C & I Grant Department

Summary of Grants Funded SY 2002-2003

 

 

Grant Title:  Academic Learning Center

School:  John F. Kennedy Elementary School

Grant Agency: Louisiana Department of Education

Grant Amount: $25,000.00

Name of Persons Applying for Grant:  Merculus Chretien - Mae Belle Smith

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:  Pearl Watson Elementary School

Grant Agency: Louisiana Department of Education

Grant Amount: $25,000.00

Name of Persons Applying for Grant:  Berna Dean Johnson

Purpose:  Broadening Our Horizons II provides at-risk third and 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:  Algebra I Online Course

Schools:  LeBlanc Middle School 

Grant Agency: State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education-8(g) Distance Learning Network

Name of Persons Applying for Grant:  Charlotte Gallemore/Tom Finnie

Grant Provides: Certified On-line Mathematics Teacher

Purpose: LeBlanc Middle School Algebra I class will participate in a  pilot project component of the Louisiana Virtual School  in 2002-2003.  The students in the identified section of Algebra I will be enrolled in an Algebra I online course taught by a certified mathematics instructor. The uncertified classroom instructor will also be provided professional development and will assist with the Algebra instruction.

 

 

Grant Title:  Community Technology Centers Program

Grant Agency:  U. S. Department of Education

Grant Amount:  $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 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 (North)

·        Educational Resource Center at Simon Properties Prien Lake Mall (South)

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:  Cultural Connections

School:  Dolby Elementary School

Grant Agency: State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education-8(g) Competitive Grant

Name of Persons Applying for Grant:  Pam Quebodeaux

Grant Amount: $88,573.00

Purpose:  The purpose of Cultural Connections is to increase academic achievement in the areas of language arts and writing process skills through the use of appropriate technologies and a study of Louisiana culture. This project is designed to meet the needs of the students by providing ongoing opportunities to learn more about the local culture and reflect on this through writing activities using appropriate technologies.  Cultural Connections will afford students the opportunity to create and publish multimedia projects.

 

 

Grant Title:  Education Excellence Fund 

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: Dolores Hicks, Charlotte Gallemore, Bill Jongbloed

Grant Amount:  $205,775.54

Purpose:   Supports the LINCS grant in providing content leaders that work with teachers in the classrooms of participating schools to improve student mathematics skills school-wide.

 

 

Grant Title:  ETC-Educational Technology, Content, and Standards Project 

School:  St. John Elementary School

Grant Agency: State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education-8(g) Competitive Grant

Name of Persons Applying for Grant:  Dolores Hicks/Carroll Parsons

Grant Amount: $95,191.00

Purpose:  The ETC project will provide state of the art technology tools for second and third graders to enhance the standards-based curriculum. ETC will enable second and third grade students to acquire skills needed for the workplaces of the 21st century while also learning content knowledge, as well as problem solving skills, communication skills and research skills within a cross-curricular content-based standards environment.  

 

Grant Title:  Family Nights: Math and Science

School:  St. John Elementary School

Name of  Persons Applying for Grant:  Carroll Parsons-Susan Couch

Grant Agency: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Act 

Grant Amount: FY 2002-2003 $6,000.00

Purpose:  The purpose of this program is to encourage parents and children to bond around hands-on, interactive literacy activities for math and science that engage the parent and child in a fun learning environment using household materials.  The activities reinforce the role of the family, help children and parents experience standards-based instructional practices in a home setting, and inspire a lifelong love of learning through math and science activities.

 

Family Math and Science is a unique intergenerational six week literacy program composed of six Family Learning sessions that involve the parent and child in “hands-on” learning using integrated modules of study.  The family-based model features the creation of a non-threatening environment for both parent and child to develop a better understanding of math and science content.

 

 

Grant Title:  LA 4

Grant Agency:   Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Act

Name of Persons Applying for Grant:  Dolores Hicks-Sheryl Piper

Grant Amount: $1,601,378.00

Purpose:  The LA 4 program’s purpose is to provide universal pre-kindergarten classes and before-and-after school childcare to four-year-old children who are eligible to enter public kindergarten the following year.

 

Program components of the Early Childhood Development Program are:

§        Before-and-after care

§        Class “A” day care center standards for space and facilities

§        Transportation

§        Collaboration with other governmentally funded providers of early childhood education and care serving children residing within jurisdiction of the LEA

 

The overall objectives of the support services to children and families shall promote:

§        Child Health

§        Child Development Knowledge, Parenting Skills, and Mental Health Services

§        Adult Literacy and Employment Counseling

 

Participants must be four years old by September 30th of the entering year.  Each of the school sites shall host a maximum of (18) students (dependency on space/facilities checklist), one (1) teacher, and one (1) paraprofessional per class.

 

 

Grant Title:  LEAP 21 Tutoring Program

School System:  Calcasieu Parish                

Grant Agency: Louisiana Department of Education

Name of Persons Applying for Grant:  Dolores Hicks and Charlotte Gallemore

Grant Amount: $192,592.00

Schools:  All Elementary and Middle Schools

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 8th-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: 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 2002-2003 -- $157,704.00

Name of Persons Applying for Grant:  Dolores Hicks, Charlotte Gallemore, and Bill Jongbloed

Grant Description:  The purpose of LINCS is to build and strengthen the ability of K-12 classroom teachers to design and implement standards-based lessons into their daily instruction.  This program will ultimately improve the capabilities of K-12 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:  (24 Schools)

Elementary Schools include:  Brentwood, Barbe, Combre/Fondel, E.K. Key, Fairview, Johnson, Kennedy, Pearl Watson, Ralph Wilson, T.H. Watkins, Vincent Settlement, Vinton.

