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SWAT
Consulting Services
Would you
like to implement the SWAT program in your state, district, school,
or classroom?
Lucy Miller-Ganfield, President of Students Working To Advance Technology, Inc. and Founder of the SWAT
Team Program is available for consultation. Feel free to also contact me via email at lmganfield@gmail.com if you have any questions about starting a SWAT program in your school or community.
I welcome an opportunity to expand the SWAT program. If you are interested in hiring me as a Curriculum Developer, or Training facilitator for SWAT or other Technology in Education Integration services please contact me at lmganfield@gmail.com
Consulting Services include:
- The basic "How To" steps to begin a SWAT program in your school and community.
- Staff
Development and team training, for administrators, technology coordinators,
teachers, parents and students.
- Ongoing
phone and email support.
- Integrating
the SWAT model into your District/School Technology Plan.
- Meeting
Technology Standards for teachers and students.
- Strategies
to engage Business and Community Partnerships to support your SWAT
Teams' efforts and manage SWAT Community Outreach.
- Opportunities
to receive national recognition and publishing opportunities for your
SWAT program.
Fundraising
Information for your SWAT program.
Benefits
SWAT students
provide valuable technical and training support for their school, saving
thousands of dollars that would otherwise be spent to hire technical staff.
Students
in SWAT programs are more than capable of providing substantial technical
assistance in their schools because the needs fit their immediate environment
and their state learning benchmarks across the curriculum. These students
perform very rewarding and potentially lucrative hands-on training and
work creating an atmosphere of collaboration, confidence building and
sense of worth. It saves teachers time, schools money, and builds student
leadership potential. Their contributions supporting technology initiatives
generate a sense of pride in their school and community.
Possible
SWAT Costs: (Dependent on the needs of each SWAT program)
- Stipends
for teacher time to direct and execute the program.
- Purchase
of the SWAT CD and other resources (forms and grants necessary to execute the program) http://www.swatweb.net/materials.html
- (Optional)
Consulting fees for personal support from the National SWAT Director.
- Registration to the SWAT Support Network http://www.swatweb.net/register.html
- T-shirts
or Identifying apparel for SWAT Team students and Leaders at http://www.cafeshops.com/swatweb
- Necessary
equipment for students;digital cameras, scanners, software, supplies,
etc.
- Travel
costs to conferences, field trips, and community outreach extensions.
- Snacks
for SWAT meetings.
Ten Quick
and Easy Ways to Raise Money For SWAT
1. PTA sponsorship.
2. Local bank sponsorship of SWAT Teams.
3. Donations from other local businesses with interests in technology.
4. Community benefactor sponsorships or gifts in kind.
5. Write an educational grant (see SWAT CD for samples of grants)
6. Research all the service clubs in town and review their giving policies.
Many service clubs have formal giving guidelines for large grants in excess
of $2,000 but have smaller amounts available for specific small projects.
7. Outright donations of equipment, office supplies, consumables, t-shirts,
etc.
8. Parental donations, especially if they work for or own corporations
with matching gift programs.
9. Ask someone to donate $50 a month for a year. Ask four people to donate
$10 a month for a year. Ask nine people to donate $5 a month for a year.
SWAT Team members can send reminders.
10. Hold a bake sale, book sale, or garage sale to raise funds.
As a special
thank you to your contributors, encourage your SWAT Students to produce
a CD or website with examples of their work on the SWAT Team. Give the
portfolio of accomplishments and efforts to your contributors. Your contributors
will feel their support has a measurable and tangible effect on the community.
They might even donate more!
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