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<p class="MsoNormal">All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As you head into a busy fall (ok, let’s be real, you’re already busy!), many of you have asked about how to engage in Guided Pathways “on a budget”. Here’s a resource to support your college in the focus areas of the broader Guided Pathways
reform.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Don’t miss out on the <a href="http://collegespark.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2019-CGP-RFP.pdf">
2019 Community Grants</a> opportunity from College Spark WA! <o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>According to their RFP, College Spark is looking for:<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Projects Serving Students in High School or College:<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><i>Reduce</i> the percentage of <i>students</i> who are required to
<i>enroll in developmental education</i> (precollege credit) courses during college.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i>Increase</i> the percentage of students who earn their
<i>first college-level credits in English or math</i> – either while in high school, after taking developmental education classes, or directly upon enrolling in college. Applicants may propose any approach they believe is best designed to influence these outcomes.
College Spark Washington encourages projects that take an innovative approach to meeting the needs of low-income students.
<i><u>Only proposed projects that have the potential to generate knowledge that is useful to other organizations will be selected for funding.
</u></i>College Spark Washington expects to disburse approximately <b>$1.4 million</b> in
<b>new grant funding</b> under the Community Grants Program in 2019. Grants typically range from $20,000-$150,000 total over one to three years. Grant requests outside this range are not encouraged.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Some of the strategies that have been shown promise at improving these outcomes include:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Getting Students On the Path/ Clarifying the Path<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Reform of college placement instruments and practices<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Increased curricular alignment between colleges and their local feeder high schools<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Keeping Student On the Path<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Corequisite remediation replacing a prerequisite developmental education sequence<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Alternative methods of delivering remediation, including embedded supports and acceleration<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:#D9D9D9">
<b><span style="color:#212121">KEY DATES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">September 1, 2018 LOI available @ tinyurl.com/collegespark<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">September 19, 2018 3:30pm LOI Informational webinar (Email
<a href="mailto:rachel@collegespark.org">rachel@collegespark.org</a> for link)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Webinar will be recorded and posted to College Spark website<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">October 16, 2018 4:59pm LOI online & PDF copies postmark submission DUE DATE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">December 1, 2018 Selected organizations invited to submit full proposal<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">January 16, 2019 Full proposal online submission DUE DATE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Full proposal online & PDF copies postmark submission DUE DATE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">May, 2019 Funding decisions announced<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:#D9D9D9">
<b><span style="color:#212121">KEY CONTACT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you have questions, need technical assistance to complete your application, or would like to discuss project proposals, we encourage you to contact Rachel Clements, Program Officer, (<a href="mailto:rachel@collegespark.org">rachel@collegespark.org</a>,
206-461-5480) at any time throughout the grant application process<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Bell MT",serif;color:#1F4E79">To be human you must bear witness to justice. Justice is what love looks like in public—to be human is to love and be loved. -
<i>Cornel West</i></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Bell MT",serif;color:#1F4E79"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Kristi Wellington-Baker</span><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="color:#1F497D">| Student Success Center Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Pronouns: She/Her/ Hers</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">1300 Quince St SE | PO Box 42495<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Olympia, WA 98504-2495</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">p: 360.704.1022 | c: 509.301.8466 |</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4A442A"> </span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue"><a href="mailto:kwellingtonbaker@sbctc.edu"><span style="color:blue">kwellingtonbaker@sbctc.edu</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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