may include, but are not limited to, assistance with preparation of Action and Expenditure Plans and integration of student equity plans with the Action Plans. Assist colleges with establishing benchmarks to demonstrate increased ESL/basic skills (credit and non-credit) student success and with implementing appropriate outcomes assessment components as well as data collection procedures. Expand the current web-page and electronic information sharing strategies for building a knowledge base and providing valuable information regarding effective practices. Build upon the infrastructure started by LACCD/3CSN as a permanent professional development network/center i.e., a statewide resource network designed to support ongoing professional development in ESL/basic skills improvement. Through the professional development network/center, conduct at least one annual summer leadership institute designed to provide training for faculty, administrators and staff leaders, and basic skills coordinators involved with serving developmental education students, including student services faculty and staff and faculty across disciplines, including career technical education. Performance Outcomes Reports/Deliverables The project should result in three succinct reports describing the activities that were conducted through this grant in areas listed below: Summary of workshops conducted and technical assistance provided at local colleges. This summary needs to include the methods used to collect feedback from participants addressing the benefits of the events and an overall summary of feedback received. Description of benchmarks, processes for assessing outcomes for ESL/basic skill students, and data collection procedures that have been implemented at the colleges. Description of expanded electronic resources, the enhancement of the permanent professional development resource network/center 3CSN established under the previous grant, and the summer leadership institutes. Evaluation Design Particulars The funded applicant must propose an evaluation process that assesses the project’s success in achieving its objectives. Successful applicants will be required to address the project objectives through the deliverables/reports describing workshops and technical assistance provided how colleges are addressing and demonstrating increased student success; and how electronic resources have been expanded concurrent with establishment of a permanent professional development resource network/center.
California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office District: College: RFA Specification Number: Final Expenditure Detail Sheet Contact Name: Phone Number: ( ) Email Address: Fax Number: ( ) Object of Expenditure Classification Year-to-Date Expenditures Total Direct Cost Total Indirect Cost (4%) Total Program Cost
14. Travel For travel necessary to the performance of this Grant Agreement, Grantee travel and other expense reimbursement claims shall be governed by the travel policy and procedures adopted by the Grantee's governing board. Travel and other expenses shall be limited to those necessary for the performance of this Grant Agreement. For grants involving federal funds, any out-of-state travel must be approved in advance by the Project Monitor. Grant funds may be used to pay for travel for Chancellor's Office staff provided that the travel is related to the purposes of the Grant Agreement, the travel is necessary to allow Chancellor's Office staff to provide services or technical assistance beyond the scope of normal Grant monitoring, the request is made by the Grantee without duress from Chancellor's Office staff, Grantee does not seek or receive any favorable treatment in exchange for paying for travel, travel is arranged and paid for through ordinary Chancellor's Office processes, and the Grant funds are used to reimburse those costs using Accounting Form RT-01 Request for Services/Agreement to Pay Travel Expenses. 15. Standards of Conduct Grantee hereby assures that, in administering this Grant Agreement, it will comply with the standards of conduct hereinafter set out, as well as the applicable state laws concerning conflicts of interests, in order to maintain the integrity of this Grant Agreement and to avoid any potential conflict of interests in its administration. a. Every reasonable course of action will be taken by the Grantee in order to maintain the integrity of this expenditure of public funds and to avoid any favoritism or questionable or improper conduct. The Grant Agreement will be administered in an impartial manner, free from personal, financial, or political gain. The Grantee, and its officers and employees, in administering the Grant Agreement, will avoid situations which give rise to a suggestion that any decision was influenced by prejudice, bias, special interest, or personal gain. b. Conducting Business with Relatives. No relative by blood, adoption, or marriage of any officer or employee of the Grantee, or of any member of its governing board, will receive favorable treatment in the award of subcontracts or subgrants or in educational or employment opportunities funded by this Grant Agreement. c. Conducting Business Involving Close Personal Friends and Associates. In administering the Grant Agreement, officers and employees of the Grantee will exercise due diligence to avoid situations which may give rise to an assertion that favorable treatment is being granted to friends and associates.