The document provides information about the Quality Science & Math (QSM) grant for teachers, including what it is, how to write a successful proposal, tips for dos and don'ts, and what happens if a proposal is funded or not funded. The QSM grant awards up to $750 for approved materials and equipment to help meet state accountability goals in science and math. The deadline to submit proposals is September 12, 2014. The document reviews the application components and scoring rubric to maximize chances of funding.

1. Quality Science &
Math Grant
Presented by:
K. Renae Pullen
Lisa Nance

2. Big Questions
1. What is a QSM grant?
2. How do I write a successful grant?
3. What should I do? What should I not do?
4. What happens when I get funded? What
happens if I don’t get funded?

3. What Is a QSM Grant?
• The QSM grant is a competitive grant that
awards up to $750 each for approved materials
and equipment.
• Grants are awarded to individual classroom
teachers to use in providing standards-based
instruction to help meet state accountability
goals.
• The grant must be submitted online no later than
Friday, September 12, 2014.

4. QSM Grant Timeline
Read Grant
Guidelines
and
Procedures
Edit, Complete,
and Turn in
Grant
Due: Friday,
Sept. 12
Notifications
Sent Dec.-Jan
Turn in All
Receipts and
Unexpended
Funds
Due:
Feb. 27, 2015
Implement
Grant Project
and Complete
All Grant
Surveys on
Time

5. Guidelines
• Only full-time classroom teachers assigned to teach
mathematics or science in the K-12 regular education
program in public schools are eligible to submit proposals.
• Maximum award: $750.
• The QSM grant funds must be used for the purchase
of non-consumable instructional equipment and/or
materials/education technology
• Does not include furniture, TV/utility carts, computer desks,
etc.
• Educational technology must be strongly linked to
science/math instruction and should include specific ways
that the requested educational technology will support
student learning.

6. Guidelines
• The QSM Council maintains the right to disqualify proposals
showing evidence of plagiarism including, but not limited to,
substituting synonyms for another individual's words but preserving
his/her sentence structure or mixing the individual's words or
phrases with the applicants' paraphrasing.
• The "Statement of Support" form is required and must be signed by
both the teacher and school principal.
• The information supplied in the application is used to provide
reports to legislators.
• Applications will be evaluated on a competitive basis by a Review
Panel composed of representatives from the Louisiana Association of
Teachers of Mathematics (LATM) and the Louisiana Science
Teachers Association (LSTA). Point values assigned to each section
are indicated on the proposal form.
• Notification of funded or non-funded QSM Grant Proposals will be
via e-mail from the QSM office.

7. QSM Grant Page

8. Application Summary
• Contact Info
• Principal Info
• Identify Student
Population
• Project Overview
• Rationale
• Project Description
• Evaluation Process of
Project
• Your Qualifications
• Budget Narrative
• Itemized Budget
• Statement of Support

9. 1. Students to Be Served
• List the number and categories of students
impacted.
• Discuss student population in depth.
• Your attendance clerk can help you.

10. 2. Overview
• Tell what you plan to do.
• Cleary state the goal.
• Describe the project.

11. 3. Rationale
• Explain why the project is necessary.
• Identify and define the student need, problem, or
learning:
• Well-defined
• Educationally significant
• Directly relates to the goals stated in the Overview

12. 4. Description
• Describe a well-thought out project with a clear vision.
• Materials, equipment, and technology should be
appropriate and relate to the goal/purpose of project.
• Make it clear that implementation of project is standard-based
as well as age and developmentally appropriate.
• Provide evidence that the project will address goals.

13. 5. Evaluation/Assessment
• Clearly explain the evaluation process/procedure
for your project.
• Evaluation should directly and appropriately
measure proposal’s goal.
• Include objective data.
•Do not use LEAP or ILEAP data as
your assessment.

14. 6. Qualifications of Applicant
• Include 2 professional development experiences
that relate to your project

15. 7. Budget Narrative
• List and briefly describe the requested materials
• Justify the purpose of the requested materials

16. 8. Itemized Budget
• List budget items, costs (including shipping), and
vendors under the appropriate categories.

17. Suggestions
• Have someone proof and edit your proposal. Use the
rubric.
• As you look for materials for your project proposal:
• Write down the vendor name, item number, and page
number
• Try not to use too many different vendors
• Get the Statement of Support signed before Sept. 12.

18. Things to Do
• Base your purpose, evaluation, and impact on
student data and/or achievement.
• Classroom assessments count
• Turn everything in on time; it is due Sept. 12.
• Make sure you do not plagiarize.
• Read all directions and expectations carefully.
• Make sure you answer each question.
• Save all your notes and keep a copy of your proposal.

19. If you are not funded…
• Don’t despair.
• Keep your application. Make improvements and
resubmit in the future.
• Reflect on your proposal and write another grant.

20. If you are funded…
• Complete all online components.
• Make all expenditures.
• Make sure you get your receipts. Send all original receipts
to QSM no later than Feb. 27, 2014
• Any budget changes must be submitted to QSM, through
the SEA System, for approval PRIOR to expenditure.
• Any unexpended money must be returned to the QSM
Program by February 27, 2015.
• Reflect on your project and write another grant.

21. Resources
• QSM Grant Page:
http://www.seasystem.net/cgi-bin/qsm/
• Proposal:
http://www.seasystem.net/cgi-bin/qsm/QSM14-
15RFP.pdf
• Scoring Sheet:
http://www.seasystem.net/cgi-bin/qsm/Score.pdf

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23. Resources
• Delta Education
• Teacher Created Materials
• TCM Science Readers
• Frey Scientific
• ETA Hand2Mind

24. Big Questions
1. What is a QSM grant?
2. How do I write a successful grant?
3. What should I do? What should I not do?
4. What happens when I get funded? What
happens if I don’t get funded?

25. Quality Science &
Math Grant
Presented by:
K. Renae Pullen
Lisa Nance