Name of Grant Program:
Quality Enhancements in After-School and
Out-of-School Time (ASOST-Q) – Competitive
Fund Code: 530-B
PART III – REQUIRED PROGRAM INFORMATION
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Service-Learning (SL) is a teaching and learning methodology that engages students in identifying,
researching, proposing and implementing solutions to real needs and problems in their school or
community as part of their curriculum.
A recent study by the National Center for Learning and Citizenship (NCLC) at the Education Commission
of the States found that “high-quality service-learning has a clear, positive, and statistically significant
relationship with students’ STEM content interest and abilities and STEM career interest.”
Priorities for this grant are to:
1. Support out-of-school time (OST) staff to better understand new Science standards related to
Ecosystems (grades K-5 and 6-8). (Please reference the National Research Council’s Framework
for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards.)
2. Help OST staff better understand how students learn these concepts.
3. Develop related high-quality summer science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) SL
projects that will help to decrease summer learning loss and increase students’ understanding of
concepts related to Ecosystems.
Funded applicants and their partners will receive professional development (PD) and training from and
work with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (Department) to develop STEM-SL
curricula related to Ecosystems (grades K-8) to be implemented during an existing summer program.
Funded applicants will identify a team, including representatives from the participating OST
programs and partners, which will:
 Participate in Department-provided PD sessions (a minimum of 5 days, one on-site – see
Funding Opportunity RFP document Fund Use section for more details);
 Implement a summer STEM-SL project that engages youth in the project for a minimum of 25
hours over a minimum of 4 weeks. (This project may be one component of a bigger summer
program, and may include additional hours/weeks as determined by the applicant.); and
 Submit curriculum materials developed to the Department to serve as examples for other summer
programs. Note: The curriculum materials developed may not include copy-written resources and
must be in a format for other OST programs to replicate free of charge.
Applicant teams must include the following representation:
 A project coordinator (lead applicant);
 Up to two staff from each OST site (total of 4); and
 At least one science teacher (with grade-level experience aligned with the proposed targeted
student population)
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Name of Grant Program:
Quality Enhancements in After-School and
Out-of-School Time (ASOST-Q) – Competitive
Fund Code: 530-B
A. Contact Information
REMINDERS: Eligible applicants must apply in partnership with at least two existing summer OST
programs, at least one of which is run by a public school. FY2013 Fund Code 530 Grantees are not
eligible to be the lead applicant or a proposed partner site.
Lead Applicant
Applicant Agency:
Program Coordinator Name/Title:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
OST Site Partner
School and District or
Organization:
Site Contact Name/Title:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
OST Site Partner
School and District or
Organization:
Site Contact Name/Title:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
B. STEM Expertise: Please describe the lead applicant’s experience in the developing and/or delivering
STEM curriculum. Include information on experience related to the topic of Ecosystems, if applicable.
REMINDER: Eligibility requirements include demonstrated experience developing STEM curricula
and training educators to implement STEM curricula with youth, particularly in the area of Ecosystems
(K-5 and/or 6-8).
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Name of Grant Program:
Quality Enhancements in After-School and
Out-of-School Time (ASOST-Q) – Competitive
Fund Code: 530-B
C. FY14 Program Implementation
Please respond to the following questions using no more than 10 pages. Responses should be
provided within this document, without changing the format or font size, and leaving the questions
above each response.
1. Students to be Served: Please provide the following information about the projected number of
students who will engage in the summer STEM-SL project.
SITE 1
Grade Level
SITE 2
# of Students
% of Students
# of Students
% of Students
# of Students
% of Students
# of Students
% of Students
K-5
6-8
Total
Sub-groups
Low-Income
English Language Learners
Students with Disabilities
Total
2. Proposed program structure and schedule:
a. Please describe the structure of the summer program (activities offered, population served,
staffing, etc.). Indicate whether the STEM-SL program will be a separate new component of this
existing program or will be integrated throughout existing activities.
b. Please provide the program schedule using the chart below. Insert rows as needed if program
operates during different hours on different days of the week.
SITE 1
Start Date:
Start Time
End Date:
End Time
# Hours/day
# of
Days/week
Overall Program
STEM-SL Program
(if different from overall program)
SITE 2
Start Date:
Start Time
End Date:
End Time
# Hours/day
# of
Days/week
Overall Program
STEM-SLProgram
(if different from overall program)
3. Needs and targeted students: Please describe the students targeted for participation in this
summer STEM-SL program, as well as the identified needs of this population that this grant will help
to meet.
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Name of Grant Program:
Quality Enhancements in After-School and
Out-of-School Time (ASOST-Q) – Competitive
Fund Code: 530-B
4. Planning/Implementation Team(s): Please list the team members who will participate in developing
(including attending Department-provided PD sessions) and implementing the STEM-SL curriculum.
Planning teams may include up to 6 members, including representation described in the Program
Overview above. Depending on space available, additional members may be able to participate in
PD sessions and training – please include any additional members below.
Planning Team
(Staff who will develop curricula, including participating in Department-sponsored PD.)
Name
Title
Organization/Affiliation
Email Address
1
2
3
4
5
6
Please list below any additional team members that you would like to have participate in PD sessions
if space is available. (The Department will notify the lead applicant if space becomes available.)
Implementation Team
(Staff who will be implementing the summer STEM SL curriculum with students.)
Name
Title
Organization /
Affiliation
Email Address
Roles/
Responsibilities
5. Goals/Outcomes: Please describe what will be different as a result of implementing this STEM-SL
program. Include anticipated outcomes for both programming and for the participating students, as
well as a brief description of how these outcomes will be measured.
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Name of Grant Program:
Quality Enhancements in After-School and
Out-of-School Time (ASOST-Q) – Competitive
Fund Code: 530-B
6. Total Funding to Support OST Programming: Please complete the chart below describing all
funds that support the OST programming where the STEM-SL project will be implemented. Please
indicate the amount of funding, and in the “Detail” column list the sources. Please do not include the
amount you are requesting from this proposal.
Funding Category
Federal (include 21st Century Community Learning Center
funds here)
State
Local
Private (include foundation grants, private donations, etc.)
Tuition
Other
Total Funding to Support OST Programming:
Total Amount
Detail
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