for a Grant.
7. Develop a Budget for the Concept.
8. Match Grants and Concepts
9. Search for Stakeholders
10. Read and take notes from works on the grant process and develop your own bibliography of useful people, publications and web site resources.
11. Be a part of local grant development teams.
12. Complete a grant proposal.
• Develop a concept paper(s) for a grant proposal, including budget.
• Complete a grant proposal(s) as per the directions of a chosen grant agency.
• Use problem solving models (CROP: SUP & LEAP) that structure the integration of a wide range of information age tools into a general problem identification and solving process to support your grant development.
• Develop a bookmark file of web pages related to the grant development process and to web pages needed for their chosen grant proposal.

This course, which explores a wide variety of grant activity for youth, ensures an informed understanding of varied cultural and ethnic groups, and their contributions to our society. It emphasizes that all people have similar feelings and experiences; and that these universal themes/values can be the central to computer-based information systems. Participants are encouraged to include in their grant projects current social issues, ethnic diversity, and how people can adapt to various exceptionalities through a common ground of information systems.

Your presence in class meetings, grant committee work and active participation in online activity is critical to course success. Your attendance forms a part of your course grade.

The two major steps in the grant process include the development of a grant concept paper, including budget and the completion and submission of a grant proposal to a selected grant agency. Other assignments follow from the course objectives.
The grade on your submitted grant proposal depends on the degree to which you met the criteria for the grant as set by the grant agency as well as grant writing factors covered in the course. Your notebook should document a chain of thinking that includes observations in your diary of educational needs, concept papers, appropriate agencies and proposals matching agency criteria. Include a complete copy of all grant agency requirements with a copy of the submitted proposal.

 

% of grade	Activity
5	Attendance.
8	Log of professional contact time and log of course activity outside of class (as web pages) and this grade combined with attendance grade if taking this course as independent study.
16	Organized Grant Notebook including Table of Contents covering the 11 steps (e.g., bookmarks printout, diskette with files and other course developments) and reference to identified research issues and problems in the educational literature.
21	Concept paper(s) with tentative budget(s).
50	Submitted Grant Proposal(s).

The grading rubric will be used to analyze your coursework and determine your final grade. Remember to backup your work regularly to a second and third diskette. Keep your assignments on diskette in addition to your computer's hard drive. Always keep a backup copy of whatever you turn in to me in a safe place.

Academic dishonesty will result in disciplinary proceedings with the potential outcome for a course grade of F.

• Note any University vacation dates as scheduled in the Course Timetable.