Spring Planning:Grants Impact Students
and our Workforce
Mary Rhodes – Grants ManagementKimberly Taylor – Grants DevelopmentDr. Lisa Koogle – Grants DevelopmentDr. Theodore Sofianos - Director
Welcome About RD Grant Impacts/ Workforce Impacts Grants Development Process Grants Management Process
Agenda
Mission: To assist the College's faculty and staff in the identification, acquisition and management of grants, contracts or other external funding sources for the purpose of increasing student access/success and faculty resources that support the mission of the College.
Resource Development
Grants Positively Impact:
Student Success, Resources, Learning Outcomes, Our Workforce & Community
Illustrate student success Building programs Developing/ Implementing curricula Improving completion rates Graduates Employability
Grant PDs and PIs
Dean Wm. Howe, Recruitment and Placement Advisor
Randy White, Program Coordinator
Florida TRADE Program
TransformingResources for
AcceleratedDegrees and
Employment
Department of Labor Grant
Awarded to Florida TRADE (12 colleges in Florida)
September - 2012
4 Year Grant
Provide advanced manufacturing educational programs,
training, and services
Florida TRADE’s Mission Develop and deliver technical training programs for
advanced manufacturing that upon completion will allow participants to:
1. Upgrade current skills and knowledge2. Learn new skills3. Gain industry-recognized technical certifications4. Earn academic credits toward college degrees5. Procure employment
Florida TRADE Program Certifications
Florida Ready to Work Certified Production Technician (CPT) National Institute of Metalworking Skills (NIMS)
Milling Certification
AutoCAD User Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate OSHA 30 General Industry
Florida TRADE Program(Certifications and Outcomes)
Certification Earned
CPT 32
NIMS 34
AutoCAD 8
Student Outcomes
Florida TRADE only 46
Entered Employment 32 (78%)
Continued Education 5 (11%) * 5 recent completers pending internship
QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS?
QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS?
QUESTIONS?
Projects – and Impacts
Dr. Ron Eaglin
Stormwater Education Grant
• Develop tools and materials for water management education (Florida Department of Transportation)
• Led to …
Job developing StormCad
Stormwater Management and Design Aid
Pawn Query System
• Funded by Orange County Sheriff’s office• Added funding by Florida Department of Law
Enforcement (FDLE)
• Led to…
FINDER, PawnWeb, LETTR
Seminole County Government Transparency
• Funded by Seminole County• Funding by Brevard and later other cities
• Led to ….
Clear Village, Inc
Advanced Cyberforensics Education Consortium
Dr. J. Philip Craiger, Principal Investigator
Overview $1.83 million NSF ATE Award Create a consortium in service area to
further cyberforensics education◦ FL, GA, NC, SC (state leads)
Goals◦ Motivate K-12 students in STEM◦ Develop and disseminate cyberforensics courses◦ Train faculty members◦ Re-skill workforce
K-12 Outreach◦ Cybercamps and cyberclubs◦ 40 students in summer 2013 and 2014
Cyberforensics Dissemination◦ Five courses offered at DSC◦ Full materials (140 video lectures, slides,
assignments, etc.)◦ Nine schools throughout service area have joined
the consortium◦ Accreditation- The National Centers of Digital
Forensics Academic Excellence (CDFAE) through DoD’s Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3)
Faculty Training◦ Four train-the-trainer courses◦ Online, self-paced◦ Over 30 active users in two courses with over 40%
completing at least one course
Workforce Retraining◦ Professional development workshops◦ Cybersecurity/cyberforensics certificate
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Resource, Development & Delivery for Implementation of
the Common Core Student Standards (Florida Standards Grant)
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Grant Overview
• Daytona State College was awarded $579,731 to develop professional development and online module for Tutorial #5 (FS-STaR) from the Florida Department of Education
• Train teachers and administrators in 7 school districts (Clay, Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, Volusia, Seminole, and Orange)
• Train college and university faculty/pre-service teachers
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Grant Overview
Project Implementation
• DSC College of Education Chair and Project Manager, Dr. Amy Ringue hired 5 coordinators and designated one coordinator as the project lead to support the implementation of the Florida Standards Grant.
