Grant Narratrive / RFP

Section A:  Overview

Program Title: EduTech Online Learning (EOL) Program

Target Populations:

The project will include high school students and teachers.  Specifically, secondary students in the 26 school districts in Wayne, Ontario, Seneca, Yates, Livingston, Genesee, and Wyoming counties. 

These districts are in the EduTech Regional Information Center; part of Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES (WFL BOCES) and serve component districts of WFL BOCES and Genesee Valley Educational Partnership (GV Educational Partnership).  The secondary students will include students with disabilities, English language learners, students from rural school districts, and students from Focus Districts. The project will also serve each district’s Online Learning Coordinator(s) with professional development, coaching, and a professional learning community.  In addition, this project will also benefit teachers from each district with professional development on blended learning.

Description of the Consortium Member:

WFL BOCES will serve as the lead applicant and the consortium includes 26 school districts:

• Attica 
• Avon
• Batavia City School Districts
• Byron-Bergen
• Caledonia-Mumford
• Clyde-Savannah
• Dansville
• Gananda
• Geneseo
• Letchworth
• Livonia
• Lyons
• Marion
• Midlakes (Phelps-Clifton Springs)
• North Rose-Wolcott
• Palmyra-Macedon
• Pavilion
• Perry
• Red Creek
• Red Jacket
• Romulus
• Seneca Falls
• Sodus
• Warsaw
• Wayland-Cohocton
• Wayne Central School Districts
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Many of these districts are transforming their instructional practice to personalized learning which has dramatically increased the need for blended learning.  The project will serve 9,580 students from these 26 districts and five private secondary schools, to include: eight rural districts, three focus districts, one districts with 5% or greater English Language Learners, and six districts with 15% or more students with disabilities. 

Description of Program:

The goal of this program is to offer online and blended courses to supplement districts’ personalized learning initiatives and provide high-quality, rigorous learning experiences to students of all abilities. We will do this with three main activities:

1. Develop and provide online courses to include
   • Intro to Engineering
   • Engineering Design
   • Introduction to Manufacturing
   • Computer Science
   • Foundations of Programming
   • Computer Coding
   • Digital Information Technology
   • Basic Web Design
   • C++ Programming
2. Develop and offer professional development, coaching, guided practice, and a professional learning community to school Online Learning Coordinators on facilitating blended and online learning, so that districts can build capacity to sustain and scale-up efforts to provide online/blended learning.
3. Provide blended learning professional development to district teachers. 

Challenges will include:

• Helping students gain success in a new learning model. This will include time management skills, self-regulating skills, advocacy, and collaboration.
• Modeling best practices for district staff who will act as online coordinators supporting online learners.
• Teaching classroom teachers how to be a successful blended learning teacher.

Please click on the link below for a summary of the Learning Technology Grant through EduTech and AccelerateU. 

Learning Technology Grant Summary (docx) 
(This file will download as a Word Document)

• Attica
• Avon
• Byron-Bergen
• Gananda
• Geneseo
• LeRoy
• Letchworth
• Livonia
• Lyons
• Marion
• Midlakes Education Center 
• Newark Education Center 
• North Rose-Wolcott
• Pavilion
• Red Jacket (Manchester-Shortsville)
• Seneca Falls 
• Sodus
• Waterloo
• Wayland-Cohocton
• Wayne
• Wayne Education Center 
  
  The following districts have opted out of participation in the grant: 
• Batavia 
• Caledonia-Mumford
• Clyde-Savannah
• Dansville
• Midlakes (Phelps-Clifton Springs)
• Palmyra-Macedon
• Perry
• Red Creek 
• Romulus 
• Warsaw 
• Notre Dame 
• Hillside Children's Center, Varick--CLOSED 
• Finger Lakes Christian School
• Gilead Schools 
• Genesee Country Christian School 

• 3D Modeling
• Animation
• AP Computer Science 
• Audio Engineering 
• Augmented and Virtual Reality
• Automotive Basics 
• Biotechnology
• Bitcoin and the Future of Money  
• Digital Information Technology 
• Engineering and Technology Concepts
• Engineering Introduction
• Esports and the History of Video Games 
• Flying Cars and the Future of Transportation
• Foundations of Programming 
• Game Design 
• Game Design, Introduction
• Game Design, Creating a Game
• Manufacturing Introduction
• Middle School Coding, Introduction
• Middle School Coding, Creating a Game
• Procedural Programming
• Python Multiplayer Adventure
• Robotics
• Small Engine Repair
• The Internet of Things 
• Wearable and Implantable Technologies 

