February NCPEID Collaborative: APE Fundraising & Grant Funding

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Listen in on the February NCPEID collaborative featuring guest speakers Dr. Rebecca Lytle and Danielle Musser! Dr. Lytle, professor and APE program coordinator at California State University at Chico discusses the key factors to writing successful grant applications and specifically the OSEP grant (Office of Special Education Programs). She has had an OSEP personal preparation grant for over 15 years and is currently finishing up her third 5 year grant. Her presentation speaks upon everything from following format guidelines, adjusting your content to reach your audience, required training, benefits of a strong team, how to effectively portray plans & objectives, and many more topics. NCPEID’s second guest speaker, Danielle Musser, the 2020 SHAPE Colorado APE teacher of the year, discusses how to be successful with APE program funding. Musser earned her Master’s degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in APE from Texas Woman's University, she has earned CAPE certification and has been able to raise over $130k for her APE program in the last 8 years. Her presentation gives amazing tips and tricks from her own personal experiences with program funding and goes in depth about the importance of making connections, collaborating with companies, and building publicity for your program.