The BISD Planning and Resource Development office provides Proposal Writing Workshops to district personnel free of charge, so that they can research and write their own proposals. This is an opportunity for interested teachers/staff to learn more about grant writing and at the same time frees up our time at the Planning and Resource Development office to focus on the larger, more time-intensive proposals. The grant proposal writing workshops are designed to familiarize novice and intermediate-level proposal developers with the various aspects of proposal writing:

Developing Project Ideas	Grant Partners
Project Concepts and Design	Project Calendar
Project Elements/Abstracts	Goals and Objectives
Operations and Evaluation Plans	Budget Preparation

Designed for both the novice and the experienced grantseekers, the workshops cover all aspects of researching for grants, writing grant proposals, and negotiating with funding sources. Workshops combine instruction and practical exercises that take participants step-by-step through all the stages of writing a grant proposal.

The training format includes both lecture and interactive activities. The training schedule is very flexible and can be provided on-site or off-site. Individual, small-group, or large-group format (up to 15 participants) options are available. Introductory workshops are scheduled for a half-day, and include a basic overview of the grant writing process, whereas Intermediate workshops go into the details or "nuts and bolts" of proposal development require a full day participation.

Participants receiving the maximum benefit from the Grant Proposal Writing workshops typically: 1) have little or no grant-writing experience; or, 2) have written some grant proposals but have had no formal training.

Participants should be prepared to develop proposals during the in-class exercises that are based on actual programs for which funding is sought. Please bring notices about current funding opportunities (Request for Proposals (RFPs), or previous opportunities that you may have applied for unsuccessfully.

Even if participants are not actively working on a funding proposal at this time, it may be helpful for them to think of a project they would like to develop in the future and bring a rough outline for the project design with them to the workshop.