Competitive Application

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No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Title II Part D - EETT

• Competitive Application
• Technical Assistance
• Video Conference
• February 24, 2005
• 345 530 PM

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Todays Agenda

• Program Information
• Application Procedure
• Questions Answers

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Guidance

• This Power Point is designed to supplement the
  existing summary and guidance documents.
• Please refer to the guidance documents available
  atwww.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/imt/nclbindex.ht
  ml

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Title II Part D - EETT

• Goals
• Improve student academic achievement through the
  use of technology in schools
• Assist all students in becoming technologically
  literate by the end of eighth grade
• Encourage the effective integration of technology
  with teacher training and curriculum development
  to establish successful research-based
  instructional methods.

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Title II Part D - EETT

• Allocation Breakdown
• State activities -- up to 5 percent may be used
  for State-level activities and to assist local
  efforts to carry out the purposes of the program.
  
• Formula grants -- 50 percent distributed on a
  formula basis to eligible LEAs that have
  submitted applications to the State.
• Competitive grants -- 50 percent distributed on a
  competitive basis to eligible local entities that
  have submitted applications to the State.

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Title II Part D - EETT

• Accountability
• DPI must develop a process and accountability
  measures to evaluate effectiveness of
  integrating technology into curricula and
  instruction.
• Wisconsin will use enGauge
• Evaluating States Educational Technology Programs
  grant
• Program Evaluation

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Title II Part D - EETT

• Accountability
• LEAs must also develop a process and
  accountability measures that they will use to
  evaluate the effectiveness of activities in
• integrating technology into curricula and
  instruction
• increasing the ability of teachers to teach
• enabling students to meet challenging State
  standards.
• The DPI is responsible for ensuring that LEAs and
  eligible local entities comply with EETT
  statutory requirements.

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Title II Part D - EETT

• enGauge in Wisconsin
• Districts that completed the enGauge online and
  onsite process since January 1, 2002 do not need
  to repeat the online and onsite for FY 2005.

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Title II Part D - EETT

• enGauge in Wisconsin
• All LEAs which have not participated in a
  competitive EETT award prior to this year must
  complete both online and onsite in Fall 2005,
  unless they have completed both online and onsite
  since 2002.

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Title II Part D - EETT

• enGauge in Wisconsin
• Previously funded LEAs should repeat the enGauge
  process as needed in their technology planning
  cycle for continued certification. At a minimum
  an LEA should repeat the online portion every
  three years and the onsite within six years of
  their original onsite process.

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Title II Part D - EETT

• enGauge must be completed in the fall of 2005 for
  those who have not done so prior to application
• Forms indicating the districts contacts for
  enGauge must accompany the application
• Each application must have this form completed
  and submitted

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Title II Part D - EETT

• enGauge in Wisconsin
• Cost Structure
• Fee for training
• Cost for subs
• Travel meals etc.
• (may be budgeted as professional development)

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Title II Part D - EETT

• The decision to participate in an application
  individually, or as part of a consortium, is up
  to the district.
• The maximum award amounts were developed with
  100 participation in onsite enGauge in mind.
• Districts or consortia which have less than 100
  participation in onsite enGauge would be funded
  at levels 25 less.

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Title II Part D - EETT

• Accountability in Wisconsin
• There are additional requirements this year, and
  may be more in the future, depending on direction
  from the USDoE.

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Title II Part D - EETT

• Allocation Methods
• Two types
• Formula
• Competitive
• Application requirements apply to both methods.

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Title II Part D - EETT

• Formula Allocation
• Eligible Entities
• LEAs that receive funds under Part A of Title I
• Eligible partners
• Other LEAs, institutions of higher education,
  educational service agencies, libraries, or other
  educational entities.

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Title II Part D - EETT

• Formula Allocation
• LEA Consolidated Application for Federal Funds
• An LEA needs to submit a complete application,
  including a local technology plan.
• An LEA must inform DPI whenever it makes
  significant modifications to that plan.
• The DPI may require LEAs annually to submit
  performance reports, updated budgets, and other
  reasonable data before awarding funds in
  subsequent years.

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Title II Part D - EETT

• Formula Allocation
• LEA Consolidated Application for Federal Funds
• This years process is again online
• http//www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/esea/index.html

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Title II Part D - EETT

• Competitive Allocation
• Eligible entities
• High need LEAs
• Is among those LEAs in the State with the highest
  numbers or percentages of children from families
  with incomes below the poverty line and
• Serves one or more schools identified for
  improvement or corrective action under Title I,
  or has a substantial need for assistance in
  acquiring and using technology.

