products & Professional Development
FUnding & Grants
We compiled a list of some ideas on how you might raise funds for professional development as well as a list of grants for funding literacy and more.
Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is a great way to get your community involved in providing essential resources for you and your students. Below we compiled a list of websites that specialize in assisting educators in creating fundraisers easily.
Click the links to find one that best fits your needs.
Letter Templates
Here are two example letters you can use as a template from SDE to write to your supervisor/colleagues or business in your community and ask for funding.
Facebook Communities
Connect to peers, professionals, authors and more! Real educators sharing their experiences in real-time so that you get the most for our resources.
- Facebook for UOS Reading
- Facebook for UOS Writing
- Facebook for Units of Study in Middle School: Reading and Writing Workshop
- Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Community
- Facebook for Fountas & Pinnell
- Math in Practice Facebook Group
- The Reading and Writing Strategies Community
Connect & Collaborate is our Facebook Group that offers a way to connect educators we work within Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri as you work to provide research-based literacy practices.
We post product related updates, event details, and other tips that we think you might find helpful in your practice. If you’re looking for an area school using Lucy Calkins’ Units of Study, the new Fountas and Pinnell Classroom, or any of our great products, use this forum to make a connection.