GRANTS TO INCREASE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
In addition to funding CREEED identified initiatives, CREEED accepts community grant requests that support our goal of increasing educational attainment by expanding the number of High Performing Education Seats within the public k-12 system of education and reaching the 60x30 El Paso / 60x30 Texas state goals. CREEED has adopted the below grant guidelines for submissions to fund educational initiatives within El Paso County.
CREEED will begin accepting requests for grant funding under the following guidelines starting mid-year 2019. Further guidance of the grant process and the submission of requests will be provided at that time. Submission of a proposal for grant funding will be reviewed and assessed for funding consideration by CREEED In due course with emphasis on meeting the objectives behind the grant guidelines.
CREEED will begin accepting requests for grant funding under the following guidelines starting mid-year 2019. Further guidance of the grant process and the submission of requests will be provided at that time. Submission of a proposal for grant funding will be reviewed and assessed for funding consideration by CREEED In due course with emphasis on meeting the objectives behind the grant guidelines.
GRANT GUIDELINES
When submitting grant requests to CREEED, requests answering the following questions will be given higher priority for review and funding consideration.
1. Is your request transformational to the status quo of k-12 system operations? If so, what is the basis of the transformation and the extent of the transformation projected?
2. Does your request expand the number of high-performing seats in the system? If so, how many are projected over what period of time and will the system sustain them once expanded?
3. To what degree does your request fit into CREEED’s focus of a post-secondary ready graduate able to complete post-secondary education within a maximum of 6 years (if pursuing a Bachelor's Degree) or less depending on the credential sought?
4. What level of impact will your request have and over what period of time will it expand to include a larger percentage of students, if, initially, it is a targeted program?
5. What type of leadership and teacher resources are necessary to achieve the objectives of your request? Over what period of time will it take to recruit the talent and have it in place?
6. How will the investment provided by CREEED be leveraged into maintenance of your request, along with its expansion to cover more students, and will the proposal fully incorporate the program through budget support? If so when in the process will that occur?
7. Will the benefits associated with your request be shared or access provided to other educational institutions to support the expansion of best practices across the El Paso education system?
8. Is the governing board (e.g. School Board) aware and supportive of your request? If so, if there are dissenters, what is the basis for their dissent? If not supportive, then how can sustainability be guaranteed?
9. How many students will benefit from your request and over what period of time? What is the timeline for expanding the number of students to be able to participate?
10. How will parents be informed about the opportunities presented by your request? Is the program being pursued on an open enrollment basis or a geographically restricted basis?
11. Are you accessing any state sponsored money for this request? If not, why not? or will you consider pursuing such state sponsored funding?
12. Will you consider modifications to your proposal in order to expand the number of affected students (or the expansion of the number of high-performing seats)?
13. Who have you partnered with for this request and what is their past level of success in expanding high-performing seats?
14. How will you measure that it has achieved the outcomes the request is designed to achieve from a student capability standpoint and over what period of time? What are the targets for moving towards the ultimate goal?
1. Is your request transformational to the status quo of k-12 system operations? If so, what is the basis of the transformation and the extent of the transformation projected?
2. Does your request expand the number of high-performing seats in the system? If so, how many are projected over what period of time and will the system sustain them once expanded?
3. To what degree does your request fit into CREEED’s focus of a post-secondary ready graduate able to complete post-secondary education within a maximum of 6 years (if pursuing a Bachelor's Degree) or less depending on the credential sought?
4. What level of impact will your request have and over what period of time will it expand to include a larger percentage of students, if, initially, it is a targeted program?
5. What type of leadership and teacher resources are necessary to achieve the objectives of your request? Over what period of time will it take to recruit the talent and have it in place?
6. How will the investment provided by CREEED be leveraged into maintenance of your request, along with its expansion to cover more students, and will the proposal fully incorporate the program through budget support? If so when in the process will that occur?
7. Will the benefits associated with your request be shared or access provided to other educational institutions to support the expansion of best practices across the El Paso education system?
8. Is the governing board (e.g. School Board) aware and supportive of your request? If so, if there are dissenters, what is the basis for their dissent? If not supportive, then how can sustainability be guaranteed?
9. How many students will benefit from your request and over what period of time? What is the timeline for expanding the number of students to be able to participate?
10. How will parents be informed about the opportunities presented by your request? Is the program being pursued on an open enrollment basis or a geographically restricted basis?
11. Are you accessing any state sponsored money for this request? If not, why not? or will you consider pursuing such state sponsored funding?
12. Will you consider modifications to your proposal in order to expand the number of affected students (or the expansion of the number of high-performing seats)?
13. Who have you partnered with for this request and what is their past level of success in expanding high-performing seats?
14. How will you measure that it has achieved the outcomes the request is designed to achieve from a student capability standpoint and over what period of time? What are the targets for moving towards the ultimate goal?