Guidelines for 2012-2013 Program and Incentive Funds
2012-2013 Program Funding: Program funding will focus on reading and writing instruction and intervention. Programs, services, or materials should increase students’ interest in and enthusiasm about reading and writing, and/or should improve or enhance effective literacy instruction. DFEE funds have been allocated to each 9-R school as described in the 2012-2013 Program Funding Structure (below), based on needs identified by each school and according to the following criteria:
- Programs should take place before, during, or after school, and fall outside of the possibilities of the Durango District 9-R budget.
- Requested programs, services, or materials should be identified and endorsed as a priority at each school through staff/administration collaboration.
- Requested programs, services, or materials should be supported by accepted research, and/or clearly support District and school literacy goals.
- Proposals should not assume future District funding.
- Proposals should include a detailed budget.
- Proposals should be student-focused.
- Proposals may address the needs of any group of students within the school’s student population, or the needs of all students in the school.
- Deadlines: Funding applications, with completed 9-R Grant Checklist, should be submitted to District 9-R Assistant Superintendent Victor Figueroa by March 1, 2012; following District review, applications will be forwarded to DFEE no later than April 2, 2012.
2012-2013 Funding Structure:
DFEE funds have been allocated to all District 9-R schools roughly based on enrollements, as follows:
Each school should apply also to use $500 to $1,000 of the allocated amount for academic or behavioral incentives (optional for Big Picture and DeNier).The remainder will be used to address the 2012-13 Program Funding focus.
2011-12 Approved Programs
- Durango High School - 9th Grade Reading/Writing Support Program
- Big Picture High School/DeNier - high interest books
- Miller Middle School - visiting authors and classroom book sets
- Escalante Middle School - whiteboard equipment and curriculum materials for struggling readers
- Sunnyside Elementary - summer Reading Program, E-Book library, guided reading materials, and K-5 reading incentives
- Riverview Elementary - software and materials for individualized reading instruction
- Park Elementary - netbooks for classroom writing instruction
- Needham Elementary - books/materials for trans-disciplinary learning units
- Florida Mesa Elementary - books/materials for trans-disciplinary learning units
- Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary - professional development for improved reading instruction
- Animas Valley Elementary - Reading Interventionist support, and K-2 projectors
Download the Program & Incentive Funding Application Packet here as PDF file.