Learning Technology Grant Course Offerings
(This file will download as a Word Document)

Learning Technology Grant Course Offering Descriptions
(This file will download as a Word Document) 

Online STEM Programming and Technology Courses Alignment 
(will download as a PDF)

Online Learning Coordinator Professional Development

Online Learning Coordinator 2-day Professional Development (docx)
(This file will download as a Word Document) 

Online Learning Coordinator Professional Development Make-up January 2020
(This file will download as a PDF)

Online Learning Coordinator Professional Development Day 1 
(This file will download as a PDF)
Online Learning Coordinator Professional Development Day 2
(This file will download as a PDF)
Online Learning Coordinator Professional Development 2 Day Planning 
(This file will download as a Word Document) 

Please click on the link above for the Professional Development description.

The Online Learning Coordinator 2-day Professional Development will be held at the below locations, dates and times. 

May 20, 2019; 8:30 am-3:30 pm                                               
June 3, 2019; 8:30 am-12:30 pm                                              
Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES                                                       
131 Drumlin Ct.                                                                          
Newark, NY 14513         

Register Here! 

May 21, 2019; 8:30 am-3:30 pm
June 4, 2019; 8:30 am-12:30 pm
Genesee Valley Educational Partnership
80 Munson St. 
LeRoy, NY 14482

Register Here!           

EduTech LTG Stipend Reimbursement Form, 2-day Online Learning Coordinator Professional Development
(This file will download as a Word Document)

Blended Learning Teacher Professional Development

We hosted our first Advisory Committee meeting on March 4th via Zoom.  Below are our meeting notes for reference. 

LTG Advisory Committee Meeting 1
(will download as a PDF)

Advisory Committee Follow up and Planning Correspondence
(will download as a Word Document) 

As part of the Learning Technology Grant, we have partnered with University of Rochester, Warner School of Education to provide ten local teachers the opportunity to participate in a free course.  Teachers from eight different school districts will be participating in EDE484A, Digitally-Rich Teaching and Learning in K-12 Schools.  

Through their work in EDE484A, Digitally-Rich Teaching and Learning in K-12 Schools, these teachers will also make up our Professional Learning Community.  They will not only meet for class, but they will also meet for a monthly PLC meeting to discuss best practices in online teaching and learning.  

The EDE484A, Digitally-Rich Teaching and Learning in K-12 Schools course will be running in Spring 2020.  

Syllabus for EDE484A
(will download as a PDF)

Evaluation Plan and Related Resources 
(will download as a Word Document)

The link below contains our evaluation for our 2 day Online Learning Coordinator Professional Development 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/H53RBPR

Results from 2 day Online Learning Coordinator Professional Development
(will download as a PDF)

The link below contains our evaluation for our 4 hour Digitally-Rich Teaching "Awareness" Professional Development 

ttps://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7PWLZXG

Results from 4 hour Digitally-Rich Teaching "Awareness" Professional Development 
(will download as a PDF)

Current Enrollments (2/20/2020)
(will download as a PDF)

Pre-Course Evaluation
The link below contains our pre-course evaluation for our LTG online learning students.  This evaluation helps us understand students current comfort with online learning.  

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DBFWBS7

Results from Student Pre-Course Assessment Evaluation
(will download as a PDF)

Post-Course Evaulation
The link below contains our post-course evaluation for our LTG online learning students.  This evaluation will help us assess student success/failure in their online courses. 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LX8K3S6

Online Coaching Logs
(Link to a Google Sheet)

Grant Planning Meeting Documentation 
(will download as a Word Document)

School Visit Assignments
(will download as a Word Document)

Course Modification Documentation
(will download as a PDF)

August 2019 Updated Information
(will download as a Word Document)

Year 1 Annual Report
(will download as a PDF)

Year 2 Interim Report
(will download as a PDF)

Edutech/AccelerateU staff members Heather Stonecipher and Mike Morone have been involved in three NYSED grants. 

Together, they also manage AcceleateU, the first BOCES-run online learning program in New York State. 

They are anxious to help other grantees or potential grantees by sharing their experiences.  

Feel free to reach them at heather.stonecipher@edutech.org and mike.morone@edutech.org. 

Our grant writer:

Christopher Semler, MBA, PMP

csemler@organizationalharmony.org

https://organizationalharmony.org/

87 Pebble Hill Road

Fairport, NY 14450

585-200-2568