K-12 Education - Assel Grant Services

20 Dec How One Kansas School District Won $5 Million in Early Childhood Education Grants by Julie Assel, GPC

Posted at 21:41h in Competency One, Grants in Action, Industry News, Julie Assel, GPC, K-12 Education

School districts across the country welcome students who exhibit a wide range of school readiness when they enter kindergarten. Schools then have four years, kindergarten through third grade, to teach their students to read. By fourth grade, schools use reading as a tool to learn...

01 Aug Former Music Teacher Helps Other Music Teachers Find and Win Music Education Grants by Julie Assel, GPC

Posted at 21:44h in Arts, Competency One, Funding Opportunities, Industry News, Julie Assel, GPC, K-12 Education

I’ve been there, that place where many music teachers find themselves today with a lot on their plates and few dollars to fund their programs. I have worked in a rural school district where the general music teacher wears every hat, from choir, orchestra, and...

15 Apr Preparing Your District to Become a 21st Century Community Learning Centers Funded Partner by Julie Alsup, GPC

Posted at 21:55h in Childcare, Competency Two, Federal Grants, Julie Alsup, GPC, K-12 Education, Professional Development, Program Design, Research, Youth Development

Is your school district or youth-serving organization looking to launch or expand an afterschool program? If so, the U.S. Department of Education’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) grant opportunity may be a fit for you. These grants are federal dollars passed through the states to...

03 Dec Classroom Teachers Write by Julie Assel, GPC

Posted at 22:04h in Competency Three, Julie Assel, GPC, K-12 Education, Program Development, Writing

I have worked with a wide variety of organizations in the last ten years, but I have found no direct program staff more reticent to write grants than classroom teachers. They, like most program staff are "too busy", "don't know how" or "not sure even...

20 Nov Large Classroom Projects by Julie Assel, GPC

Posted at 22:04h in Competency Two, Inspiration, Julie Assel, GPC, K-12 Education, Strategy

Last month we talked about how to apply for grant funding to support small projects in the classroom. As teachers dream about how to bring innovative hands-on projects to their students, many of their dreams will grow and teachers will begin to be frustrated with...

24 Jul Small Classroom Projects by Julie Assel, GPC

Posted at 22:07h in Competency Two, Funding, Julie Assel, GPC, K-12 Education, Program Design, Program Development, Research

I got my start grant writing when I was a music teacher. There were many small fun projects I wanted to do with my students which did not require a lot of money.