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• @Jennymolyneaux that's really interesting! May I ask how big your organization is/how many staff members you have? The more I learn about CSuite, GLM, and SLM, the more I think we could benefit from a "database manager" role.

  in Dedicated Data Entry/Database Manager Comment by JoAnnaDarda December 2023
• We now ask for gender and pronouns.

  in Gender versus Pronouns?? Comment by JoAnnaDarda October 2023
• @LaurieAbildso If the applicants follow our account creation guide, it should put them into the correct organization in GLM. If not, we just let them create a new organization and we merge them later.

  in Teacher Mini-Grants Comment by JoAnnaDarda August 2023
• This is a great question, and I would love to see other organizations' scholarship essay instructions. We currently don't provide any specific instructions regarding grammar, punctuation, etc., but we might benefit from doing so! We've noticed a trend in the last few years of essays being less-than-impactful overall. One…

  in What's your instructional text for scholarship essay questions? Comment by JoAnnaDarda August 2023
• @LaurieAbildso Yes I have attached our teacher account creation guide. If they enter all of this information correctly when they set up their account, it should add them to the correct organization in GLM. The guide is a little clunky, but it work for now! I've also added a screenshot of our GLM login screen where we ask…

  in Teacher Mini-Grants Comment by JoAnnaDarda August 2023
• We do sync the grants to CSuite for payment. The teacher accounts in GLM can get kind of wonky, because of the volume of teachers and schools we have in our county, but our system mostly works well. Each teacher creates their own account in GLM, and we put together a guide that asks them to enter their organization (school…

  in Teacher Mini-Grants Comment by JoAnnaDarda July 2023
• Our Foundation has a grant process specifically for teachers. We award grants quarterly (coinciding with the school year). Teachers can apply for grants from $50-$600. The application is in GLM, along with evaluations and follow-ups. When a teacher grant is awarded, we pay the check to the school corporation. We have a…

  in Teacher Mini-Grants Comment by JoAnnaDarda July 2023
• Our scholarship process used to open on January 1 and close on March 1, but we recently started opening the scholarship application in mid-December so that students can work on applications over the winter break. Some students do take advantage of this. We are considering moving our deadline to a bit earlier because spring…

  in How long is your scholarship application open? Comment by JoAnnaDarda March 2023
• in Grant Type Categories Comment by JoAnnaDarda July 2022