Middle Schools include:  S.P. Arnett, DeQuincy, LeBlanc,  Molo, Moss Bluff, Oak Park, Reynaud Vinton, J. I. Watson, F. K. White.

High Schools include:  Lake Charles Boston, Washington-Marion

 

 

Grant Title:  Literacy Model 2002+

School:  Maplewood Middle School

Grant Agency: State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education-8(g) Competitive Grant

Name of Persons Applying for Grant:  G. D.  “Bubby” Saucier

Grant Amount: $35,246.00

Purpose:  Literacy Model 2000+ is to provide sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students with varied and integrated learning experiences within a technologically rich environment that will facilitate success on the LEAP for the 21st Century test and the Iowa Test of Basic Skills.  These technologically literate students will be able to formulate essential questions on which to base research and then communicate the answers to those questions in a concise, articulate, and multimedia orientated manner.      

 

 

Grant Title:  MORE  in the Middle

Schools:  Le Blanc Middle, Reynaud Middle, Oak Park Middle, and Molo Middle

Grant Agency: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Act

Name of Persons Applying for Grant:  Charlotte Gallemore

Grant Amount: FY 2002-2003 $299,990.00

Purpose:  To provide an academic after school and summer program emphasizing Mathematics while integrating English/Language Arts.  Four school sites will participate with approximately 300 students in the program.  The program will recruit and enroll at-risk students in grade 6-8 that scored below basic on the fourth grade LEAP 21 in either mathematics or English/Language Arts, have low NRT/CRT test scores or have been retained one or more years.  

 

 

Grant Title:  8(g) Statewide Distributive Learning Network

Schools:  De Quincy High, Starks High, Lake Charles-Boston High, Westlake High

Grant Agency: State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education-8(g) Distance Learning Network

Name of Persons Applying for Grant:  Bill Jongbloed

Grant Amount: $ 13,875.00

Purpose:  The goal of the Statewide Distance Learning Network (SDLN) is to improve student achievement by providing students and teachers the opportunity to access needed courses and appropriate curriculum and enrichment programs utilizing telecommunications systems. Students are provided access to BESE-approved core curriculum courses required for University admission, Louisiana Tuition Assistance Plan, TOPS, and Advanced Placement (AP) courses. The current modes of distance education include telelearning, satellite, compressed videoconferencing, and online web-based courses via the Louisiana Virtual School. LVS provides access to high-quality online courses for students around the state.

 

 

Grant Title:  8 (g) Local Teacher Quality Funds

School System:  Calcasieu Parish School System

Name of Persons Applying for Grant:  Wayne Savoy

Grant Agency:   State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education-8(g) Funds

Grant Amount: FY 2002-2003 $55,422.00

The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Louisiana Department of Education have consolidated the 8(g) Teacher Tuition Exemption and the 8(g) Innovative Professional Development programs into a single Local Teacher Quality (LTQ) .

 

Funding priorities for the Calcasieu Parish School System 8(g) Local Teacher Quality Block Grant are as follows: 

 

  1. Certification of classroom teachers working toward certification in the “area teaching” using strategies such as the Practitioner Program, Master’s Degree Program or Non-Master’s Alternate Certification Program. (A maximum of  12 hours per funding period)
  2. Certification of classroom teachers seeking certification in local critical shortage areas:  Mathematics, Science, Foreign Language, and Special Education. (A maximum of 12 hours per funding period)            
  3. Certification of VTIE as required by the Louisiana State Department of Education.
  4. Professional Development, as defined by No Child Left Behind Act (Section 9101) to:  (Determined by Administrative Directors if funds are available)

§        Meet teacher needs based on formal evaluation process;

§        Address school improvement goals as a cohort;

§        Meet mandatory professional development as required for certification renewal; and/or

meet individual growth plans related to job assignments.

 

 

Grant Title:  State School Improvement Grant  

Schools:  Molo Middle, College Oaks Elementary, Brentwood Elementary, Barbe Elementary, and T. H. Watkins Elementary (Schools in Corrective Action)

Grant Agency: Louisiana Department of Education 

Name of Persons Applying for Grant:  Charlotte Gallemore and Dolores Hicks

Grant Amount: FY 2002-2003 $78,235.00 ($15,647.00 for each school)

Purpose:  The purpose of the State School Improvement Funds is to carry out Corrective Actions and School Improvement responsibilities under state accountability. 

 

 

Grant Title:  TAP Tutorial Assistance Program - Reading Excellence Act

School:  Pearl Watson Elementary

Grant Agency: U. S. Department of Education

Grant Amount: SY 1999-2003  $534,009.62

Person Applying for Grant:  Dolores Hicks

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:  Teaching American History Grant Program

Grant Agency:  U. S. Department of Education

Grant Amount:  FY 2001-2004 $618,762.00

Name of Persons Applying for Grant:  Dolores 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: TEACH (Technology Education to Attack Curriculum Hurdles)

School:  Vinton Middle School

Grant Agency: State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education-8(g) Competitive Grant

Name of Persons Applying for Grant:  Dolores Hicks/Steve Hardy

Grant Amount: $ 9,489.00

Purpose:  The TEACH project is to train teachers in technology integration so that they may provide a technology centered learning environment that will motivate students and provide them with a wealth of world knowledge.   The grant will extend the previous grant by providing the teachers with the training needed to provide student-centered, technology based curriculum that will address individual needs.  

 

 

Grant Title:  21st Century Community Learning Center

School:  Ralph C. Reynaud Middle School  and J.J. Johnson Elementary

Grant Agency: U. S. Department of Education

Grant Amount: FY 2001-2004 $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.