PART III – REQUIRED PROGRAM INFORMATION
Please answer the following questions using no more than ten (10) pages not including the budget pages (using Arial 10 point font).
District: ______
Grant Contact Person: ______Title:______
Address: ______
Email: ______Phone Number:______
This grant program is designed help communities create and maintain safe and supportive schools that improve education outcomes for students. Safe and supportive schools are defined by Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 69, Section 1P as schools that foster a safe, positive, healthy and inclusive whole-school learning environment that (i) enables students to develop positive relationships with adults and peers, regulate their emotions and behavior, achieve academic and non-academic success in school, and maintain physical and psychological health and well-being; and (ii) integrates services and aligns initiatives that promote students’ behavioral health, including social and emotional learning, bullying prevention, trauma sensitivity, dropout prevention, truancy reduction, children’s mental health, foster care and homeless youth education, inclusion of students with disabilities, positive behavioral approaches that offer alternatives to disciplineto reduce suspensions and expulsions, and other similar initiatives.
1. Participating Schools
Provide the name of each recipient school that will receive funding to develop action plans. For each school, provide current relevant information that includes, but is not limited to: past experience in using the Framework and the Tool (if applicable), school wide initiatives that promote safe and supportive learning environments, and student and faculty/staff survey data that reflects school climate.Describe the rationale and purpose for using the Tool if it has not been previously used at the proposed schools named above. For applicants that have previously used the Tool, describe how the Tool will be used with fiscal year 2016-2017 (FY17) grant funding, such as by completing all six areas of the Tool, or how previously gathered information will be used in updating current action plans.
2. Action Plans
Provide information regarding how the following grant participation requirements (outlined below) will be fulfilled by the participating schools and district, if awarded the grant. Provide specific information on how the proposed plan will assist schools in developing and implementing strategies to create safe and supportive learning environments for all students. Reminder: action plans created through use of these grant funds must be based on all six of the following elements: Leadership; Professional Development; Access to Resources and Services; Academic and Non-Academic Activities;School Policies, Procedures and Protocols; and Collaboration with Families.
- SCHOOL ACTION PLANS:
Provide information on who will be participating on school based teams; who will coordinate and facilitate the efforts; and who will likely be consulted with and involved during the process. Describe how the team will use the Tool, and will set priorities based on team discussions and information gathered. Describe how the action plans will support, complement, or enhance existing school improvement plans. Provide specific information on plan development processes that could include specifics on school based team activities, and action plan development. Describe goals and objectives for creating action plans that assist in creating and maintaining safe and supportive learning environments. Describe outcome goals and indicators for evaluating the effectiveness of the strategies and initiatives set forth in the plans.
- DISTRICT ACTION PLANS:
Provide information on who will be responsible at the district level (if applicable) for coordinating school and district action plans.Describe how school based action planssupport, complement, or enhance existing district improvement plans.
- SHARING INFORMATIONWITH THE DEPARTMENT
Copies of the school and district action plans must be submitted to the Department following the conclusion of their local plan development and approval process. Action plans must be finalized and submitted to the Department before funds can be used for implementation purposes.
(BHPS) Framework and Self-Assessment Tool – Note that any interested school can request a username and password via . Anyone interested in browsing the Tool can use TEST1 as the username and password (TEST2 or TEST3 or TEST4 or TEST5 also works – just use the same number for both the username and password). The Department will provide training in using this Tool to all awarded grantees. A link to the Framework and Tool can be found on the Department’s Safe and Supportive Schools website.
For more information on the Safe and Supportive Schools Commission, seethe Commission’s webpage, and for more information on the BHPS Tool and Task Force work, see the BHPS Task ForceFinal Report.
3. Fund Use
Describe how the requested funds will be spent, and include the budget and associated budget narrative forms provided in the Funding Opportunity RFP’s Required Forms section. Funds mustbe used to support the creation of school and district action plans that address all six sections of the BHPS Framework. After a grantee’s action plans are completed and submitted to the Department, if the grant has not yet spent all awarded funds the grantee may propose (for the Department’s approval) to use the balance of funds towards implementation of the action plan(s) that address all six sections of the Framework.
4. Project Timeline
Indicate anticipated dates regarding the proposal. Include timeframes for details such as convening aschool team, responding to the questions in the Tool, determining areas to prioritize for improvements, finalizing an action plan, implementing the action plan, and assessing progress regarding the plan. Timelines should indicate what will occur during the current school year (by June 30, 2017) and what will occur beyond that timeframe, if applicable.Grantees that will be spending a portion of funds during July1-August 30, 2017 will need to submit updated timelines that reflect the activities that will occur during that time period.
Please note: Grantees shall participate in conferences to be held by Department, as well asin an evaluation of this grant program. Details will be provided to all grantees once information is confirmed.
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