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