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Date: Thu, Jun 30, 1994 1:02 PM EST From: AECT-L@wvnvm.wvnet.edu Subj: CHANGE Newsletter, Part 2(350 lines) To: CHARLIEWVT GRANT-WRITING POINTERS: When writing a grant, carefully read through and understand the scope of the RFP (request for proposal), making sure that your proposal CLEARLY matches the scope of the grant. Generally, the more people impacted by the grant the better. Highlight infrastructure and support systems that are already in place. Highlight in-kind contributions that you and your coworkers and your institution will make. Highlight successes. Write the proposal as if you were writing a resume--let them KNOW how good you are. Remember that you are competing against many others. Use wording which conveys conviction and confidence: Don't say, "We want to do such and such with this grant money"; Instead say, "We ARE currently doing such and such, and we WILL do such and such with this grant money". Finally, remember that very few first time grant writers' proposals succeed on the first try. If your proposal is rejected, seek others' input, revise it, and submit it again. Good luck! A winning grant: * shows importance, addresses a legitimate need * states explicitly what you are going to do * is well written in clear English * follows points in the RFP exactly For more information, contact: Sharon Gray, Communications Officer University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Vermillion, SD 57069 (605) 677-5330 FAX: (605) 677-6518 Internet: sgray@charlie.usd.edu ================================ INTERNET CONNECTIONS... Each issue, this section will be devoted to sharing information on resources available through the Internet, such as discussion lists, FTP sites, Gopher resources, journals, books and newsletters available online. Please send comments, additions, and questions to Sharon Gray (sgray@Charlie.usd.edu). Discussion Lists: This following is drawn from the BITNET List of Lists available from Listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu. I make no claims whatsoever about these discussion lists' content or applicability other than their titles sound like they have something to do with systemic change in education! I've noted the discussion list names, the addresses (which happen to all be bitnet addresses--if you have trouble accessing them, contact me and I'll try to help you get connected) and their main topic of discussion. Good luck, and let me know which ones pan out! CL-NEWS CL_NEWS@IUBVM News on Teaching with Collaborative Learning EDTECPOL EDTECPOL@UMDD Conference on Educational Technology Policy EDTECH EDTECH@MSU EDTECH Educational Technology EDNETNY EDNETNY@SUVM Educational Development Network of NY EDPOLYAN EDPOLYAN@ASUACAD Education Policy Analysis Forum EDSTYLE EDSTYLE@SJUVM The Learning Styles Theory and Research List EDUCATIONAL-R ERL-L@ASUACAD Educational Research List EDUPAGE EDUPAGE@BITNIC EDUCOM EDUPAGE List EDUTEL EDUTEL@RPITSVM Educational and Information Technologies EMD569-L EMD569-L@NMSUVM1 Educational Management and Development SYSCI-L SYSCI-L@UOTTAWA System Science Discussion List For more information, contact: Sharon Gray, Communications Officer University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Vermillion, SD 57069 (605) 677-5330 FAX: (605) 677-6518 Internet: sgray@charlie.usd.edu ======================================== GOODMAN SAYS HARMONY SCHOOL IS VALUE-DRIVEN... IS THAT BAD? >From IU News Bureau Bloomington, Ind. -- After Indiana University education Professor Jesse Goodman had immersed himself in an innovative, independent school he wrote "Elementary Schooling for Critical Democracy." The book called on schools to emphasize community ties and democratic values, rather than to mirror a society caught up in individualistic material gain. "Then I started thinking that it's too bad that educators at Harmony School, where I spent a year and learned so much, were not involved in discussions with other educators and policy makers about education," Goodman recalled. He decided to approach the leaders of Harmony School, a 19-year-old independent school in Bloomington that emphasizes student responsibility and community participation, with an idea to form a consortium. Goodman's notion was that there would be tremendous energy for reform unleashed if public and independent school teachers, administrators, parents, students and policy makers entered into a conversation about meaningful changes. Thus, the Harmony School Education Center was created to be a catalyst for, and to provide a place for, school reform discussions among teachers, administrators, policy makers and researchers. Although working closely with IU, the center is based at Harmony School rather than at the university. The vision Harmony Center offers differs from other reform efforts that are largely value-neutral, such as technology- driven school reform. "We do not believe reforming schools can occur in a neutral way," Goodman said. "All efforts to reform schools reflect social or pedagogical values, either overtly or covertly." Goodman added, "The ideal we're working toward is the reform of schools that will create a more caring and democratic society." "Unfortunately," he said, "those values have been largely ignored in popular school reform discourse. We are trying to interject another voice that stresses democracy in the discussion." (Source: School Restructuring Consortium, 10-93) ========================================== SCHOOL RESTRUCTURING CONSORTIUM CREATES INFORMATION RESOURCE The School Restructuring Consortium (SRC), dedicated to facilitating systemic change in education, has met the challenge of bringing education into the information age with the creation of the SRCHeadlines to help educators connect and collaborate for the goal of preparing learners for the 21st Century. You are invited to submit 20-line items that share your current restructuring research or activities, significant news items, or even a letter-to- the-editor opinion on hot topics. (Remember to include all the essential citation elements, such as your name, etc.) Some editing may occur in the interest of space and propriety. Full-length versions of the submitted stories are kept on file as a resource for the members. To make a contribution to SRCHeadlines or to subscribe to it, contact brownld@indiana.edu ====================================== NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OFFERS THREE CLASSROOM FORMATS >From