| Developing | Proficient | Distinguished | |
| Number | |
Includes four specific grant opportunities that are appropriate for your school (maximum grade = B-) | Includes five or more specific grant opportunities that are appropriate for your school (required for A) |
| Detail | Includes a limited set of details | Includes a good description of standard details, such as deadlines, eligibility requirements, restrictions on spending, award amounts, etc. | Includes details about the grant opportunities that go well beyond a simple summary of the grants' Web sites in addition to the standard things listed under "Proficient." These would include documented attempts to contact the grant organization and/or past grant winners |
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Extra material (either attach to electronic file or include links to direct locations on grants' sites; only hand in paper as a last resort) |
Includes no supplementary material for most of the grants | Attaches some supplementary material, such as a link to the main Web sites of the grants. | Attaches supplementary material that goes beyond a link to the grant Web site. This could include links to such things as a description of the grants and the grant application forms |
| Pros and cons | Does not include pros and cons | Briefly discusses pros and cons of applying for the grants | Gives a good analysis of the pros and cons of applying for the grants that could help your administration and/or tech committee decide whether or not to apply |
| School Needs | Does not mention how grants meet specific needs at your school(s) | Briefly mentions how each grant would meet a specific need at your school(s) | Thoroughly describes how each grant would help to meet a specific need at your school(s) as part of the discussion of pros and cons of applying for the grant. |
| Large Grant | Includes only small grants (maximum grade = B) | Includes at least one grant that is for amounts of at least ten thousand dollars (required for an A grade) | |
| Mechanics | Contains many grammar, spelling, and/or usage errors or is clearly stretching to fill space and/or does not have numbered pages or appropriate font size | Contains a few grammar, spelling, and/or usage errors or is too long or too short, and/or does not have numbered pages or appropriate font size | Contains correct grammar, spelling, and usage throughout and is approximately 3 pages per grant pages with 12-point font, double-spaced, and numbered pages |