Grant Proposal

Katherine Ward
Mount Bethel
Elementary PTA
Mount Bethel Elementary is in
Marietta, GA and has a
wonderful Parent Teacher
Association that is willing to
help teachers and students by
providing the opportunity to
apply for a grant. The
Appropriations Grant should
adhere to the mission of “making
every child’s potential a reality.”

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Identifying Needs
• After addressing different grade levels, the
tool that seemed to be mentioned quite
frequently is IXL. IXL is an online learning
platform that can be accessed on the
computer or on a mobile device. A
membership to IXL provides users with
access to the four major content areas (math,
language arts, social studies, and science).
There are thousands of unique topics to
choose from, skills in multiple subject areas,
and an adaptive learning algorithm that
allows for personalized learning. IXL is also
aligned to Common Core Standards and
Next Generation Science Standards.

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 Mount Bethel Elementary Enrollment Percentage for Educational Programs
70%
Learners with
Unfair Disadvantage 60% 58.20%

50%
45.00% 44.70%
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Enrollment Percentage
Last year, it is to be noted
that there were 11% of the 40%
student population being 33%
served under Special 32%
30% 29%
Education, 2.3% of
students serviced in ESOL,
and 11.9% of students 20%
enrolled in the EIP
program. 11.00% 10.90% 12.20% 11.90% 11.10%
10.40%
10%
- These students are at a 3.20%
1.80% 2.30%
disadvantage as they have
an identified learning 0%
2018-2019 2020-2021 2021-2022
disability or are learning
English as a Second or
Other language.
- Many online programs are
only just starting to roll out
accommodations for these
Enrollment by Program
students, such as immersive
reader and speech to text. Early Intervention Program (EIP) English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Gifted Special Education
Regular Education

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Proposal
- What would the IXL membership help us do?
- Provide an additional platform teachers can use in the
classroom
- Differentiated content across all four major content areas
- Adaptive learning technology
- Program that is aligned to curriculum and standards
- Trackable data that can be used for progress monitoring,
IEPs, and support extended learning

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Plans for Submission
• I plan on submitting this grant proposal to the
Mount Bethel Elementary School PTA
Appropriations Fund. The appropriation request
will be reviewed by the PTA Executive Board
and an administrator, as we also need approval
from Cobb County School District.

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Current subscriptions
• Prodigy: Math and ELA (read aloud)
• DreamScape: ELA (read aloud)
• DreamBox: Math (read aloud)
• Flocabulary: ELA (read aloud)
• ReadWorks: ELA (read aloud and differentiated content)
• Generation Genius: Science and Math
• No current subscriptions for Social Studies

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Advocacy
This grant proposal is being written to advocate for teachers and students. The
IXL subscription grants access to a digital resource that can be used to
determine understanding of state standards, while also allowing for
differentiation, assessments in real time, progress monitoring and
documentation, and demonstration of success as they progress towards mastery.
IXL would allow for teachers to have a resource that is user friendly for
themselves and students, addresses all four major content areas, and provides an
immersive learning experience that is also adaptive.

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Advocacy
Teachers Students
- Technology platform that can be - Fun learning platform
used with all students
- Easily accessible and usable
- Cross curricular
- Data tracking
- Adaptable curriculum to meet
students at their current learning
- Real-time assessments level
- Differentiated content
- Cross-curricular
- User friendly
- Immersive learning experience that
is also adaptive

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Leveling the Playing Field
• Differentiated content to meet the needs of all learners
• Audio enabling  for ESOL students or students who are not proficient in
reading
• Spanish language support  students who are ESOL and Spanish is their
primary language
• Personalized study plans  ALL students are aware of areas where
improvement is needed and specific concepts that need to be reviewed
• Hide the grade level so that students are focused on the concept, rather than
what level they are performing at
• Multi-sensory  visuals, read aloud

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