DOES OAIT seeks proposals for teacher/educator externship programs that strengthens relationships with local school districts and connects educators with a 6–8-week first-hand training experience in the world of apprenticeship.
Donor Name: DC Department of Employment Services
State: District of Columbia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/13/2022
Size of the Grant: $250,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The District of Columbia Department of Employment Services’ (DOES) mission is to connect District residents, job seekers, and employers to opportunities and resources that empower fair, safe, effective working communities. DOES prepares District residents for the workforce and connects them to employment opportunities. DOES is dedicated to educating participants about workforce readiness, high-growth industries, career exploration, and academic enrichment through experiential, hands-on programs. DOES is committed to delivering services to District residents who are underemployed or unemployed as well as work readiness training to prepare them for the expectations of the workplace.
Programs should be 6-8 weeks in length and include the following components:
- Infuse Real-World Relevance: creating a program that allows educators to experience firsthand the skills, knowledge, and technologies expected of students as they enter the apprenticeships.
- Addressing Student Needs: foster relationships with local educators to understand the needs of career-minded students and educating educators on how apprenticeship offers effective solutions to meet these needs.
- Foster Multi-Disciplinary Connections: explore curriculum, spaces, processes and/or systems that help students to make connections between academic and technical information.
- Increase Career Related Learning: expose educators to various apprenticeable careers within the industry, in order to engage students in the skills needed to succeed in apprenticeship and help students identify career opportunities available within current District registered apprenticeship programs.
The proposed program should ensure that participating educators have the opportunity to receive the following benefits:
- Gain an understanding of the skills needed in today’s workplace through apprenticeship.
- Develop personal connections with business professionals and active apprenticeship programs.
- Increase knowledge of changing workplace competencies and attitudes and how apprenticeship plays a part in addressing this change.
- Obtain a better understanding of the post-secondary requirements students need to be successful within apprenticeship.
- Examine new teaching strategies reflected in business organization structures (i.e. team approach, project management).
Results of proposed programs should include:
- Increasing educator knowledge in the activities, training, and expectations of industry and/or service-based organizations, and to learn how classroom content and learning strategies are applied in the workplace.
- Support educators to improve their pedagogical practices by incorporating new methods, labor market information, and employment skills that meet current industry standards.
- Increasing educator’s ability to connect theory and practice and bring an understanding of workplace practices and policies (e.g. problem-solving methods, practical applications of theory, leadership concepts) into the classroom, thus increasing the relevance of student learning.
- Increasing educator’s awareness on the benefits and return on investment of apprenticeship and position the educator to promote apprenticeship as a viable postsecondary option to career-focused students.
Funding Information
The total amount of funds DOES anticipates being available for award is $250,000.
Period of Performance
The 2023 Workforce Expansion Grant will operate for one year from the date of award.
Eligibility Information
- Organizations that are eligible to apply for this grant include public, private, non-profits and/or for-profit organizations with demonstrated effectiveness providing the requested services and meeting the needs of the target population, including:
- Community colleges or other postsecondary institutions; or
- Public, charter, or alternative secondary schools; or
- A registered apprenticeship program or have partnerships with other registered apprenticeship programs
- Located in the District of Columbia
- Applicants shall be responsible organizations possessing the demonstrated ability to perform successfully under the terms and conditions of a proposed grant award. Each Applicant may charge to the grant award only those costs that are consistent with the allowable cost provisions of the respective Notice of Grant Award (NOGA), including the guidelines issued by DOES and all applicable federal and District laws.
- All Applicants must be current on payment of all federal and District taxes, including Unemployment Insurance and Paid Family Leave taxes and Workers’ Compensation premiums.
- Applicants cannot be listed on any federal or local excluded parties’ lists.
- Applicant must meet all insurance requirements stipulated by the District of Columbia, Office of Rick Management.
- Applicants should include assurances that all WIOA regulations and data collection methods (federal, state and local) will be adhered to.
For more information, visit Teacher Externship Program.
