4.+Budget+Narrative

Budget Narrative (no more than 1 page.): You must also complete the SEPARATE BUDGET PAGE. The budget narrative should demonstrate a logical connection to the goals described (above), and should be specific enough to give reviewers an idea of your priorities and focus for funding. The budget does not need to identify brand names of equipment or include “to the penny” prices. The narrative should include: (10 Points) • Justification for the major expenditures proposed, especially salaries • Explanation of any items on the budget sheet that might not be completely clear to a reader.

Budget Narrative and Page – The budget should demonstrate a logical connection to the goals described (above), and should be specific enough to give reviewers an idea of your priorities and focus for funding. The budget does not need to identify brand names of equipment or include “to the penny” prices. (10 Points) • Is justification for major expenditures (especially salaries) reasonable? • Explanation of items that won’t be immediately obvious to someone reading your proposal for the first time

Poor 0 – 3 Average 4 – 7 Excellent 8 – 10 Budget – Total Score (MAX is 10): For the Grant: In order to have dedicated laptop computers for the fourth grade, the school needs to purchase 10 laptops, a cart, projection devices and digital cameras. The school has just purchased 10 for the fourth grade to share but with class sizes of 20, 10 more are needed. The school has site licenses for a wide variety of software tools that would be added to the new laptops.

The professional development funds will be used to contract with Jim Moulton ([|http://jimmoulton.org)] to spend 2-3 days in August working with the Grade 4 teachers to prepare the classroom and curriculum for taking full advantage of this opportunity. If this pilot is successful, the school would then re-allocate equipment next year to create similar setups for the multi-aged grades 5 and 6 classrooms.

7 laptop computers $9,424 1 laptop cart $1,500 2 carts with projector, document camera, adapters, speakers $3,400 2 digital still cameras $250 2 Flip Video cameras $250

2-3 days Consultation with Jim Moulton, Educational Technology Consultant $5,000

Total of $20,000