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ARRA EETT-Competitive

ARRA EETT-Competitive. Rollout Videoconference October 29, 2010 10:00 am. Agenda. Overview and Eligibility Funding Application Executive Summary Checkbox sections Budget & budget narrative Reporting requirements. Short Version.

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ARRA EETT-Competitive

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  1. ARRAEETT-Competitive Rollout Videoconference October 29, 2010 10:00 am

  2. Agenda • Overview and Eligibility • Funding • Application • Executive Summary • Checkbox sections • Budget & budget narrative • Reporting requirements

  3. Short Version • “…acquiring, maintaining, and using data to enhance college and career readiness programs OR improving the high school graduation rate” • 25% professional development

  4. ARRA EETT Grant Funding • $5.3 million available for RIMS schools • Supplement not supplant • May not pay for any program activity required by state law or local board policy • Maintain documentation showing supplementary nature of funds

  5. ARRA Program Goals • Spend quickly to save and create jobs • Improve student achievement through school improvement and reform • Ensure transparency, reporting and accountability • Invest in a way that minimizes the “funding cliff” of one-time funds

  6. ARRA EETT-C Program Goals • Enhance college- and career-readiness programs and improve graduation rates • Improve student achievement in replicable model • Provide professional development

  7. Eligibility • State-approved Technology Plan • High-need LEA • Poverty per census data • PI status or technology poverty • Eligible local partnership including a high-need LEA

  8. Eligible Local Partnership • High-need local educational agency AND • LEA with expertise in integration of technology resulting in improved achievement • Institution of higher education • For-profit technology or technology integration business or organization • Nonprofit organization with expertise in application of educational technology to instruction; may include other LEAs, ESAs, libraries, etc.

  9. ARRA EETT Grant Funding • <1000 Grade 7-12 students $10,000 • 1000-4999 students $50,000 • 5000-9999 students $250,000 • 10,000-24,999 students $500,000 • 25,000 – 100,000 students $1,000,000

  10. Use of Funds • High quality professional development (25%) • Integrate technology to improve college/career readiness and/or reduce dropout rate • Use data to improve college/career readiness and/or reduce dropout rate • Remainder on other resources that support implementation of the application plan

  11. Use of Funds • District block grant • May be spent at all schools or • May be targeted • School • Department • Grade level

  12. Reporting Requirements • ARRA Section 1512 reporting • Written report with outcome or improvements • Scoring Categories • College and career readiness • High School graduation rate

  13. Application Timeline • Due date: • November 12, 2010 • Application reviews: • November 13-19 • Notification of grant awards: • November 22, 2010 • Grant Expenditure deadline • September 30, 2011 • Grant Report deadline • October 1, 2012

  14. Payment Schedule • 50% sent upon receipt of AO-400 • 30% sent upon receipt of Certification of Expenditure • Final 20% upon receipt of EOP

  15. The Application LEA Program Sections

  16. Application Submission • Cover page – 1 original signature • Executive Summary – 500 words • LEA Program Sections – checkboxes • Budget and narrative • Assurances RFA page 5

  17. Executive Summary • 500 words • 1 page single-spaced • Will be used as “tie-breaker”

  18. Data for Analysis • Collected or not collected • Other data: • CalPASS • Grades • College persistence • Classroom formative assessment

  19. 1. Current Data Management Capacity • Centralized vs. school-based • Ability to generate reports • Timing of reports • College/career readiness data reported

  20. 2. Capacity for Growth • Ability to collect college/career readiness • Ability to analyze data

  21. 3. CALPADS Participation • Certification Fall 1 enrollment by October 21 deadline

  22. 4. Professional Development Plan • Contracted professional development • Teachers and administrators • Data • Inform instruction • Assess college/career readiness • Identify at-risk

  23. 5. DDDM Partnerships • Local stakeholder participation in decision-making

  24. 6. College/Career Readiness Partnerships • Involvement of IHEs • Local stakeholder involvement • Workforce needs • Technological proficiency

  25. 7. Graduation Rate (08-09)

  26. 8. Program Monitoring & Sustainability • Independent evaluator vs. district staff • CTAP • Private evaluator • Sustainability plan

  27. 9. Replicability • Independent evaluator • CTAP • Private evaluator • Which aspects of the program… • Publication of results

  28. 10. Budget • Sufficient detail • Minimum of 25% professional development (match Section 4) • “Spend or obligate” by September 30 • May submit blank budget for 09-10

  29. 10. Budget • 09-10 budget • Explicitly tied to college- and career-readiness • Explicitly tied to Executive Summary and budget narrative • Ability to document “supplement not supplant”

  30. Scoring • Highest need schools • Greatest probability for success • Points assigned to each check box have not been released • Executive Summary and Budget Narrative used in case of tie

  31. Questions?

  32. Program Ideas • Meaningful pilot • Expand current data system • Build IHE articulation • Build parent/community partnerships • Summer “Bridge” or intervention program for students

  33. Program Ideas • Data Teams • Pearson Prevent • Classroom responders • Digital Classroom tools • English Learner focus • Math/Science interventions • 21st Century Skills

  34. For More Information • Regional Contact: Molly Large • RIMS CTAP Professional Development Coordinator • mlarge@ctap10.org • (909) 386-2686 voice

  35. For More Information • CDE Lead: Cliff Rudnick, EdTech Office • crudnick@cde.ca.gov • http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r5/eettca10rfa.asp • List of Eligible Schools • Request for applications • Frequently asked questions • Reporting documents

  36. RIMS CTAP Partnership Options

  37. Professional Development • Interactive technology tool training • Collaborative Planning Teams • Use of data to analyze student performance • Development of high-quality formative assessments • Technology integration to support English Learners (iTELL)

  38. Collaborative Planning Teams • Collaborative Planning Teams (4-6 members) - $3500 per team • 4 days: summer 2011 • 2 days facilitation: 2011-2012

  39. External Evaluation Services • Classroom observation to monitor/assess implementation of program • Student interviews • Analysis of success factors • White paper publication of successes • Online case study of successful practices • Written narrative for state report

  40. Questions? Thank you for attending!

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