Transcript District Grants Update

Strategic Resource Development Trends
The President’s Proposed Budget
 2014 Federal Budget –
 Emphasis on STEM,
strengthen middle class
and make America a
magnet for jobs
 Community colleges are
viewed as a critical
resource to improve a weak
economy
 Several new investments
proposed for community
colleges
advanced manufacturing,
clean energy, cyber
security, CTE,
identification and
treatment of mental health
issues, school safety and
support for small business
 Changes: reorganization of
STEM education programs
and initiatives at CCs
Investing in
Innovation
Federal grant programs
should build evidence
of what works and
create incentives for
grantees to adopt
proven practices
Increased funding for
innovation funds that
use a tiered model
demonstrating
evidence of success
Rigorous evaluations
and evaluation plans as
a core strategy to
identify effective
approaches
Consolidation of Federal
STEM Programs
 Would redirect $180 million to DOE, NSF and Smithsonian
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Institution
Intended to improve delivery, impact and visibility of STEM
Reorganizes 90 of the 200 STEM programs into 4 key areas:
K-12 instruction, undergraduate education, graduate
fellowships, and education activities outside of classrooms
DOE’s role is to develop STEM innovation networks to reform
STEM instruction and support master teachers as national
resource for improving STEM teaching and learning
All programs focus on increasing participation and
opportunities for individuals from underrepresented groups
Successor to the TAA
 TAA-CCCT funding ends in 2014
 $8 billion proposed Community College to Career
Fund, jointly administered by DOE and DOL
 Funding to encourage state and community college
partnerships with business and other stakeholders to
build the skills of American workers
Transforming CTE Education
 Promotes a new era of rigorous, relevant, and results-
driven CTE shaped by four core principles:
 Alignment: Between high-quality CTE program and labor
market needs for in-demand occupations in high-growth
industry sectors
 Collaboration: Among secondary and post-secondary
institutions, employers, and industry partners to improve
quality of CTE programs
 Accountability: For improving academic outcomes,
building technical, employability skills for all students based
on common metrics for performance
 Innovation: Supported by systemic reform of state policies
and practices at local level
$1 Billion Investment in
Manufacturing Innovation
 To transform regions into
global epicenters of advanced
manufacturing
 One-time investment to
launch network of up to 15
manufacturing innovation
institutes across the U.S.
 By region, each will bring
together companies,
universities and community
colleges and government to
co-invest in developing
manufacturing technologies
for production
 The President, through
executive action, to launch
three new manufacturing
innovation institutes in 2013:
 Focus on manufacturing
technologies addressing
critical national security and
energy needs
 Information on initiative at:
http://manufacturing.gov/nn
mi.html
Higher Education Reform:
 College Readiness:
 $1.3 billion allocation to State
and others establishes 21st
Century Community Learning
Centers
 Focus on programs supporting
high-quality expanded
learning models
 Increased Affordability and
Value
 $1 billion Race to the Top fund
supporting grants to States
that commit to reform
 $260 million First in the World
fund to spur establishment,
validation, and scaling-up of
cutting-edge innovations to
decrease colleges costs and
boost attainment rates
 Reforms to federal campusbased aid to reward colleges
that set responsible tuition
policy, deliver good value and
quality and serve low-income
students well
Higher Education Reform:
8 Keys to Success in Serving Veterans
 Purpose: To foster veterans’
success on campus and via
distance learning
 Process: DOE and VA convened
more than 100 experts to review
approaches
 Stakeholders: non-profit
organizations, foundations,
veterans service organizations
and veterans who had recently
completed postsecondary
education
 Foundational concepts:
Successful VA VetSuccess on
Campus program
 1. Create a culture of trust and
connectedness across the
campus community to
promote well-being and
success for veterans.
 2. Ensure consistent and
sustained support from
campus leadership.
Higher Education Reform:
8 Keys to Success in Serving Veterans
 3. Implement an early alert system
to ensure all veterans receive
academic, career, and financial
advice before challenges become
overwhelming.
 4. Coordinate and centralize
campus efforts for all veterans,
together with the creation of a
designated space (even if limited
in size).
 5. Collaborate with local
communities and organizations,
including government agencies, to
align and coordinate various
services for veterans.
 6. Utilize a uniform set of data
tools to collect and track
information on veterans,
including demographics,
retention and degree completion.
 7. Provide comprehensive
professional development for
faculty and staff on issues and
challenges unique to veterans.
 8. Develop systems that ensure
sustainability of effective practices
for veterans.
Workforce Development and
Small Business
 $150 million for Workforce
Innovation Fund to implement
systemic reforms and replicate
evidence-based strategies for
training to assist workers find jobs
 DOL to administer with other
agencies
 $10 million of funding dedicated
to disconnected youth
 $25 million supports new,
evidence-informed ways to
improve the employment of older
Americans
 New SBA initiative to assist small
business owners to grow through
small business leadership
program
 Program includes core business
concepts and will be modeled as a
public-private partnerships built
on best practices of other working
private and non-profit sector
models
NSF Mentor Connect Program
 Intended to engage STEM
faculty; enhances funding to
community colleges
 SCATE plans to offer a webinar
in September and then teams of
two faculty would apply to the
program in October 2013
 Eligible if college has not
received an ATE award in last 10
years
 Teams selected attend a threeday workshop in January 2014
and then receive ongoing
mentoring for 9 months,
culminating in proposal to NSF
ATE Small Grants Program
($200,000)
 Anticipated some of the funded
projects will serve as prototypes
or pilots that may be expanded
in a future proposal in the ATE
Project category providing up to
$900,000 in funding over 3 years
 Applications submitted in Small
Grants are awarded at 70% vs.
34% in main category
 Excellent way to engage faculty
in institutional advancement
 Mentor-Connect is available this
year, and this is a great
opportunity for faculty to
participate
Grant Management
Workshops
Fall 2013
Audit Readiness
8:30-10:00 a.m.
Best Practices in Grant
Management
10:00-11:30 a.m.
Moreno Valley College:
September 10th, HM234
Norco College:
September 18th, ST107
Riverside City College:
September 25th , AD109
Grants Office - Purpose
 Strategic planning
 Grants writing
 Senior leadership advisors
 Budget development
 Lead resource
 Create a culture of grants-
development initiatives
 Develop effective resource
development strategies
 Partner in institutional
advancement
 Grant management
training and consultation
making at RCCD
 A valuable accreditation
resource
 Funding opportunity
research and analysis
 Contract development
Grant Office Recommendations
 Identify 2 faculty per
 Plan to form
college to participate in
Mentor-Connect to
develop Small Grants
ATE
 Begin plans for Title III
HSI and Title V grants
 Preliminary plans for
Community College to
Career Fund (CTE)
partnerships to meet
higher education reform
opportunities
 Encourage grant staffs to
attend Grants Office
training
 Encourage faculty to
participate in grants
development
Thank you for your
support of grants at
Moreno Valley
College
Please share your
vision for 2013-14
with us
Sources:
www.whitehouse.gov
http://www.nsf.gov