| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #531 | |||||||||
| Art and Culture Center - Satellite Learning Center | |||||||||
| Requester: | Cynthia B. Miller | Organization: | Art and Culture Center | ||||||
| Project Title: | Art and Culture Center - Satellite Learning Center | Date Submitted | 1/10/2003 11:30:01 AM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Gottlieb | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Advances education in Florida by providing access to art and culture. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Art and Culture Center | Contact: | Cynthia B. Miller | ||||||
| 1650 Harrison Street | Contact Phone: | (954) 921-3274 | |||||||
| Hollywood 33020 | |||||||||
| Counties: | Broward | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| The Art and Culture Center has partnered with Dania Elementary School to create a new approach to teaching: the Satellite Learning Center. Second, fourth and fifth grade students spend up to 18 weeks at the Center's Satellite School classroom, using the Center's resource-rich exhibitions to further their appreciation of art and understanding of their community. Employing a standards driven arts integrated curriculum, the partnership of a cultural center and school blend a variety of art and cultural themes and topics into an FCAT-based classroom. Another component of the SLC is the Reverse Satellite where visiting artists perform for the entire Dania Elementary School. This exposes all students to the many forms of art, dance and music, providing them with the opportunity to learn and grow through arts. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| To measure the effectiveness of the program, project coordinator Kenn Piotrowski will meet frequently with the principal, lead teachers, staff and volunteers to assure that the objectives are being met. This process will also insure that the implementation fits within the school's current operations and community needs. The project coordinator will also be responsible for ensuring that all materials, changes in the status quo, information needed for replication and all other parts of this program relate to sustainability. It is anticipated that all teachers, administrators and the project coordinator will post all gathered information on an accessible web site for further evaluation and study. The success of the project will be measured in terms of standardized test scores; the number of A's and B's earned by students; decrease in student absenteeism and the number of disciplinary referrals and behavior-based incidents during the SLC when compared to non-participating students in the school and district-wide; increase in the number of hours of professional development of teachers; the percentage of parents and families of students who participate in orientation, classroom activities at the Center, as volunteers at the Center and/or at the closing event; the number of hours devoted to curriculum integration by lead teachers and the staff of the Center; increase in visitors to the Center during non-school hours of operation; and the amount of requests to the Center and/or school for special programs in support of the schools-based programs. As the project unfolds, the test scores, reviews of logistics, teachers' readiness to teach new curriculum, the responses of students, Center staff, parents and administrators all work together to refine the process. The project coordinator tracks all data, implementation of issues and concerns, coordinate with staff and teachers, work with parents and talk to administrators. These various checks will result in an improved process and program going forward. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $75,000 | ||||||||
| Identify item(s) in the FY 2003-04 Appropriations Bill to be reduced: | |||||||||
| Specific Appropriation #: | 3059 | ||||||||
| Specific Appropriation Title: | Office of the Secretary, Executive Direction & Support Services, Expenses | ||||||||
| Amount to be reduced: | $75,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $150,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local, Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $48,000 | In-kind Amount | $27,000 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $75,000 | To Fund: | Operations | ||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Broward County School Board Needs Assessment (for Annenberg grant funding) | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | No | ||||||||