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Title II Part D - EETT

• Competitive Allocation
• Eligible Local Partnerships
• Includes at least one high-need LEA and at least
  one of the following
• An LEA that can demonstrate that teachers in its
  schools are effectively integrating technology.
• An institution of higher education
• A for-profit business or organization that
  develops, designs, manufactures, or produces
  technology products or services or has
  substantial expertise in the application of
  technology in instruction.
• A public or private nonprofit organization with
  demonstrated expertise in the application of
  educational technology in instruction.

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Title II Part D - EETT

• Competitive Allocation
• Fiscal agent If an eligible local partnership
  receives a competitive award, an LEA must serve
  as the fiscal agent for the partnership.
• Equitable distribution DPI must ensure an
  equitable distribution of grant funds among urban
  and rural areas, according to the demonstrated
  need of those LEAs serving the areas.

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Title II Part D - EETT

• For a better understanding of the role of the
  Fiscal Agent use the DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC
  INSTRUCTION FISCAL AGENT POLICY
• http//www.dpi.state.wi.us/dfm/sfms/doc/fisagnt.do
  c

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Title II Part D - EETT

• Local Applications

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Title II Part D - EETT

• The Application and Guidance can be found online
  at
• www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/imt/nclbindex.html

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REQUIREMENTS

• Priority to districts which receive an
  insufficient amount in the formula subgrants. A
  sufficient amount is determined to be no less
  than 5,000 and indexed by student population.
  Please see the guidance document for the complete
  listing of amounts and populations.

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REQUIREMENTS

• Districts with
• 1) Ten percent of children in poverty
• and
• 2) low performing schools, or the greatest need
  for using and acquiring technology as determined
  by the State Superintendent

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REQUIREMENTS

• At least 60 percent of the overall project
  request must be used for ongoing, sustained, high
  quality professional development integral to this
  project to improve teaching and learning through
  the use of technology.
• The professional development activities must
  support the teacher standards of PI 34 and be
  based on the National Staff Development Council
  (NSDC) Standards.

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REQUIREMENTS

• The project must be related to information and
  technology literacy standards and the districts
  technology plan.

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REQUIREMENTS

• Improved student achievement must be a primary
  aspect of the project being proposed and should
  be found in all sections of the application
  narrative.

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REQUIREMENTS

• Spending five percent to ten percent on each of
  the following
• Evaluation
• Dissemination

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REQUIREMENTS

• Projects of sufficient size, scope, and quality,
  to carry out the purposes of Public Law 107-110,
  Title II, Part D, of No Child Left Behind Act
  (NCLB).

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REQUIREMENTS

• Projects that contain a description of how
  business, industry, and other public and private
  agencies, including libraries, literacy programs,
  and institutions of higher education, can
  participate in the implementation, ongoing
  planning, and support of the program.

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REQUIREMENTS

• The district technology plan correlates with the
  Wisconsin Educational Information Technology
  Plan PK-12.

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REQUIREMENTS

• An equitable distribution between urban and rural
  using the Title VI Rural Education Initiative
  definition of rural.

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REQUIREMENTS

• LEAs will use the enGauge process for assessment
  and accountability to the SEA.

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Application Review Criteria

• Mandatory Items (there are 11)
• 1. The identified need or problem must be based
  on a current measurable needs assessment and
  addressed in your district technology plan.

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Application Review Criteria

• Mandatory Items
• 2. The application must provide evidence of
  success that shows that the model the applicant
  is proposing has raised student academic
  performance in other locations or situations OR,
  is part of a comprehensive, high-quality research
  study designed to show whether promising
  instructional technology practices raise student
  achievement

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Application Review Criteria

• Mandatory Items
• 3. At least 60 percent of the project funding
  must be spent for ongoing, sustained, high
  quality professional development, which is tied
  directly to the effective use of technology in
  the classroom, e.g., problem-based learning for
  students incorporating electronic research
  methods, analysis, and presentation. Professional
  development must be more than basic skills
  instruction for staff. The professional
  development activities must support the teacher
  standards of PI 34 and be based on the National
  Staff Development Council (NSDC) Standards.