News Release by Principal David Frye Clear Creek Elementary serves the southern fringe of Bloomington and the south central portion of Monroe County in a new building which opened in 1990. Clear Creek classes are organized in three formats: (1) Multi-age classrooms where children remain in a stable instructional environment with the same teacher and classmates for three years. All multi-age classrooms are performance-based instructional programs. (2) Same age, two-year primary classrooms offering a two-year primary program for children in their first two years of school. Children enter the two-year primary as first year students, remain with the same classmates and teacher through the end of the second year of school. (3) Same-age, self-contained classrooms grades 1-6 where children enter the class in the Fall and remain with the same classmates and teacher throughout the year. Children then are re-assigned to another teacher and group of children for the following school year. The staff believe in teaching toward a child's strengths and providing extra support in areas of weakness. The schools' purpose is to provide for all students a warm and supportive environment and appropriate educational experiences which will prepare children intellectually, socially, emotionally and physically for a lifetime of continuous growing and learning. Their immediate goal is to build stronger family/school connections and to develop an instructional program which has clarity and consistency throughout the age levels of the school. (Source: School Restructuring Consortium, 10-93) ======================================= HSEC COMBINES FACULTY DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH, PUBLIC POLICY AND TEACHER EDUCATION Harmony School Education Center (HSEC) formed in December, 1990, as a collaborative effort between Harmony School and Indiana University. The mission of HSEC is to initiate and support sweeping and substantive school reform by working simultaneously in the areas of faculty development, research, public policy and teacher education. HSEC includes three components: Harmony School, the Institute for Research and the Office for Outreach Services. Harmony School, an independent school located in Bloomington, Indiana, has nineteen years of experience designing innovative K-12 programming and approaches to education through a shared decision-making process that includes faculty, parents and students. The Center's Institute for Research, under the direction of Dr. Jesse Goodman, chair of the Curriculum Studies Program at Indiana University, supports and disseminates scholarly investigations into a variety of educational issues, problems and practices. The Office for Outreach Services, under the direction of Daniel Baron, |works with administrators, teachers, policymakers, students and parents to develop innovative programs and policies for their local settings. The collaboration among these three components fosters creative, working solutions to the complex challenges of educating today's young people. For additional information, contact: Steve Bonchek, Executive Director Harmony School Education Center P.O. Box 178 Bloomington, lN 47402 (812) 334-8349 (Source: School Restructuring Consortium, 10-93) ======================================= INDIANA NETWORK OF TOTAL LEARNING: COMMUNITIES INTLC was formed in 1992 by six Indiana elementary schools committed to substantive educational reform and with visions for expanding the definition of schooling. The schools are diverse in terms of their demographics, location, philosophy and structure. The network supports communication, collaboration and program development among participants in these schools, with other schools and with any interested groups or individuals. INTLC is a grassroots, practitioner-based organization that interfaces with, but remains outside of the conventional educational hierarchy. The network arranges inter-school visits for students and teachers, publishes a quarterly newsletter and a yearly directory of faculty and curricular resources, disseminates information about opportunities available to teachers and new developments in education, supports classroom teachers and whole schools as they reflect on and change their practices, and encourages dialogue on meaningful, real issues. INTLC offers an opportunity for people concerned with education to come together informally and share their experiences and resources. For more information, contact: Julie Zimmer, Network Coordinator c/o INTLC P.O. Box 1787 Bloomington,IN 47402 (812)334-8379 or prism::Jzimmer (Source: School Restructuring Consortium, 10-93) ======================================= CHANGE DIVISION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mary Bigelow, Board Member sdf00021@11pptn.11.pbs.org Ed Caffarella, Secretary/Treasurer Elect ecaffare@dijkstra.univnorthco.edu Ali Carr, President Elect carr@umich.edu Dean Dyer, Communications Officer Elect dyer72@potsdam.edu Sharon Gray, Communications Officer sgray@charlie.usd.edu Atsusi Hirumi, Secretary/Treasurer hirumi@uh.ll.edu A. James Jones, Board Member ltcajj@aol.com Kyle Peck, Board Member p16@psuvm.psu.edu Charles Reigeluth, President reigelut@indiana.edu Dave Salisbury, Board Member dsalis@cet.fsu.edu =============================== GETTING READY FOR ANAHEIM... This is an exciting first year for the new CHANGE division. We have received over 35 proposals for concurrent sessions and 3 workshop proposals. Thanks to those of you who submitted proposals and to those of you willing to review them for the division. Our program at the upcoming '95 conference promises to be full of wonderful information on systemic change. In addition we plan to take some time at the national convention to continue dialoguing with members about what the division should be, how we should operate and essentially to DESIGN the new division as a group. Finally, we hope to have opportunities to socialize and network with professionals in systemic change throughout the week we share in LA. We're looking forward to seeing you all at the national convention! =============================== For information about submitting news items for inclusion in this newsletter or about being put on the electronic mailing list to receive this newsletter, contact: Sharon Gray, Communications Officer University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Vermillion, SD 57069 (605) 677-5330 FAX: (605) 677-6518 Internet: sgray@charlie.usd.edu Dean Dyer dyer72@potsdam.edu