21st Century Learning Environments Initiative

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21st Century Learning Environments Initiative

• FY2010 Regular Title II, Part DCompetitive Grant
  Program
• Applications due October 12, 2009
• and October 28, 2009

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Agenda21st Century Learning Environments
Initiative

• State Board Criteria
• Purpose / Vision
• Eligible Applicants
• Categories
• Grant Ranges

• Scoring Rubric
• Successful Design
• Grant Deadlines
• Odds and Ends
• Question and Answer

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2009 State Board Criteria21st Century Learning
Environments Initiative

• Competitive grants issued under Title II, Part D,
  Enhancing Education through Technology (EETT)
  shall assist Local Education Agencies (LEAs) or
  eligible local partnerships in implementing and
  supporting comprehensive, technology-based
  solutions in elementary and secondary schools,
  both inside and outside the traditional
  classroom, to improve student academic
  achievement and the use of data and educational
  technology as effective tools for improving
  teaching and learning. Also eligible are local
  and state efforts to use technology in promoting
  parent and family involvement in education and to
  enhance communication and the sharing of
  teaching, learning, data, information, and best
  practices among students, parents, teachers,
  principals, administrators, and other education
  stakeholders In addition, all grants funded under
  this program will incorporate concepts of
  Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and contain a
  rigorous evaluation component, particularly
  regarding the impact on student academic
  achievement.

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Purpose 21st Century Learning Environments
Initiative

• The purpose of the grant program is to foster
  21st century learning environments in Michigan
  schools that support innovative teaching and
  learning strategies, enabled by high access to
  educational technology, and that help accelerate
  achievement in core academic subject areas, close
  achievement gaps, and prepare Michigan students
  for 21st century jobs. (P.A. 73 of 2009)

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Grant Vision 21st Century Learning Environments
Initiative
Categories 2-6
Category 1
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Eligible Applicants 21st Century Learning
Environments Initiative

• This grant program is targeted to local education
  agencies (LEAs), public school academies (PSAs),
  and eligible partnerships (i.e., consortia of
  LEAs, PSAs, and/or ISDs) that include at least
  one high need district (LEA), which can be
  defined as one that
• Is among those districts in Michigan with the
  highest numbers or percentages (minimum of 40
  percent of total blended FTE count enrollment
  claiming free and reduced lunch) of children from
  families with incomes below the poverty line as
  defined by the TITLE I - PART A, ALLOCATIONS
  School Year 2008-09 found at http//www.michigan.
  gov/documents/mde/MDE-P2_FS_08_T1aAllocListOrig_19
  9917_7.pdf
• and
• Serves one or more schools identified for
  improvement, corrective action, or restructuring
  under section 1116 of the No Child Left Behind
  (NCLB) Act of 2001.

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Eligible Applicants 21st Century Learning
Environments Initiative

• LEA / PSA 40 free and reduced lunch
• and
• One school within LEA / PSA that has not made AYP
  twice in past three years
• Doesnt have to be the same school
• or
• Eligible partnership with one LEA / PSA meeting
  these criteria

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Categories 21st Century Learning Environments
Initiative

• Student-Centered, 21st Century Learning
  Environments These competitive grants seek to
  support implementation of evidence-based
  innovative models of student-centered learning
  (i.e., instructional strategies focused on the
  student's needs, abilities, interests, and
  learning styles with the teacher as a facilitator
  of learning). These 21st century learning
  environments should not be dependent on physical
  facilities and time they should incorporate
  concepts of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
  and the effective use of mobile and one-to-one
  computing technology. Priority will be given to
  dropout prevention and reengagement initiatives
  that utilize digital environments to enable
  project-based learning, nontraditional
  instructional methods, cyber learning, and other
  methods aimed at engaging students who have
  dropped out or who are at-risk of dropping out.

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Categories 21st Century Learning Environments
Initiative

• 2. Digital Professional Learning Environments for
  Administrators These competitive grants seek to
  support the extension of online professional
  learning communities for district and building
  level administrators. The goal of these
  communities is to facilitate an increase in
  school leaders capacity to lead systemic,
  technology-based school improvement efforts.
  Efforts should focus on 1) dropout prevention and
  2) creating 21st century digital learning
  environments for all students, including the use
  of project based learning and mobile technology
  based learning strategies.

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Categories 21st Century Learning Environments
Initiative

• 3. Algebra For All This competitive grant seeks
  to support the successful development and
  implementation of a nontraditional concept of
  algebra instruction for the successful completion
  of Algebra I by students who have traditionally
  struggled in mathematics. The winning applicant
  should propose a blended professional development
  program where mathematics teachers from across
  the state engage in active, sustained learning
  that strongly impacts student achievement with
  Algebra I content. The program is intended to
  support the work of the Michigan Mathematics and
  Science Center Network (MMSCN) and Michigan
  Virtual University (MVU) in this collaborative
  project, and fund the evaluation of program
  effectiveness.

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Categories 21st Century Learning Environments
Initiative

• 4. eLearning Consortium This continuation
  grant continues the support of Michigan Virtual
  University (MVU) statewide activities through
  partnerships with several intermediate school
  districts (ISDs). The goal is to strengthen the
  virtual schools ability to serve Michigan
  students, particularly at-risk students, by
  pursuing activities, policies, and practices that
  increase the overall number of Michigan Virtual
  High School course enrollments and course
  completions.

