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<br />Application for Water Efficiency G(ant Program: Colorado Watershed Net\vork <br /> <br />II. Target Audience: Project WET will target school districts, public and private school <br />teachers, nonwoofonnal educators, the home-school community, after school program <br />providers and scouting leaders through its outreach efforts. In addition, Project W'ET <br />will work to ex.pand the knowledge and number of trained, facilitators who will provide <br />water educational resources to this diverse audience. <br /> <br />4. Scope ofWo.rk July 1, 2008- June 30, 2010: <br />I. IIire Regional Water Education Specialist: Education Specialist will be responsible <br />for supporting Project WET in Western Colorado. Hiring will be complete by <br />September 2008. <br />Responsible Party: Project WET Coordinator <br />C1fW Match: (20 'hours at $55/hr)-donated advertising space <br />not included in estimate <br /> <br />II. Volunteer Management: <br />Responsible Parties: Project WET Coordinator, Regional Water Education <br />Specialist and those identified below. <br />A. Recruit and train new volunteer facilitators <br />1. Train New Facilitators- Recruit potential new facilitators. Organize <br />training logistics including food, lodging, substitute teacher <br />reimbursement and continuing education credit arran,gements with <br />sponsoring university. Conduct t\vo three-day New Facilitator Training <br />Workshops with WILD and PLT partners. Plan sessions on adult leaming <br />styles, Project overviews; teacher recruitment strategies, and presentation <br />skills. Projects WET, WILD, and Learning Tree will share costs for <br />planning and executing workshops. New Facilitator Trainings typically <br />take place in the spring (February through. May) in different locations <br />throughout Colorado. <br />C'WCB Grant Funds: <br /> <br />C1fW Match~. <br /> <br />$ 3,330-:Project WET hard costs portion (food, <br />lodging, facilitator notebooks, Project WET <br />books, and workshop facilitation supplies <br />for ~50 people over 2 years) <br />$ 28,864 (656 hours @ 80016 of$55/hr rate) - <br />Coordinator and Specialist <br />$ 7,216 (20% of hourly rate) <br /> <br />2. Evaluation- Coordinator and Specialist will communicate with new <br />facilitators before, during, and after training workshop and provide <br />feedback mechanisms that will be used to establish and build upon the <br />existing evaluation process.. Revise workshop evaluation form to better <br />understand teachers needs from professional development workshops and <br />determine effectiveness of current workshop modeL Database will be used <br />to track facilitators, workshops, and participant evaluations. .Evaluation <br />will be ongoing throughout th.e duration of the grant. <br />eWeR Grant Funds: $ 7,656 (174 hours @ 80% of$55/hr rate)- <br />Coordinator and Specialist <br />CWN Match: $ 1,914 (20% of hourly rate) <br /> <br />Page 5 <br />