Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals With Disabilities—Stepping-up Technology Implementation
Solicitation Title: Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals With Disabilities—Stepping-up Technology Implementation
Funding Amount: $2,000,000
Sponsor Deadline: Monday, July 22, 2019
Solicitation Link: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-06-05/pdf/2019-11641.pdf
Solicitation Number: CFDA 84.327S
Overview
<div>The purposes of the Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities Program are to</div> <ol> <li>improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology;</li> <li>support educational activities designed to be of educational value in the classroom for children with disabilities;</li> <li>provide support for captioning and video description that is appropriate for use in the classroom; and</li> <li>provide accessible educational materials to children with disabilities in a timely manner.</li> </ol> <div><strong>Absolute Priority: Stepping-up Technology Implementation</strong><br>The purpose of this priority is to fund three <span style="text-decoration:underline">cooperative agreements</span> to identify strategies needed to effectively implement technology tools based on promising evidence that benefit children with disabilities and their families, children with high needs and their families, and educators; develop and disseminate products that will help a broad range of sites to understand, use, and implement these technology tools; provide ongoing coaching and professional development supports to educators that will allow them to integrate the technology into curricula and programs to support high expectations for children with disabilities, service providers, and families; and scale-up and disseminate to additional sites.</div> <div></div> <div><strong>Competitive Preference Priority: Improving Academic Outcomes for Children with Disabilities</strong> (0 or 5 points)</div> <div>Projects that are designed to improve outcomes for children with disabilities in one of the following areas: <br>(a) Literacy for children with disabilities in grades 3 through 5; or</div> <div>(b) Science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) for children with disabilities enrolled in middle school (grades 6 through 8).</div>
Other Information:<p>The Secretary may extend a project one year beyond the initial 48 months to work with dissemination sites if the grantee is achieving the intended outcomes of the project (as demonstrated by data gathered as part of the project evaluation) and making a positive contribution to the implementation of a technology tool based on promising evidence with fidelity in the development and pilot sites.</p> <div></div> <div>Pre-Application Webinar Information: No later than June 10, 2019, OSERS will post pre-recorded informational webinars designed to provide technical assistance to interested applicants. The webinars may be found at <a href="www2.ed.gov/%20fund/grant/apply/osep/new-osep-%20grants.html">www2.ed.gov/ fund/grant/apply/osep/new-osep- grants.html</a>.</div> <div>Pre-Application Q & A Blog: No later than June 10, 2019, OSERS will open a blog where interested applicants may post questions about the application requirements for this competition and where OSERS will post answers to the questions received. The blog may be found at <a href="www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/osep/%20new-osep-grants.html">www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/osep/ new-osep-grants.html</a>.</div>Last Updated:
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