Grant
Awarded Programs
2001
- 2002
Grant Title: Teaching American History Grant
Program
Grant Agency:
U. S. Department of Education
Grant Amount: FY 2001-2002 -- $209,318.00
Total for three years -- $618,762.00
Name of Persons Applying for Grant: Delores Hicks, Charlotte Gallemore, and Bill
Jongbloed
Grant Description: The
purpose of The Teaching American History Grant program will support programs to
raise student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge, understanding, and
appreciation of American History.
The objectives of the project are:
·
Provide American
History teachers with the tools that will help them to empower their students
to become independent, responsible, confident, excited researchers and learners
of America's history
·
Upgrade strategies for developing higher order
thinking from simply recalling facts to sharing a wealth of information through
a variety of student generated products
·
Raise
student achievement in American History by upgrading the teaching strategies
and techniques of the district's American History teachers.
The
project supports an assortment of unique and exciting partnerships and
activities that include the most current and successful teaching strategies and
techniques. Summer institutes and
workshops will provide participants with classroom ready lesson plans, teaching
materials, tours, hands-on classes, demonstrations, and field trips that will
add to the learning experience of American History teachers and also enhance
the learning opportunities for students.
As a result of these research based methods for improving the quality of
instruction, teachers' knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of American
History will improve student achievement.
Target Population: Approximately 150 teachers
·
Fifth Grade Teachers of American History
·
Eighth Grade Teachers of American History
·
Eleventh Grade Teachers of American History
Grant Title: Community Technology Centers Program
Grant Agency:
U. S. Department of Education
Grant Amount: FY 2001-2002 -- $300,000.00 (Only Funded For One Year)
Name of Persons Applying for Grant: Sheryl Abshire
Grant Description: INCITE
(INvolved Community through Integrated
Technology Education) will provide two
well-defined, community technology centers, promoting guidance, education, and
support to community members and students, ultimately increasing the digital
inclusion among at or below poverty level households. The project supports an exciting partnership with the Simon Properties’
Prien Lake Mall, the Calcasieu Parish Career Center, the Imperial Calcasieu
School-to-Work program, and the Calcasieu Parish School Board Technology
Training Center. The community
technology centers will provide an expanded program of adult education and
family literacy, after-school activities, career development and job
preparation, and small business activities in urban areas. The centers provide
access to information technology and related learning services, including
wireless remote capabilities.
The centers are located:
·
C & I Building on Shattuck Street next to
the Ralph Clifton Reynaud 21st Century Community Center
·
Educational Resource Center at Simon Properties
Prien Lake Mall
The INCITE Center South will be open from 8:00
a.m. until 9:00 p.m. with special hours on holidays. The INCITE Center North will be open after regular school hours
on school days until 7:00 p.m. and from 8:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. on
Saturdays. With hands-on experience,
disadvantaged children and adults can start on the first rung of a ladder of
training that leads to digital inclusion in information technology.
INCITE will reach all areas of the parish,
providing participants an opportunity to learn, apply, and synthesize training
of technology-based skills, increasing educational foundations, real-world
business transactions, personal correspondence, research and
information-gathering, and access to online job databases. INCITE will establish a digital connection
for those who lack access to these tools, increasing economic, educational, and
social advancement.
