CWN Project WET Grant Application

• Water Efficiency Grant Type: Public Education & Outreach Grant
• Applicant: Colorado Watershed Network
• Project Name: Water Education Program
• Title: Statewide Education Program focused on delivering broad K-12 water eduation
• Date: 12/5/2006
• County: Statewide
• Water Efficiency - Doc Type: Application

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Application for Water Efficiency Grant Program: Colorado Watershed Network l.-

1. Training- Coordinate and conduct two three-day Facilitator Training .
Workshops with WILD and PLT partners. WET, WILD, and PLT will split
initial costs for planning and executing workshops.

CWCB Grant Funds: $ 3,000-Project WET hard costs portion (ed.
supplies)
$13,282 (345 hours @ 70% of $55/hr rate)
CW'N Match: $ 5,693 (30% of hourly rate)

2. Recruitment- Train 1,250 new teachers by increasing recruitment. Use River
Watch extensive statewide educator network to aid in the recruitment of new
facilitators and teachers. Complete by July of 2008.

CWCB Grant Funds: $ 1,771 (46 hours @ 70% of$55/hr rate)
CW'N Match: $ 759 (30% of hourly rate)

3. Evaluation- Communicate with new facilitators before, during, and after
training workshop and provide feedback mechanisms that will be used to
establish and build upon the existing evaluation process. Standardizing the
process will be complete by June 2007, and evaluations will be ongoing.
CWCB Grant Funds: $ 2,657 (69 hours @ 70% of $55/hr rate)
CW'NMatch: $ 1,139 (30% of hourly rate)

4. New Facilitator Support- Provide continuing support to new facilitators
throughout the duration of the grant program. Put facilitators in contact with
interested teachers; answer questions about the curricula, etc. Ongoing.
CWCB Grant Funds: $ 4,427 (115 hours @ 70% of $55/hr rate)
CW'N Match: $ 1,898 (30% of hourly rate)

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5. Remove Barriers to Participation- Discuss with current Project WET
teachers, facilitators, and others that could be interested in water education.
Detemllne what the barriers to participating are. Rectify possible barriers in
partnership with facilitators. lIDs task will operate in tandem with task II.A.2.
While the task is ongoing through the grant's duration, the identification of
barriers that can be resolved will be complete by September 2007.
CWCB Grant Funds: $ 4,427 (115 hours @ 70% of$55/hr rate)
CWN Match: $ 1,898 (30% of hourly rate)

B. Support existing volunteer facilitators and teachers
1. Facilitator Support- Communicate with existing 144 facilitators by mail, e-
mail or in person about program changes and updates, the latest information
and materials in the field of water resources, and provide workshop materials
and feedback mechanisms. lIDs task will be ongoing throughout grant
duration.

CWCB Grant Funds:

$ 4,000-provide educational support materials to
facilitators to enable them to better train
teachers.
$ 7,084 (184 hours @ 70% of$55/hr rate)-work
to familiarize existing facilitators in new
Project WET and other education curricula.
Help them reach out to more teachers.

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