A competitive application will include a plan to achieve the following program expectations over the three years of grant implementation.
Full adoption of all 6 OpenSciEd units at each grade level (6 through 8) offered in the school by year 3- 100% of students at each grade level participating by year 3.
- 100% of science teachers in grades 6-8 participating by year 3.
- All participating science teachers complete the OSE Launch Professional Learning (PL) and 3 additional unit-specific PLs.
- Teacher Champion(s) completes PL training for all 6 units, including Launch.
School/district resources identified to cover additional costs (e.g., consumables)
Note: grant funding is intended to support high-quality adoption of OpenSciEd curricular resources and more specifically to offset the costs associated with launching the program. Schools will be provided three payments over three years and schools will pay vendors directly. Grant award sizes are determined by school sizes and based on two key start-up costs:
- Professional learning for teachers: All teachers attend PL for four units each.
- Durable equipment kits: Schools can receive up to $650 per unit per teacher, for all six units.
Grant awards are automatically calculated in the grant application and the average grant size is approximately $40,000. Grants sizes will vary based on school size and will generally exceed the average for large schools.