francis marion university - school of education

fmu center of excellence
grant proposal narrative

over the past several years, many attempts have been made to solve the problems of providing high quality education to children of poverty by sending experts to study the problems and provide assistance to those who work with these children.

the francis marion university center of excellence to prepare teachers of children of poverty operates from a completely different perspective. rather than relying on external expertise, the center intends to solve the problems inherent in educating children of poverty by developing expertise in those that work with these children on a daily basis. only through developing local capacity to solve problems will true progress be made in the struggle to help those in greatest need -- children of poverty.

collaborative planning efforts over several months resulted in the fmu center of excellence grant proposal that was presented to the south carolina commission on higher education review committee in 2004. fmu was awarded the competitive grant that established the center of excellence in august, 2004, with the possibility of renewal for a total of five years.

the table of contents that follows will provide links to each section of the proposal narrative, or the document may be downloaded in pdf format.

center of excellence
to prepare teachers of children of poverty

francis marion university
florence, south carolina

february 22, 2004

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table of contents

1. abstract

2. proposal narrative

a. background

b. the center's purpose/focus

c. plan for achievement of goals

d. evaluation plan

e. institutional strengths

f. center staffing

g. benefit to the institution

h. institutional commitment

i. benefit to k-12 districts/schools

j. identification of similar and related centers

k. collaborative planning