Equipment will include:
·
Educational Resource Center at Simon
Properties Prien Lake Mall:
15 Desktop Computers, laser printer, 1 InFocus Projector, Project
Screen, software, Plato Software, MOUS Certification Exams for 1,000
participants
·
INCITE Center housed at the C & I
Building on Shattuck Street: 30 Wireless Mobile
Laptop, laser printer, diskettes, 6-D Link Access Points
Grant Title: COHORT
COMPONENT OF THE TUTITION EXEMPTION BASIC PROGRAM
Title of Course: EDUC 489C-084: Special
Topics in Education (Curriculum Enhancement Through Technology) Credit
Hours: Three (3)
College/University Awarding Credit: Louisiana Tech University
Anticipated number of participants: 22 participants
Amount Requested for Tuition: $4,870.58 ($221.39 Cohort funds x 22 participants)
Agency(s) sponsoring course: Calcasieu Parish
School System
Schools' employing participants: INCLASS
Schools 2000-2001Reynaud Middle School, Kennedy Elementary, Johnson Elementary
and LINCS Leadership Teams 2001-2002 from Molo Middle and Brentwood Elementary
Grant Title: LINCS-Learning-Intensive
Networking Communities for Success
Grant Agency:
State Board of Elementary and Secondary
Education through the Louisiana Quality Education Support Funds-8 (g)
Grant Amount: FY 2001-2002 -- $38,333.00
Name of Persons Applying for Grant: Delores Hicks, Charlotte Gallemore
Grant Description: The purpose of LINCS is to build and strengthen
the ability of K-8 classroom teachers to design and implement standards-based
lessons into their daily instruction.
This program will ultimately improve the capabilities of K-8 students to
perform at higher levels of competency as demonstrated by increased performance
on LEAP-21, the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and increased School Performance
Scores.
Schools Participating: Brentwood Elementary, J.D. Clifton Elementary,
and Molo Middle School
Grant Title:
Millennium Project
Grant Agency:
Education Excellence
Fund was established as a component of the Millennium Trust, which was created
in 1999 to provide for the disposition of proceeds from the tobacco settlement.
Name of Persons Applying for Grant: Delores Hicks and Charlotte Gallemore
Grant Amount: $318,825.
Purpose:
To improve student
mathematics skills school-wide.
Criteria for selection:
Incentives for participation:
Schools Participating: Brentwood Elementary, J.D. Clifton Elementary,
and Molo Middle School
Grant Title: R.I.C.H. Connection Research
Integrated Communication Highway
School: T. S. Cooley
Elementary Magnet
Grant Agency: State Board of
Elementary and Secondary Education-8(g) Competitive Grant
Grant Amount: $ 59,942.00
Purpose:
RICH Connection will create opportunities to
increase academic achievement while offering students the math and literacy
skills needed to succeed in an information "rich" and challenging
global society. RICH will provide a
technology "connection" between the RICH multimedia lab, the
classroom, and the world. The grant
will provide twenty-five hours of professional development on curriculum
integration of math standards to teachers, math software, printers, digital
cameras, and 28 multimedia computers. This grant provides T. S. Cooley with a
ratio of 3:1 computers to students-surpassing the state and national goal of
5:1.
Grant
Title: U.T.O.P.I.A. Using Technology Products to Obtain Products that
Improve Achievement
School: Vinton Middle School
Grant Agency: State Board of
Elementary and Secondary Education-8(g) Competitive Grant
Grant
Amount: $90,270.00
Purpose:
U.T.O.P.I.A. will incorporate technology into
the curriculum to increase achievement, test performance and develop technology
literacy across the grade levels. The
grant will extend the previous grant by putting a mini computer lab in each
classroom to give students access to intensive standards based instruction
tailored to meet individual needs. The
funds will provide 3 multimedia computers, 1 scanner, and 1 printer for each
classroom.
Grant
Title: ETC-Educational Technology,
Content, Standards-Based Project
School: St. John Elementary School
Grant Agency: State Board of
Elementary and Secondary Education-8(g) Competitive Grant
Grant
Amount: $60,038.00
Purpose:
The ETC project will fund technology to
invigorate content standards-based activities to improve technology, writing,
research, and presentation skills. The funds will provide sixteen hours of
professional development training for teachers, 12 multimedia computers for
grades 3-5 classrooms, and 30 wireless laptop computers for flexible computer
accessibility in classrooms for student use in producing student projects. This Education Technology, Contents-standard
based project (ETC) is unique because the technology is wireless and mobile
allowing for flexibility and increased access.
Grant Title:
Academic Learning Center
School: Pearl Watson Elementary School
Grant Agency: Louisiana
Department of Education
Grant
Amount: $29,000.00
Purpose:
Broadening Our Horizons II
provides at-risk fourth grade students with the opportunity for extended instructional
time in a safe, stable environment. The
program focuses on the core subjects of English/Language Arts, Mathematics, and
Social Studies.
