ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

Who will be served by this project?

Core Group(s):

A core group is a set of students that meet with the same teaching artist a minimum of 3 visits. Each visit is a contact session.

Indirect Group(s): 

Indirect groups are students who may participate marginally in the partnership (i.e., display of artwork, audience to presentation, etc.).

PROJECT ABSTRACT

Describe in 2-3 sentences the project for which you are seeking support.

(2500 characters or fewer)
 

HISTORY

In 3-5 sentences describe who you are, including most recent funding sources.

(2500 characters or fewer)

PROJECT NARRATIVE

What are the shared educational and artistic goals and expected student outcomes for this project?

(2500 characters or fewer)

List the art and non-art curricular areas on which your project will focus.

Briefly describe how students will study these subjects in an integrated fashion. Briefly describe how the primary New York State Learning Standards in the arts and non-arts areas will be supported.

(2500 characters or fewer)

Provide a brief timeline of the project activities.

Include planning meetings, artist contact sessions, sessions during which teachers work with students before and between teaching artist sessions, reflection meetings, etc. If professional development will be a project component, please include these sessions in the timeline and describe the proposed activities. In addition, if certified art, music, dance, and/or theater teachers will participate in the project, describe their role.

(2500 characters or fewer)

Describe how parents and community members will be involved in/made aware of the project.

(2500 characters or fewer)

How will you recognize success?

• Describe the methods you will use to evaluate the effectiveness of your planning and project implementation [i.e., final feedback sessions, interim reflection meeting(s) to discuss what’s working and what isn’t].
• Describe the methods you will use to capture changes in student learning (i.e., rubrics, portfolios, journal writing, pre/post testing, checklist, etc.) Be sure to indicate the changes you’ll hope to achieve and how you will know whether and to what extent they occurred.
• Identify who will be responsible for analyzing the information and describe how the information will be used (i.e., fodder for discussion at a final reflection meeting, as a way to inform parents, school, and community members of the success of the project, etc.).

(2500 characters or fewer)

TEAM MEMBERS

Please email a list of the Planning and Implementation Team Members. Include: name, role in project, position or affiliation, address, email, phone number. Briefly describe the credentials and previous experience of the selected teaching artist(s) who will be involved in the project. If a cultural organization is a partner, include its mission and not-for-profit 501(c)(3) documentation.

PAST FUNDING

If you previously received funding for this project, describe what you learned from your evaluation process and what improvements you are planning to implement.

(2500 characters or fewer)

PROJECT BUDGET

(View the budget requirements and notes)

EXPENSES

School Expenses  

Teaching Artist (TA)/Cultural Organization Expenses

 TOTAL PROJECT EXPENSE: (School + TA/Cultural Organization)

INCOME

(Cash and In-Kind resources that constitute the required match)

School Income

Artist/Cultural Organization Income 

 TOTAL PROJECT INCOME: (School + TA/Cultural Organization)

Total expenses minus total income equals GRANT REQUEST AMOUNT 

Income from School and Cultural Org + Grant Request Amount = Total Expense of project = PROJECT COST.