• Professional development is scheduled for the 7 school districts on February 27, 2015 and College or University Faculty/Pre-Service teachers training is scheduled for February 25, 2015.
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Grant Overview
Impact of the Florida Standards Grant Professional Development
• Approximately 37,830 teachers • Approximately 414,425 K-12 students in 7 school districts• Approximately 6 college and university faculty members and pre-
service teachers
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Benefits
• DSC is providing academic support and professional development for colleges/universities and school districts
• Build strong relationships within the community and around the state
• Working with the Resource Development/Grant management team
Challenges
• Ensuring deliverables are created, recorded and reported in a timely manner
• Maintaining effective communication with all grant stakeholders
• Creating a cohesive team with different personalities and work habits
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Questions/Comments
Innovation and Virtualization to the Classroom
iNoVATE Grant
To create a new course of study related to virtualization
To develop a hands on method of teaching virtualization courses in the classroom and online
To provide equipment for the purpose of teaching virtualization courses
To provide the training to instructors to teach virtualization courses
To provide a mentoring relationship with other college teaching virtualization courses
To increase interest and awareness in virtualization in the next generation with a Virtualization Summer Camp
Purpose
Benefit to DSC Money provided to purchase the equipment and
software necessary to teach virtualization courses
Training for professors and technicians of the college in support of creating, teaching, and maintaining virtualization courses
Sharing of resources and expertise between the 5 main participating colleges
DSC becoming a recognized VMware Academy The ability to teach virtualization to students
and affording them the opportunity to gain VMware’s VCP certification
Development of a new and improved paradigm for teaching networking in the classroom and online
Benefit to the students Training in the new way IT departments are
managing ever increasing numbers of computers and datacenters
An opportunity to use virtualization servers and other equipment in a hands on environment
Practice managing virtualized computers in a hands on environment
Learning about the new way computers are perceived in the corporate world
The opportunity to prepare for and take the VCP certification which is one of the most highly demanded certifications currently in the market place
What we did to fulfill grant requirements Purchased over $32,000 worth of
equipment Setup the equipment and used in in actual
classes Helped develop and implement a
Virtualization course under the Networking Services Degree
Sent a professor to get trained to teach the virtualization course in St. Louis and Jacksonville
Ran a Virtualization Summer Camp
Outcome of the grant DSC successfully met and exceeded all NFS
requirements for the grant A new virtualization course is now part of the
Networking Services curriculum Course is continuing to be taught
Last semester 19 students were enrolled in the virtualization course
We are on track for a similar enrollment this semester We are beginning to use the teaching
paradigm developed to teach the Virtualization course in other networking courses
Fringe Benefits Travel for training Great professional development opportunities Learn about areas of the college you don’t
normally have contact with Network with people in different departments
and other colleges Sometimes there are stipend opportunities for
the faculty depending on the particulars of the grant
Able to work during the summers on grant related activities even without teaching classes
Depending on grant may be able to help others get a little extra pay
Questions
Grants Development Overview
Kimberly Taylor, Lisa Koogle - Grants Development Coordinators
Logic ModelA logic model is a planning tool
that helps to outline your project and build an action plan.
S – Specific M – Measurable A – Achievable R – Realistic T – Timely
Project DesignDefine the ProjectOrganizational Needs
Analysis, Target Audience Needs Analysis, Project
Goals
Plan the ProjectActivities, Evaluation
Approach, Schedule & Resources
Write the Grant
Application
Implement the Project
Grants Management Overview
Mary Rhodes, Grants Management Coordinator
Convey the duties and responsibilities
post-award
Objective
Regular Meetings
Questions?Please Contact the Resource Development Team:
Daytona Beach Campus Bldg. 100 Room 224
Theodore J. Sofianos, PhD, Director, ext. 3103Colleen Curry, Administrative Assistant
Lisa Koogle, PhD, Grants Development Coordinator, ext. 4459Kimberly Taylor, Grants Development Coordinator, ext. 3481
Mary Rhodes, Grants Management Coordinator, ext. 3523
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