Integrated Digital English Acceleration (I-DEA)
State Grant for Phase III
Summer 2015- Spring 2016
Better Jobs. Better Futures.
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GRANT GUIDELINES
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
Basic Education for Adults Office
1300 Quince St SE; P.O. Box 42495
Olympia, WA 98504-2495
www.sbctc.edu
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Table of Contents
2015-16 I-DEA State Grant Guidelines
Contents
Who May Apply .................................................................................................................................... 3
Grant Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 3
General Information ............................................................................................................................. 3
Budget Highlights .................................................................................................................................. 4
ABE Office Contact Information ........................................................................................................... 4
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ABE CBO State Grant
Application Guidelines
Who May Apply
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Current Washington State Community and Technical Colleges who have not already been
awarded an I-DEA grant.
How does the provider apply?
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By using the Online Grant Management System (OGMS)
Access to BEdA Master Grant application through OGMS must be granted by your agency or
campus OGMS security contact. Please be sure that they give you permissions for the correct
year: 16. To find out who your OGMS security contact is, please click the link.
Grant Overview
Grant Amount: $51.235
Grant Period: July 1, 2015– June 30, 2016
Application Process: All proposals will be submitted through OGMS. To apply, complete the application online.
BEdA staff are available to review your application and provide technical assistance before you submit the final
application. Applications are due no later than March 4, 2105 at 11:55 p.m. Notification of funding is expected
by mid-May, 2015.
General Information
Moving ESL Students Further Faster
In collaboration with The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the State Board for Community and Technical
College’s (SBCTC) Integrated Digital English Acceleration (I-DEA) project builds on the success of the Integrated
Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) initiative. I-DEA will engage cohorts of adult learners at all 34
college sites across Washington state, directly improving instruction for low-level English language learners.
The program will target learners at the lowest three levels of English as a Second Language (ESL) and serve as
an “on-ramp” to prepare students for entry into I-BEST.
Online Instruction Provides 24/7 Access to Students
Using the “flipped classroom” model, participants will receive a minimum of 18 hours of week of instruction (9
hours online and 9 hours face-to-face)/. eLearning resources will be used for 50% or more of their online
learning experience. Instructional teams made up of colleges and community-based organization (CBO)
partners will use components of I-BEST instruction, the best existing curricula, and new open source materials
that can be delivered in face-to-face instruction offered at convenient and meaningful locations and times. In
addition, adult learners will access 30 open source contextualized, online instructional strands created by
expert ELL faculty and CBO teams as part of I-DEA. CBO technology tutors will support the eLearning
experiences that use SBCTC’s universally available suite of eLearning tools.
These resources will be available without additional cost to students, colleges or CBOs. Laptop computers and
online access will be provided for students and retained by programs to ensure availability of reliable
technology. Targeted online supports including eLearning office support, advising, e-tutoring and navigation
will also be available.
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By the end of the project pilot, I-DEA learners will simultaneously increase English language, digital, and career
and college readiness skills with fewer hours of instruction than learners in traditional programs. College and
CBO partners will develop open curricula and identify instructional strategies that can be replicated with a
smaller investment of face-to-face time, allowing more students to be served. Colleges and CBOs will partner
to create instructional innovation that can be replicated across this state and beyond.to move students further
faster on to career and college pathways toward family wage jobs.
Budget Highlights
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Colleges must budget at least $9,000 per year ($9,000 total) for technology tutors. Colleges
contracting with community-based organizations (CBOs) for this work should budget the funds in the
Instructional Contracts budget cell.
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Colleges must purchase at least 25 laptops and provide 24/7 internet access for student use. Laptops
may be loaned to students but must be returned to and retained by the college.
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Administrative expenses may be no more than 10% of the grant total.
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If your organization will use these funds as match for your federal BEdA Master or EL Civics grants, you
must follow all federal regulations for these funds. See BEdA Master or EL Civics grant fiscal guidelines
for applicable rules.
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For complete budget, invoicing and financial information, please see the I-DEA Fiscal Guidelines
document.
ABE Office Contact Information
The following ABE staff are available to answer questions and discuss specific project proposals:
• Grant/Project Questions:
Kathy Cooper, kcooper@sbctc.edu (360) 704-4322
Jodi Ruback, jruback@sbctc.edu (360) 704-4306
• Budgeting, Invoicing & OBIS:
Michele Rockwell at 360-704-4343 / mrockwell@sbctc.edu
Susan Wanager at 360-704-4344 / swanager@sbctc.edu
• OGMS: Christy Lowder at 360-704-4323 / clowder@sbctc.edu
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