Please note that only online applications will be accepted.
The
online application must be completed in its entirety and submitted. Partial applications cannot be saved. A
downloadable version of the application (Microsoft Word) can be filled out and used to cut and paste into the online application. Please feel free to use any other resources you may have such your schools SPSA, ITI Plans, etc.)
Question 1: Applicant Information
Please provide complete information about your school. This includes the the name, four-digit location code, and local district of the school. It also includes the name, email address, and best contact phone number for the principal.
If you are applying in partnership with other schools, each school must submit its own application. The partnership will be identified in Question #6. Therefore, please fill out the applicant information for your school only.
Question 2: Instructional Technology Program Components
2a: Requested Devices
Indicate which devices, and how many of each, you request from the District. These devices must be fundable with bond dollars. This can include laptops, desktops, tablets, web-browsing devices, keyboards, and carts, among others. Additionally, schools may only request resources for which the District has existing contracts. To learn which resources are under contract, schools can visit
lausd.systemcustomizer.com/mainmenu or
www.apple.com/us_edu_78279/shop.
Please note that a matching cap will be set in the amount of $200 for every student enrolled in the school(s) submitting the proposals, based on Norm Day counts. For example, if a school with 1,000 students submits a proposal that is accepted, the District will match every dollar they invest, up to $200,000.
Schools that submit collaborative proposals (see below) will still have a matching cap of $200 for every student enrolled in the schools, but they will benefit from a higher ratio. For example, if two schools with a combined enrollment of 1,000 students submit a joint proposal that is accepted, there will still be a cap of $200,000. However, those schools will only need to invest $100,000 to receive $200,000 in equipment from the District. If they invest more than $100,000, the District will still provide $200,000 in equipment.
2b: Matching Contribution
Indicate the specific investments that your school will make to compliment the use of the matching devices and promote student learning. A few potential examples include supplemental instructional content, a learning management system, instructional technology support staff, and/or additional devices, although there are many other creative possibilities.
Donations from community partners can qualify as school investments, if schools secure those investments as part of this matching grant program. For example, if a school fosters a partnership with a business, and the business commits to donating devices to the school, the school can list those donations as its investment, and request matching amounts of devices from the District.
The District will only match future investments. In other words, schools will not receive matching devices from the District for investments they have already made or for donations they have already received. Proposed investments can be part of a school’s 2015-16 expenditures if the budget allows; if funds are not available this year, expenditures can be planned as part of schools’ 2016-17 budget.
Please see below just a few potential examples of the types of investments a school can propose to make and matching resources it can request.
Investment by School |
|
District’s Matching Grant |
$20k in Professional Development |
= |
$20k in Laptops |
$10k Professional Development + 10k Software |
= |
$20k in Tablets |
$10k to fund a position + $5k for software + $5k for PD
|
= |
$20k in Carts |
$10k in School Site Funds +$10K in Community Partner Funds |
= |
$20k in Other Devices
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Question 3: Innovative Plan
Clearly define your plan for how you will use the devices requested from the District, and your investments, to expand instructional technology and support student learning. Please include the instructional strategies or programs that will be supported with these technological resources, and the specific student populations you will target (if applicable).
In addition, please include all strategies you will use to ensure a successful implementation. This could include professional development you will conduct, business or community partnerships you will leverage, digital citizenship curriculum you will implement, safety plans you will establish, etc.
Question 4: Funding Plan
Describe your full funding plan for the investments that your school will make. Include the specific funding sources you will use. For example, list the program and funding line you will use from your school budget, and/or specify the amount and type of donations you will receive from a community partner.
The District will only match future investments. In other words, schools will not receive matching devices from the District for investments they have already made or for donations they have already received. Proposed investments can be part of a school’s 2015-16 expenditures if the budget allows; if funds are not available this year, expenditures can be planned as part of schools’ 2016-17 budget.
Question 5: Desirable Outcomes
Indicate the measures you will use to determine success, and the anticipated impact that the plan will have on student learning. Please justify why you believe the plan will achieve this anticipated student learning impact.
Explain how the anticipated impact on student learning connects with one or more of the District’s various learning goals (e.g., Single Plan for Student Achievement goals, Local District goals, the LAUSD Local Control Accountability Plan goals, etc.).
Question 6: Partnerships
Please list the school(s) you are partnering with, if any, including their name and location code. Describe the nature of the collaboration, and explain how the partnership will benefit students.
Partnership should create a unified vision for instructional technology between the schools, in order to magnify student learning beyond what could achieved if the schools applied separately. As just one example, a few schools might apply to purchase the same learning management system and to receive the same types of devices from the District, and staff at those schools could meet regularly to discuss best practices around using that system with those devices to maximize learning. There are many creative possibilities.
Schools will not be rewarded for applying as partners if the partnership itself does not magnify student learning. For example, if two schools claim to be applying as partners, but the only connection between them is that they happen to be requesting the same types of devices from the District, they will not receive the benefits of applying as partners.
In order to receive a score of “Exemplary” for their collaboration, schools must form a strategic partnership that helps retain students in the District and/or benefits schools with fewer instructional technology resources. (Examples of schools with fewer technology resources include some primary centers and continuation schools). In other words, higher scores will be awarded to collaborating schools if they are part of the same feeder pattern and/or if some of the schools lack technological resources—as long as the partnership creates a unified vision for instructional technology between the schools to magnify student learning.
If schools apply in partnership, each school must submit its own application.
Schools that submit collaborative proposals will still have a matching cap of $200 for every student enrolled in the schools, but they will benefit from a higher ratio. For example, if two schools with a combined enrollment of 1,000 students submit a joint proposal that is accepted, there will still be a cap of $200,000. However, those schools will only need to invest $100,000 to receive $200,000 in equipment from the District. If they invest more than $100,000, the District will still provide $200,000 in equipment.