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** Vision to Integrate Technology And Libraries (VITAL) High School Grant ** Administered by the CPS Department of Libraries Contact: Lisa Perez (leperez1@cps.edu**)**

__ Grant Overview __ : As library resources become increasingly available in digital and mobile formats, we are given the unique opportunity to reinvent general library practices to best integrate Common Core State Standards implementation with 21st century teaching practices. By successfully leveraging technology to inform the learning process, we build college and career readiness in our students with improved research, information literacy, and technology fluency skills. The school library should be a hub of learning in the school that impacts student learning across departments and grade levels. The school librarian should be a technology leader who supports effective technology integration with colleagues and students. This grant will award five (5) high school libraries with tools and professional development required to support modern, vital library programs that impact school-wide learning and serve as models for other schools throughout the district.

__ Grant Award __ : Winning schools will receive approximately $15,000 in technology to support 21st century teaching practices. These items include ten iPads, a MacBook, a syncing cart, assorted iPad peripherals and covers, a $500 iTunes gift card, 25 Simple Touch Nooks, a $500 Barnes & Noble gift card, and a flip camera. Preference will be given to proposals that identify the school’s plan to supplement these items with other related technology, such as additional iPads and presentation devices. Preference will also be given to schools that show current quality technology integration based on existing technology and higher levels of teacher/librarian collaboration.

Final award of these items is contingent on the librarian(s)’ attendance at monthly professional development sessions, demonstration of quality collaboration with other teachers in the school, and production of deliverables that provide data for other schools to replicate part or all of this program. __Grant awardees must comply with a schedule of deliverables in order to receive final ownership of grant technology.__

__ Grant Deliverables __ : Winning librarians must agree to provide the following items:

ü Attend training sessions on set-up of the iPads (In schools with two librarians, both must attend. Date/time TBD) ü Attend six monthly face-to-face training sessions held from 8:30 am – 11:30 (Winning schools will be polled for mutually convenient time. In schools with two librarians, both must attend) ü Attend in one Summer Workshop session from 8:30 am – 1:00 pm (Winning schools will be polled for mutually convenient time. In schools with two librarians, both must attend.) ü Be actively involved in our grant email group ü Participate in the pilot launch of the CPS Research Model; integrate its use in teaching, as possible; and provide feedback on its use.(Training will be provided on the CPS Research Model.) ü Provide lesson plans for five teaching lessons or units of instruction that have taken place in the library, which demonstrate quality collaboration with classroom teachers and the use of iPads and/or Nooks. Lesson plans must reflect collaboration with English, Social Studies, Math, and Science teachers, as well as other subject area teachers. (A lesson plan template will be provided.) ü Provide at least three examples of student work that can be posted online for each of five lessons using grant technology (at least fifteen student artifacts in total) ü Contribute to the development of various guidelines, such as recommendations for use and circulation of iPads and Nooks in the high school library, recommended apps, syncing practices, and use of eBooks ü Arrange for at least two visits from the Dept of Libraries to observe the librarian and classroom teacher co-teaching research-based projects utilizing grant technology. (The librarian must secure photo-release forms for all or most of the students in class, so the instruction methods can be documented for others schools to view.) At least one visit will extend to observe the use of grant technology by students in non-instructional settings for personal use, such as before school, during lunch periods, or after school ü Create a Nook eBook Club at the school. Contribute student and librarian feedback on recommended best practices for operation of this type of eBook Club. Invite the Dept of Libraries to attend one book club meetings. (The librarian must secure photo release forms for all or most of the students in the club, so the meeting can be documented for other schools to view.) ü Present information about the use of grant technology at a culminating event. (Date/time TBD)


 * Proposal Template ** : Download the grant proposal template located at http://mobilary.wikispaces.com/vital. Submittal deadline: January 27, 2012


 * Anticipated Grant Timeline ** (subject to change):

2/6/12: Grant applicants notified about status of application 2/15/12: Mandatory Kickoff Meeting: Receive technology and attend set-up meeting for iPad implementation 3/12: Attend monthly morning training/report meeting 4/12: Attend monthly morning training/report meeting 5/12: Attend monthly morning training/report meeting Summer 12: Attend summer training meeting (date TBD by poll) 9/12: Attend monthly morning training/report meeting 10/12: Attend monthly morning training/report meeting 11/12: Present implementation experiences at culminating event (date TBD)


 * Proposal Evaluation Rubric ** :

** (0 pts) ** ||  ** Insufficient response (1 pt) **  ||  ** Adequate response ** ** (2 pts) ** ||  ** Superior response ** ** (3 – 4 pts) ** ||
 * ** ITEM ** || ** Response not evident **
 * Evidence of current technology use ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Additional technology purchase plan ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Current level of co-teaching ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Ability of physical space to accommodate various learning situations ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Comprehensive vision for implementation of VITAL program with 21st century learning strategies. Evident support for CCSS implementation and integration with the work of the school ILT. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Commitment to participating in the pilot of the CPS Research Model ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Quality of English lesson ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Quality of Social Studies lesson ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Quality of Science lesson ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Quality of Math lesson ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Quality of other subject area lesson ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Quality of plans for Nook eBook Club ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Ability to attend grant kick-off meeting ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Ability to provide all grant deliverables ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Plan to work at school during 12-13 school year ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Agreement to return all technology if terms of grant are not adhered to ||  ||   ||   ||   ||