November 28, 2011 (X) Action Required Due date: 02/07/12

November 28, 2011 (X) Action Required

Due date: 02/07/12

( ) Informational

BULLETIN NO. 084-11 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

TO: Educational Service District Superintendents

School District Superintendents

School Building Principals

School District Assessment Coordinators

School District Curriculum Directors

School District Technology Directors

FROM: Randy I. Dorn, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
RE: 2012 CenturyLink/OSPI Teachers & Technology Grant Application
CONTACT: Julia Fallon, Technology Integration Program Manager

[phone], TTY number [phone]

[e-mail]

CenturyLink (formerly the Qwest Foundation) has provided $90,000 to the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to promote technology integration and the development of 21st century skills. Teachers & Technology grants are designed to fund projects that use real-world technologies to enrich standards-based curriculum and support student-centered instruction.

The grant application, attached, is the first step in a competitive process that will award $10,000 each to nine teachers or teacher teams who propose a learning project that:

• 
  Meets the requirements of the program.
  
• 
  Is selected for funding by a state-level review panel.
  

Teachers and teacher-librarians¹—certified to teach in Washington State—who work in a Washington State school district with at least one school or administrative building

located in a CenturyLink local service area are encouraged to apply (list of eligible school districts below). The grant application deadline is Tuesday, February 7, 2012.

Eligible Districts

Here are the school districts eligible to apply for the 2012 CenturyLink/OSPI Teachers & Technology Grant Program.

Aberdeen

Adna

Almira

Auburn

Bainbridge Island

Battle Ground

Bellevue

Bellingham

Benge

Bethel

Bickleton

Boistfort

Bremerton

Brinnon

Cape Flattery

Carbonado

Castle Rock

Centerville

Central Kitsap

Central Valley

Centralia

Chehalis

Cheney

Chewelah

Chimacum

Clarkston

Cle Elum-Roslyn

Clover Park

Colfax

College Place

Columbia (Stevens)

Columbia (Walla Walla)

Colville

Cosmopolis

Coulee-Hartline

Crescent

Creston

Davenport

Dayton

Deer Park

Dieringer

Dixie

East Valley (Spokane)

East Valley (Yakima)

Easton

Eatonville

Elma

Enumclaw

Ephrata

Evaline

Evergreen (Clark)

Evergreen (Stevens)

Federal Way

Ferndale

Fife

Franklin Pierce

Glenwood

Goldendale

Grand Coulee Dam

Grandview

Granger

Grapeview

Great Northern

Griffin

Harrington

Highland

Highline

Hockinson

Hood Canal

Hoquiam

Inchelium

Issaquah

Kahlotus

Keller

Kelso

Kent

Kettle Falls

Klickitat

Lake Quinault

Lamont

Liberty

Lind

Longview

Loon Lake

Lopez

Lyle

Mabton

Mary M Knight

Mary Walker

McCleary

Mead

Medical Lake

Mercer Island

Meridian

Methow Valley

Mill A

Montesano

Morton

Moses Lake

Mount Adams

Naches Valley

Napavine

Nespelem

Nine Mile Falls

North Beach

North Franklin

North Kitsap

North Mason

North River

North Thurston Public Schools

Northport

Oakville

Ocean Beach

Odessa

Okanogan

Olympia

Omak

Onion Creek

Orcas Island

Orchard Prairie

Orient

Oroville

Orting

Othello

Pasco

Pateros

Paterson

Pe Ell

Peninsula

Pioneer

Pomeroy

Port Angeles

Port Townsend

Prosser

Puyallup

Queets-Clearwater

Quilcene

Quillayute Valley

Raymond

Reardan-Edwall

Renton

Ridgefield

Ritzville

Riverside

Rochester

Roosevelt

Royal

San Juan Island

Satsop

Seattle Public Schools

Sequim

Shaw Island

Shelton

Shoreline

Skamania

Snoqualmie Valley

South Bend

South Kitsap

Southside

Spokane

Sprague

Star

Starbuck

Steilacoom

Steptoe

Stevenson-Carson

Summit Valley

Sumner

Sunnyside

Tacoma

Taholah

Tahoma

Toppenish

Touchet

Toutle Lake

Trout Lake

Tukwila

Tumwater

Union Gap

University Place

Valley

Vancouver

Vashon Island

Wahkiakum

Wahluke

Waitsburg

Walla Walla

Wapato

Warden

Washtucna

Wellpinit

West Valley (Spokane)

West Valley (Yakima)

White Pass

White River

White Salmon Valley

Wilbur

Willapa Valley

Wilson Creek

Winlock

Wishkah Valley

Wishram

Yakima

Zillah

Eligible Teachers & Teacher-Librarians

K-12 public school teachers who:

• 
  Are certified to teach in Washington State.
  
• 
  Work .5 FTE and above and whose primary assignment is teaching in a self-contained classroom. (Teachers and specialists who provide only push-in or pull-out services are not eligible.)
  

K-12 public school teacher-librarians who:

• 
  Are certified to teach in Washington State.
  
• 
  Work .5 FTE and above.
  

OSPI will consider one teacher or teacher team per application. Previous awardees of the Qwest Foundation Teachers & Technology Grant Program are not eligible to apply.

Grant Deadlines & Activities

Date	Activity
Monday, November 14, 2011	Grant instructions and application form publish on the OSPI Web site, http://www.k12.wa.us/EdTech/Grants/Competitive/CenturyLink/default.aspx
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 OR Tuesday, January 10, 2012	Grant application Q&A webinars, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Dates, registration information and technical specifications, http://www.k12.wa.us/EdTech/Grants/Competitive/CenturyLink/Webinars.aspx
Tuesday, February 7, 2012	Grant application deadline Postmark your completed application package no later than Tuesday, February 7, 2012. Hand-delivered applications must arrive at OSPI by 3:00 p.m. February 7, 2012.

Date	Activity
Tuesday, March 27, 2012		Grant awardee names publish on the OSPI Educational Technology Web site, http://www.k12.wa.us/EdTech/Grants/Competitive/QwestFoundation/default.aspx
After July 1, 2012		OSPI makes funds available to districts.
No later than November 1, 2012		Districts must: Spend the grant funds identified for hardware and software. Install the new software and equipment in a classroom.
No later than June 30, 2013		Districts must spend the remainder of the grant funds.
No later than August 31, 2013		Recipients’ grant report due back to OSPI.

Application Process

Mail the original of your completed application package postmarked no later than Tuesday, February 7, 2012. Hand delivered applications must arrive by 3:00 p.m. on February 7, 2012. OSPI accepts hard copies only—mail or hand-delivered. Do not fax or email your completed application package.

Keep a copy for your records and submit your completed application package to:

OSPI

Attn: Julia Fallon/Educational Technology

Old Capitol Building

PO Box 47200

600 Washington Street SE

Olympia, WA 98504
Contact Information

If you have any questions regarding this bulletin, contact Julia Fallon, Technology Integration Program Manager, via e-mail at [e-mail], or call [phone], TTY [phone].

EXECUTIVE SERVICES
Ken Kanikeberg

Chief of Staff

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Peter Tamayo, CIO

Information Technology Services

Dennis Small, Director

Educational Technology

Julia Fallon, Technology Integration Program Manager

Educational Technology

Attachments

CenturyLink/OSPI Teachers & Technology Grant Program—Instructions and Application Form

CenturyLink/OSPI Teachers & Technology Grant Program—Scoring Sheet

1 Educators in the role of librarians, library-media specialists and media specialists.