Grant Title:
Academic Learning Center
School: John F. Kennedy Elementary School
Grant Agency: Louisiana Department
of Education
Grant
Amount: $40,000.00
Purpose:
The Kennedy Elementary Academic Reading
Tutorial Learning Center is one that is designed for the students who
need a systematic learning experience with direct teaching/tutoring of concepts
and skills through multi-sensory techniques. The Academic Reading
Tutorial Learning Center has three curriculum strands: phonology/decoding, reading comprehension,
and written expression. Children in
second, third, and fourth grade will have 1:1 tutoring for a minimum of 30
minutes 4 days a week. Tutors will spend time on scripted fluency and
comprehension skills using the Early Emergent Readers and Accelerated Readers
theme books. Teacher/tutors will
provide direct instruction in a systematic order using multi-sensory strategies
to improve reading comprehension using Internet research, drama, storytelling,
and art/reading projects.
Grant Title:
Academic Learning Center
School: Reynaud Middle School
Grant Agency: Louisiana
Department of Education
Grant
Amount: $40,000.00
Purpose:
Reynaud's Academic Learning Center will provide
activities that offer significant expanded learning opportunities for students
that contribute to academic achievement and reduced delinquent behavior. The
center will give students the opportunity to increase the time they are engaged
in meaningful activities that will cement connections between mathematics and
science and its relevance to real life situations.
Grant Title:
LEAP 21 Tutoring Program
School System:
Calcasieu Parish
Grant Agency: Louisiana
Department of Education
Grant
Amount: $192,592.00
Purpose: In an effort to
increase the students' chances for success, the Department of Education as
designed the LEAP 21 Tutoring Program, to provide supplemental instruction for
low-performing students. This program
will provide the opportunity for additional intense and focused instruction to
the following groups of students:
·
4th- and 8-grade students who have been retained
because of their having scored at the Unsatisfactory level on LEAP 21;
·
4th- and 8th students whose 3rd- and 7th- grade
Iowa Test scores were below the 30th percentile.
Grant Title:
TAP Tutorial Assistance Program - Reading Excellence Act
School: Pearl Watson Elementary
Grant Agency: U. S.
Department of Education
Grant
Amount: $ 257,020.00
Name
of Persons Applying for Grant: Charlotte
Gallemore
Purpose: The TAP Tutorial
Program is one that is designed for the students who need a systematic learning
experience with direct teaching/tutoring of concepts and skills through
multi-sensory techniques. The
implementation of this program provides the requirements of a multi-sensory
structured language program as mandated by Louisiana Law of the Education of
Dyslexic Students. "Broadening Our
Horizons" has three curriculum strands:
phonology/decoding, reading comprehension, and written expression. The strands are integrated at all of the
projected grade levels. Project Read
(Phonology/Decoding) will be taught a minimum of 30 minutes each day. Children in PreK- second grade with have 1:1
tutoring for a minimum of 30 minutes 4 days a week. The third grader ratio will be 1.5 students to one tutor for at
least 4 days a week. Tutors spend time
on fluency and comprehension skills using the Early Emergent Readers and
Accelerated Readers theme books.
Grant Title:
21st Century Community Learning Center
School: Ralph C. Reynaud Middle School
Grant Agency: U. S.
Department of Education
Grant
Amount: FY 2001-2002 $ 199,526.00
Total for three years --
$660,184.00
Name
of Persons Applying for Grant: Charlotte Gallemore
Purpose: To provide a comprehensive program for
students, their families, and the community members that address the
educational, health, social services, cultural, and recreational needs of the
community that will provide "safe havens" for students, their
families, and the community.
Goal 1 of the Plant a Seed
Project is to provide activities that offer significant expanded
learning opportunities for students and their families in the community that
contribute to academic achievement and reduced delinquent behavior.
Goal 2 of the Ralph Clifton
Reynaud Middle School and Cultural Center is to provide activities that offer
significant extended learning opportunities for the community members that
contribute to keeping the community more secure and make the school the
thriving center of the community.