Summer Reading, Math

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Summer Reading, Math Science Summer Institutes

• Guidelines for FY10 Requests for Funding
• March 25, 2009
• Mary Jo Daniel, Acting Bureau Chief
• Maryjo.daniel_at_state.nm.us or 505.476.1882

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Contingent upon Funding!!

• HB2 appropriates 2,485,900 from the General Fund
  for Summer Reading, Math and Science Institutes.
• Governor Richardson has 20 days after the session
  to sign the bill (April 10).

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Timeline

• Requests for funding must be RECEIVED by the Math
  and Science Bureau by 500 pm on Thursday, April
  30, 2009.
• Tentative awards made by May 15, 2009
• Agreements finalized by July 1, 2009.
• Programs conducted July 1, 2009 through June 30,
  2010
• Evaluation report due to MSB June 30, 2010

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Completed Requests contain

• Cover Sheet
• Specifies fiscal agent and partners
• Additional sheets okay if needed
• Narrative Need, Program Description, Personnel,
  Management, Evaluation
• Addresses guidelines clearly
• 5 page maximum

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Completed Requests contain

• Statement of Work (Exhibit A)
• Specify districts/schools that will participate
• Date/location of summer institutes and follow-up
• Listing major activities
• Required assurances numbered as last 3 components

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Completed Requests contain

• Budget (Exhibit B)
• Use the lines on Exhibit BNOT your institutions
  budget forms
• Attach justification/explanation of costs
• 100/day maximum for stipends (THESE funds)
• CHECK YOUR MATH!!!!
• District/School Letters of Commitment

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Narrative (Item 2 of Request)

• Statement of Need (10 pts)
• Why should this work be done? How do you know?
• If you want to continue a project, what is your
  rationale for requesting additional funds?
• How does this work connect to OTHER efforts in
  the same targeted district(s) or school(s),
  including their EPSS?

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Narrative

• Program Description (50) points) must address ALL
  of the bullet points
• Alignment to Standards
• Integration of literacy with math and science
• Alignment with NMQMSEM
• Alignment with NM Framework for Professional
  Development

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Program Description

• Requirements (cont).
• Instructional teams of content experts and
  educators partnerships between K-12 and HE
• Focus on science inquiry and/or math process
  skills
• Participants are TEAMS of teachers
• Support of implementation
• Evidence of effectiveness

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Narrative

• Personnel (15 pts)
• List on cover sheet briefly describe roles and
  responsibilities in narrative
• Management Plan (10 pts)
• Connect to personnel
• Specify how you will recruit, communicate with,
  and support participants throughout the year.

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Guidelines for Requests

• Evaluation (15 pts)
• Beyond required MSB survey, describe how you will
  know if you are successful
• State goals/outcomes explicitly
• If the evaluation requires financial resources,
  is this reflected in the budget?

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Guidelines for Requests

• Assurances
• MSB Data Collection and Evaluationin Scope of
  Work
• Letter(s) of Commitment from school/district
  administrators

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Preferences

• Tied to curricular materials
• Work with ALL the teachers
• Focus on Priority Schools
• Focus on ELL, Special Education, Achievement Gaps
• Using data to improve instruction
• Involve families
• Include community partnerships

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Questions?

• Dont guessask!
• Mary Jo Daniel 505.476.1882
• Maryjo.daniel_at_state.nm.us
• Claudia Ahlstrom 505.476.1881
• Claudia.ahlstrom_at_state.nm.us