LRC Technical Assistance Workshop (Part 2)

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Access to the World and Its Languages
LRC Technical Assistance Workshop (Part 2)
I N T E R N A T I O N A L E D U C A T I O N
P R O G R A M S
U.S. Department of EducationInternational
Education Programs Service
www.ed.gov/ope/iegps
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Part 2 Topics

• Evaluation
• Budget
• Priorities
• Tips

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Evaluation Plan

• Quality of the evaluation plan for the project
• Methods of evaluation appropriate for the project
  and, to the extent possible, objective, and
  produce data that are quantifiable

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Evaluation Plan

• Outcome based
• Draws on science of evaluation and trained
  evaluators
• Evaluation experts and content experts
• Work through from beginning

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Evaluation Plan

• Focus on grant activities, or on larger program
  outcomes
• Choose definable set of activities to evaluate
  and outcomes

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Evaluation Plan

• Evaluation should help you to improve your
  projects and methods
• Evaluation should help you to document success
  (and avoid repeating less effective activities)

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Budget

• Adequate to support the project activities
• Costs are reasonable in relation to project
  objectives
• Cost effective

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Budget

• Equipment costs may not exceed 15 of grant
  amount
• Indirect costs must be capped at 8

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Budget

• Matching Funds If you list matching funds on
  your budget your institution will be responsible
  for providing that commitment

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Budget

• Summary Form (ED form 524)
• Itemized Budget (Showing all three years broken
  down by category)

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Personnel and Fringe

• Total time commitment and total salary
• Breakdown with position titles, percent of time /
  number of months for each staff member, salary,
  and total salary cost charged to grant
• Fringe on separate line item

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Travel

• Detail travel costs with purpose and objective
• Per Diem permitted when away from home overnight
• Foreign travel can be authorized
• Remember to budget funds for Project Directors
  meetings

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Equipment

• Not to exceed 15
• Justify all equipment expenses
• List item, quantity, cost per unit, total cost

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Supplies

• Itemized list and costs

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Contractual Costs

• Contractual costs are allowable

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Other Costs

• Includes consultant and evaluator costs and
  travel (Justify consultant roles and describe
  scope of work break down travel expenses)
• Space rental
• Printing costs
• Other direct costs

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Priorities

• Absolute
• Competitive
• Invitational

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Priorities

• May consist of
• Categories of allowable activities (eg teacher
  training or summer institutes)
• Specific foreign languages
• Levels of education (K-12, Postsecondary, Teacher
  Ed)

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TIPS

• Hit every category and sub-category be explicit
  and detailed in your narrative
• Limit your narrative to activities for which you
  are seeking funding
• Summarize each proposed activity and how it
  increases program impact

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TIPS

• Submit application safely before deadline Dont
  wait till the last minute!!!

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DONT

• Dont eliminate an entire response to an element
  when editing
• Dont repeat information that relates to multiple
  criteria