Funding Sources

Funding Opportunities

We are dedicated to helping you find the necessary funding to implement the Time To Know program in your district or school.

 

Time To Know program costs are comprised of:

  • Technology and Hardware
  • Professional Learning
  • Digital Teaching Platform License

 

Funding can be directed to all or some of these components. In some cases, it may be necessary to seek funding from a variety or combination of sources.

 

Time To Know staff will gladly help you pursue the funding you need for successful implementation.  Please review the resources below and contact Yael Foss to begin acquiring grants for your school.

 

Click below to search our funding database:

 

 

PRIVATE FUNDING

Private foundations and corporations often dedicate resources to innovative educational programs like Time To Know. Below are helpful sites that will aid in your search for private funding.

 

Foundation Grants

 

Foundation Databases and Grant Resources:

 

Specific Grants and Awards

 

Online Fundraising

 

 

FEDERAL FUNDING

Visit the Ed.gov website to learn more about specific programs and how you may qualify.

 

STATE FUNDING

Race To The Top funding has been awarded to many states based on reform in the following areas:

  • Adopting standards and assessments to prepare students to succeed
  • Building data systems that measure student growth and inform educators about improving instruction
  • Recruiting, developing, rewarding, and retaining effective classroom teachers and principals
  • Turning around lowest-achieving schools

 

Visit your state’s education agency to find out if you are eligible for Race To The Top funds.

 

GRANT APPLICATION RESOURCES

The information below may help you write your letter of inquiry and complete your grant application.

 

Program description:

Designed for today’s one-to-one computing classrooms, Time To Know is the first proven teacher-led online curriculum solution that combines individualized instruction with improved critical thinking skills. With the teacher at the center, Time To Know engages students with interactive multimedia lessons, individualizes instruction, encourages peer collaboration, and continuously assesses student work to provide immediate and ongoing feedback.

 

Time To Know is a complete teaching and learning solution. A sophisticated teacher toolkit streamlines classroom management, allowing teachers to: individualize student learning through customized assignments; launch activities for whole class, small group, and individual instruction; monitor student and class progress; build formative and summative assessments; and develop reports to demonstrate results.

 

In addition to the Digital Teaching Platform, Time To Know includes comprehensive professional learning to maximize teacher effectiveness and student achievement. Through ongoing training, teachers develop strategies for individualizing instruction, building collaborative learning skills, monitoring student progress in real time, and establishing reflective teaching practices. The professional learning program includes workshops, classroom teaching with observation, and support videos embedded into every lesson.

 

Primary goals of Time To Know program implementation: 

  • Increase student achievement in Math and English Language Arts
  • Differentiate instruction to provide customized learning to meet individual student needs.
  • Report student achievement at the school, class, and individual student levels to allow school districts to provide targeted support where needed.
  • Modernize schools to improve educational productivity per student, creating tremendous cost savings and efficiencies over time.
  • Monitor student progress in real-time to allow teachers to intervene promptly, long before issues are reflected on standardized tests.
  • Create discovery-based learning experiences that help students develop higher order thinking skills needed to compete in the 21st Century.
  • Provide technological tools to aid teachers in addressing the challenges of special needs and ESL students.
  • Provide professional learning experience to improve teacher quality and effectiveness.
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Assessment of Need:

The Time To Know program addresses the unique needs of each school. Some of these needs may include: low performance on standardized tests, varying student ability within the classroom, teacher attrition, discipline and attendance problems, and low parental involvement.

 

Proven to succeed:

After one year in the Time To Know environment, students on average experience a significant jump in achievement scores and demonstrate improved higher-order thinking and collaboration skills.

 

Students at Grand Prairie Independent School District in Texas who used Time To Know outscored control students on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS). In math, Time To Know students outperformed control students by 10.1% (5th grade) to 17.2% (4th grade). In reading, Time To Know students outscored control students by 8.5% (4th grade) to 13% (5th grade). More than 90 percent of students achieved the Met or Commended TAKS performance levels in 4th and 5th grade math. In particular, African Americans students made significant jumps in performance.

 

While formal results in New York City are not yet available, anecdotal evidence has shown an increase in students’ math reasoning and problem solving skills.

 

Educators using Time To Know report improved classroom behavior, increased student comfort with technology compared with a traditional teaching model, more purposeful peer group collaboration and increased interactions between teachers and students. In addition, research shows that Time To Know helps schools realize substantial costs savings and efficiencies in the form of paperwork and printing reductions, decreased disciplinary actions, and efficient identification of achievement gaps.

 

Supporting Materials:

Examples of Successful Grant Proposals:

Excellence in Learning Through Technology Proposal: Kay Shepherd wrote a grant for Nederland Middle Senior High School in Nederland, Colorado for equipment and tools for learning in the science laboratory, training for teachers, curriculum for students and to provide analysis of student progress.

 

Technology Literacy Challenge Fund Grant: Dr. Jim Boyd submitted a grant proposal to Georgia's Department of Education. The program covered an integrated approach to technology in the classroom at an elementary and middle school. The proposal also included a professional development component.

 

10 TIPS FOR WRITING SUCCESSFUL GRANT PROPOSALS:
1. Plan and research. Begin the process well in advance. Invest in grants that are relevant to your school.
2. Match your proposal to the intent of the grant you are seeking. Make sure your project falls within the scope of the grant.
3. Follow all directions. Make sure you are eligible for the grant.
4. Write clearly and succinctly. Proofread.
5. Delineate a specific plan – what and when. Timelines may be helpful. Present a sound, accurate budget.
6. Emphasize the benefits to students. Present a need and have a creative solution to the problem. Focus on the expected impact on student learning.
7. Describe possible long-term implications. Do you have an evaluation plan that measures the objectives you have laid out? How will assessment information be collected, used, and reported?
8. Dream big, but make sure your stated goals are measurable, achievable and realistic. Only promise what you can deliver.
9. Ask for help. Enlist the support and guidance of your colleagues, friends and supporters.
10. Be patient and positive! The grant acquisition process can take time and you may not be successful your first time around. Try again. There is someone out there who wants to help you.