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Application Review Criteria

• Mandatory Items
• 4. Local goals must support one or both of the
  State of Wisconsin Program Goals (see page 6 of
  the guidance).

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Application Review Criteria

• Mandatory Items
• 5. Local private schools must be involved in the
  planning and development of the grant application

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Application Review Criteria

• Mandatory Items
• 6. The project must be related to local or state
  information and technology literacy standards.

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Application Review Criteria

• Mandatory Items
• 7. A district which has a school identified for
  improvement must address how the proposed project
  will assist said school to improve.

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Application Review Criteria

• Mandatory Items
• 8. The LEA(s) participate in the enGauge process
  as required by the DPI. All required forms are
  included with the application.

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Application Review Criteria

• Mandatory Items
• 9. Improved student achievement must be a primary
  aspect of the project being proposed and should
  be found in ALL sections of the application
  narrative.

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Application Review Criteria

• Mandatory Items
• 10. Projects must set aside a minimum of 5 and
  up to 10 of the funds for the Program Evaluation
  Design (see the guidance document for details on
  evaluation).
• Also find more information at
• http//www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/imt/nclbindex
  .html

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Application Review Criteria

• Mandatory Items
• 11. Projects must set aside a minimum of 5 and
  up to 10 of the funds for Dissemination (see the
  guidance document for details on dissemination).

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NARRATIVE

• Description of Need
• Planning and Partnerships
• Goals and Objectives (use chart format provided
  in guidance, not part of page limit)
• Implementation, Budget, and Funding Strategies
• Evaluation Process
• Dissemination Plan

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Sufficient Amount for Formula Awards
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FY 05 Consortium Maximum Award
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FY 05 Single District Maximum Award
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• Milwaukee Public Schools may apply for up to 11
  of the distributable funds for the competition.

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Transferability Provisions

• Transferability (ESEA Sections 6121 through 6123)
• Only applies to formula grants.
• Carry over also applies only to formula funds

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Submitting an Application

• Five copies of the application must be submitted.
  One must have original signatures and be
  identified as the original.

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Submitting an Application

• The application must be spaced one and one-half
  lines and printed in a standard font, 12-point
  type or larger.
• Charts and tables may be single spaced and
  10-point font.
• All margins one inch.

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Submitting an Application

• The application must include a PI-9550-A form
  with an original signature for each private
  school within your district if you did not
  complete the consolidated application.

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Submitting an Application

• The application must be accompanied by
• A copy of the needs assessment used for planning,
  ONLY if it is of your own design or not available
  online.
• For a consortium, copies of all items above for
  each Local Educational Agency (LEA) must
  accompany the application.

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Submitting an Application

• The application should include
• the ten page narrative,
• goals and objectives chart,
• budget,
• signature documents,
• enGauge forms.

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Submitting an Application

• No other appendices should be included (unless
  needs document required,). Appendices which are
  attached not required to be read by the
  reviewers.
• Applications should be stapled and not bound or
  in binders.

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Submitting an Application

• Applications must arrive at the Department of
  Public Instruction, Instructional Media and
  Technology Team office
• by March 28, 2005, 430 pm
• or
• be postmarked on March 28, 2005.

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CIPA Compliance

• Certification for Enhancing Education Through
  Technology (EETT) Requirement of the Childrens
  Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was part of the
  Consolidated Application this year

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FY 05 Timeline

• Applications are due to WDPI March 28, 2005 by
  430 pm or postmarked 03/28/2005.
• Prescreening and grant application review will be
  completed in April  2005.
• Grants will be awarded in May 2005.
• Grantee Meetings in June August
• Projects begin July 1, 2005.
• Projects will be completed by June 30, 2006.
• Progress reports as required by DPI during the
  project year with a final summary in June 2006.

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Title II Part D - EETT

• The Application and Guidance can be found online
  at
• www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/imt/nclbindex.html

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Title II Part D - EETT

• For an archived video stream of this conference
• and to down load the PowerPoint go to
• www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/imt/nclbindex.html

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Title II Part D - EETT

• Questions???
• E-mail them to
• robert.roy_at_dpi.state.wi.us

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Title II Part D - EETT

• Robert J. Roy
• Education Consultant - Educational Technology
• Instructional Media Technology Team
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
• 125 South Webster Street, P O Box 7841
• Madison, WI 53707-7841
• voice - 608-261-6332 fax - 608-266-2529
• robert.roy_at_dpi.state.wi.us
• http//www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/imt