New: Matching funds for
qualifying Schools.
Creative Spirit is now a Pre-approved Provider of
Character Education Programming and Professional Development through NAU’s
Arizona K-12 Center.
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About the Center - AZK12 Center -
Northern Arizona University
In times of limited funding for schools, Creative Spirit
is pleased to announce its affiliation with Waechter Corkill Associates,
LLC. Working in collaboration with Creative Spirit, Gail Corkill, Ed. D.
has used her expertise to save your organization time and energy by
helping you find potential funding opportunities to benefit your school
community through Healthy Play, an educational program that works.
To ensure continued and expanded Healthy Play training,
along with our mission to serve the best interests of all students
behaviorally and academically, we hired Gail to conduct an extensive
search of federal, state, private and corporate foundation funding
opportunities that you may not be aware of. These opportunities have been
customized to meet your Character Education and Safe Schools programming
needs. Gail is also available to assist you and your staff with proposal
and budget development. Specifically, she can help school and community
agencies in the
- planning of proposal development,
- selection of a funding source inviting applications
for new awards for Fiscal Year 2003 and beyond,
- design of the proposed project,
- grant application process, and
- identification of other agencies interested in a
joint partnership or with a demonstrated commitment to contribute to the
proposed project.
Download
Special Funding Report
Adobe PDF File (20 pages, 200K)
"Funding Opportunities to Support
Creative Spirit's
Healthy Play Trainings In School-Based and
Community-Based Organizations in
Arizona, California, Illinois, and New Mexico"
by Gail W. Corkill, Ed. D.
FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader
Please
contact Gail for additional information:
Gail Waechter Corkill, Ed. D.
Information Marketing Small Business Owner
HC1 Box 150, Elgin, AZ 85611
Phone:
(520) 490-0760
E-mail: gcorkill@earthlink.net
(The best way to contact Gail.)
Short Biography
Gail Waechter Corkill completed her doctorate in Special Education from
the University of Arizona. She has over 18 years experience in various
areas of Special Education, including mental retardation, early childhood,
learning disabilities, and the education of the gifted. Her experiences
include: grants consultant, grant writer, grant project manager, assistant
professor, educational consultant, workshop developer and presenter,
clinical supervisor, learning disability specialist, special education
resource teacher, psychometrist, and rehabilitation technician. She holds
State of Arizona certificates in Elementary Education (K-8), Special
Education (K-12) and Supervision (K-12). Also, she has presented at state
and local conferences in Arizona and Nebraska, was a member of several
councils on disability in Pima County, and served as a charter school
board member in Santa Cruz County.
Areas of Expertise
Some of Gail's many strengths lie in her ability to write winning grants,
conduct comprehensive grant searches, and facilitate grant writing teams.
In addition, she has provided diagnostic and educational services to
children and youth with exceptional abilities, designed/conducted research
studies and needs assessments, and presented professional staff
development trainings to school administrators, teachers, parents, and
teacher assistants.
Funding Opportunities
- US Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs
- Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI)
- Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE)
Private Foundations
The following have been identified as possible
funding opportunities. Click on the links below to download (Adobe PDF
files) funding sources for the following four states:
