CWN Project WET Application 2008

• Water Efficiency Grant Type: Public Education & Outreach Grant
• Contract/PO #: C154113
• Applicant: Colorado Watershed Network
• Project Name: Project WET funding
• Title: Grant Application
• Date: 3/19/2008
• County: Statewide
• Water Efficiency - Doc Type: Application

Application for Water Efficiency Grant Program: Colorado Watershed Network

states to address western water issues and tren,ds in water education.
Coordinator will represent Colorado annually at national Project WET
Conferences.
CWCB Grant Funds:

$ 8,800 (200 hours @ 80% of$55/hr rate) -
Coordinator
CWN,Match: $ 2,200 (20% of hourly rate)

B. Collaborate with Sister Project Coordinators- Actively participate in the
effective and long-standing partnership bet\veen Colorado's Project WET,
Project WIL.D, Project Learning Tree, and Project Food, .Land & People
programs. Project WET facilitators are also trained as facilitators for Projects
WILD and Learning Tree~ This partnership provides facilitators with a
convenient joint training workshop and leadership conference. Part of this task
will be regtllar cornmunicationwith sister project coordinators including
monthly meetings and weekly conference calls.
CWCB Grant Funds: $ 14,960 (340 hours @ 80% of $55/hr rate) -
Coordinator
$ 3,740 (20% of hourly rate)
$ 17,000 (309 hours @ $55/hr)-6 regional
CDOW employees help facilitators with
Project WET trainings (3 hrslmonth/CDOW
employee)..

C. Tracking- Partner with CDOW in participant/facilitator tracking using
CDOW's new database and regional coordinators assistance. Submit monthly
data from Project WET workshop evaluation forms. This task will be ongoing
throughout the duration of the grant period.
CWCB Grant Funds: $ 2,024 (46 hours @ 80% of$55/hr rate)-
provide data for database and assessing
infonnation - Coordinator
$ 506 (20% of hourly rate)
$ 5,100 (93 hours @ $55/hr)-maintenance of
database for Projects WET, WILD, and
Learning Tree. This includes the time it
takes to manage the .Project WET
component of the database.

D~ Pre-service teacher coordioation- Provide support for professors and faculty
members at participating institutions of higher learning to incorporate Project
WET into their pre-service teacher training programs~ Coordinator and
S,pecialist will recruit education faculty members as Project WET facilitators
and SU,pport their inclusion, of Project WET curriculum in pre-service teacher
studies and training efforts.. Coordinator will maintain communications with
the University of North em Colorado faculty members wh,o serve as liaisons
with other colleges and universities \vithpre-service education programs.
eweR Grant Funds~. $ 8,800 (200 hours @ 80% of$55/hr rate) -
Coordinator and Specialist

CWNMatch~~
CDOW Match:

CWNMatch:
CDOW Match:

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