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Categories 21st Century Learning Environments
Initiative

• 5. Michigan Learns OnlineThis continuation
  grant advances the expansion of online learning
  throughout the state of Michigan by supporting
  multiple options for e-learning and/or virtual
  learning for all Michigan schools at the district
  level, particularly secondary schools, in meeting
  the Michigan Merit Curriculum (MCC) requirements.
  Emphasis will be placed on assisting teachers in
  adopting blended teaching strategies and
  practices that utilize low-cost / no cost online
  resources to improve student learning.

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Categories 21st Century Learning Environments
Initiative

• 6. MI Champions 21st Century Learning Classroom
  by ClassroomThis continuation grant seeks to
  support a successful, statewide model for
  professional development that increases the
  capacity of teachers at the building level to
  implement student-centered, 21st century learning
  environments, including the use of project based
  learning and mobile technology based learning
  strategies.

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Grant Range21st Century Learning Environments
Initiative

• Student-Centered, 21st Century Learning
  Environments from 100,000 to 300,000 each.
  The number of grants funded will be determined by
  the quality of applicants and the availability of
  funding.
• Digital Professional Learning Environments for
  Administrators up to three awards to be given
  ranging from 100,000 to 250,000. This category
  will be awarded as a competitive grant with
  preference given to applicants who previously
  demonstrated success with a Title IID grant
  during FY2007, FY2008, or FY2009.
• Algebra for All approximately 500,000 awarded
  to one eligible applicant. Applicants must apply
  in partnership with the Michigan Mathematics and
  Science Center Network (MMSCN) and Michigan
  Virtual University.

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Grant Range21st Century Learning Environments
Initiative

• 4. eLearning Consortium approximately 1
  million awarded to one applicant. This category
  will be awarded as a continuation grant
  therefore the eligible applicant must be a
  FY2007, FY2008, or FY2009 Title IID grant
  recipient. Michigan Virtual University also must
  be named as a partner on this grant.
• 5. Michigan Learns Online approximately 1.25
  million awarded to one applicant. This category
  will be awarded as a continuation grant
  therefore the eligible applicant must be a
  FY2007, FY2008, or FY2009 Title IID grant
  recipient.
• 6. MI Champions 21st Century Learning Classroom
  by Classroom approximately 2 million awarded
  to one applicant. This category will be awarded
  as a continuation grant therefore the eligible
  applicant must be a FY2007, FY2008, or FY2009
  Title IID grant recipient.

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Scoring Rubric 21st Century Learning
Environments Initiative

• For consistency in judging applications, MDE uses
  a standard scoring rubric. The maximum score for
  the following criteria is 100 points
• 1. Abstract 5 points
• 2. Narrative
• A. Identification of Need 10 points
• B. Project Design 50 points
• C. Project Deployment and Sustainability 15
  points
• D. Project Leadership 5 points
• E. Program Evaluation 5 points
• 3. Project Budget 10 points

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Identification of Need21st Century Learning
Environments Initiative
10 Points
0 Points
5 Points
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Successful DesignStudent Centered, 21st Century
Learning Environments

• Student-Centered Learning

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Successful DesignStudent Centered, 21st Century
Learning Environments

• Standards-Focused
• 21st Century Skills

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Successful DesignStudent Centered, 21st Century
Learning Environments

• Digital Media Arts and STEM Describe how the
  proposed project incorporates a digital media
  arts program or an advanced Science, Technology,
  Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) focus.

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Deadlines21st Century Learning Environments
Initiative

• September 15, 2009 Grant program announcement
• October 12, 2009 Categories 2-6 applications due
  
• October 28, 2009 Category 1 applications due
• October 28, 2009 Recommendations on Categories
  2-6
• November 30, 2009 Recommendations on Category 1
• June 30, 2011 Projects to be completed all
  funds expended
• July 31, 2011 Final Performance Report due
• August 31, 2011 Final Expenditure Report due

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Odds and Ends21st Century Learning Environments
Initiative

• Project Budget Project budgets are uploaded as a
  separate function and document in MEGS. Project
  budgets do not count as part of the narrative
  page total.
• 25 Percent Professional Development Requirement
  According to Title IID guidance, a minimum of 25
  percent of the budget must be expended on
  professional development activities. The budget
  must clearly indicate which items reflect the 25
  percent requirement.
• AbstractOn one separate, double-spaced page,
  applicants must provide up to a 300-word
  description of the proposed project. Clearly
  articulated abstracts allow the reader to
  understand the scope of project. The abstract
  does not count in the total number of narrative
  pages (see below).
• Grant NarrativeAll pages in the narrative
  section of the application should have one-inch
  margins and be collated and numbered
  consecutively throughout. The narrative is
  limited to 15 double-spaced pages using 11 point
  Verdana font. Charts, graphs, and bulleted lists
  may be single-spaced.
• Appendices Addenda accompanying applicant
  proposals should be limited to four double-spaced
  pages using 11 point Verdana font. Addenda pages
  are not figured into the 15-page limit on the
  narrative section of the application. Charts,
  graphs, and bulleted lists may be single spaced.

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Question and AnswerImproving Instruction through
Regional Data Initiatives

• Bruce Umpsteadumpsteadb_at_michigan.gov517.335.2957