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Home My WebLink AboutCRA-R-18-0045 BackupGIRL POWER 2018 Summer STEAM, College and Career Readiness Camp Proposal March 26, 2018 FROM: Thema Campbell, President/CEO World Literacy Crusade of FL, Inc. /Girl Power 1600 NW 3rd Avenue, Suite 100 Miami, FL 33136 (305) 756-5502 thema@girlpowerrocks.org TO: Cornelius Shiver, Esq., Executive Director Southeast Overtown / Park West CRA 819 NW 2nd Ave., 3rd Floor Miami, Florida 33136 Phone: 305-679-6800 CShiver@miamigov.com Percilla B. Kelsey, Executive Assistant to the Director Pkelsey@miamigov.com Proposal Request $42,796 Page 1 of 4 Girl Power's Summer STEAM, College/Career Readiness Camp (The Camp is an exciting hands-on learning opportunity for middle school girls, with emphasis college and career readiness and activities in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. The Camp engages young girls in on the job training, work readiness and integrated learning experiences. Girls learn to explore the world around them, create innovative solutions to problems and communicate their results in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. In addition to STEAM activities, Girls will engage in six weeks of career and college activities combined with an academic camp that emphasize getting girls ready for the world of work while increasing their mathematics/science skills, introducing them to college life, and stimulating their interest in science and engineering as a potential career path incorporating summer fun activities that help young girls grow into healthy and strong women who give back to their communities. Girls will participate in activities that include life skills, problem solving, study, research, writing skills incorporated with biology, chemistry, physics, design concepts, and field excursions. The Camp also offer six weeks of career and college activities utilizing Girl Power's College and Career Zone guide. Girl Power's College and Career Zone provides six weeks of career exploration and interactive activities that allows students to learn more about themselves and the world of work. Students can explore careers, colleges, degrees and job opportunities. As part of our ongoing work to ensure that all Summer Camp students are college and career ready, a career and college committee has met over the past forty-five days to develop a six -week model outlining the activities in which each girl should engage in order to get a clear understanding on how to be college and career ready upon graduation. This plan consists of the activities in which all students, not just college -bound students will engage in over the course of the six -week camp. With the plan completed, we are now ready to invest in the tools that will best support the implementation of Girl Power's College and Career Zone. OUTCOMES a. To engage, cultivate interest and build skills in twenty-five low performing and high potential girls in the STEAM field b. Prepare twenty-five middle school girls to begin preparing for careers and college c. Inspire young girls to pursue careers in STEAM fields d. Incorporate activities that enhance written and oral communication skills e. Present opportunities for twenty-five under -exposed girls to interact with engineers, scientists, researchers, and other career professionals f. Expose twenty-five middle school girls to a minimum of three Florida colleges and universities g. Make summer fun and engaging for all girls! Page 2 of 4 CAMP COMPONENTS • * CODE FEVER Facilitated by Code Fever Students will participate in an immersive learning experience, 2 days per week. The initial two weeks is an intensive training experience that includes a personal assessment using a strength finder's test (to identify girls strengths and areas for growth, training about personal brand, 21st century skill sets, soft skills, web design and the Code Fever website development toolset. Students are assigned a small business client and continue to work on websites with the objective of building client -ready site by the end other summer camp. Students learn the technical skills to build sites, team building skills, client engagement skills and attend targeted training sessions in technical and career skills. Girls learn to build at least two websites, their personal website and a client website for a small business in their community. • COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS a. Visit three local colleges b. Visit three local businesses c. Writing Winning Resume d. Assessing academic grades and GPA's e. Completing College Applications that get you in the door f. Communication Skills: Read with Understanding; Convey Ideas in Writing; Speak so Others Can Understand; Listen Actively; and Observe Critically. g. Interpersonal Skills: Guide Others; Resolve Conflict and Negotiate; Advocate and Influence; and, Cooperate with Others. h. Decision Making Skills: Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate; Solve Problems and Make Decisions; and, Plan. i. Mock Job Interviews FITNESS During the 6-week Summer STEAM Camp girls participate in thirty minutes of mental and/or physical fitness per day. The fitness activities train and educate girls on the importance of exercise and proper nutrition. Activities will consist of a sound nutritional program, daily healthy meals and snacks, fitness evaluations, meditation, goal setting, teamwork, and most of all FUN! Page 3 of 4 SUMMER SPELLING BEE Encouraging young girls to participate in our annual Summer Spelling Bee competition provides a valuable educational experience. There will be many other benefits from this fun summer activity including learning grammar, enhancing their knowledge, competitive spirit and vocabulary, and develop their cognitive skills, confidence and public speaking skills. Trophies and prizes are awarded to 1st 2nd and 3rd place winners. THE ARTS Research shows that girls who are involved in arts programs and activities especially in under-resourced communities are more likely to win an academic award, to receive a community service award, more likely to win a school attendance award, more likely to participate in a math or science fair and score higher on their SAT college admission test scores if they have been involved for more than four years of after -school and summer arts study. At Girl Power we take our art very seriously and have engaged a plethora of art partners to ensure our girls have a summer that include the arts. Our partners include Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, poetry writing, dance and yoga. MATH AND SCIENCE LABS Summer is the time for fun! It's also the time when academic skills can slip, making it hard for girls to maintain the progress they have worked so hard to achieve. The Math Labs are designed to help each girl discover her strengths, exercise her creativity, overcome academic difficulties, and prepare for the school year ahead. Through the exploration of math and science labs girls benefit from the continuity necessary for maintaining academic progress. FIELD TRIPS Our summer field trips allow students to visit a variety of colleges/universities, cultural institutions, including art, natural history and science museums, the theatre and beaches. We see these experiences as central to our summer camp mission. The majority of our girls is at a disadvantage and is less likely to have these experiences outside of Girl Power. Our summer field trips culminates with a day trip to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, where they will explore Space Shuttle Atlantis, tour NASA's spaceflight operations, interact with science exhibits and so much more. Total Amount Requested $42,796 Page 4 of 4 Girl Power 2018 Summer STEAM, College and Career Readiness Camp June 18th to August 1 St, 2018 BUDGET NARRATIVE Budget Item Description Amount Salaries Camp Director (salary covered by The Children's Trust) -0- College and Career Coach - $22 per hour x 8 hours daily x 31 camp days 5,456.00 Camp Assistant = $20 per hour x 8 hours daily x 31 camp days 4,960.00 Driver - $12 per hour x 4 hours daily x 31 camp days 1,488.00 Fringes FICA/MICA 912.00 Total Salaries and Fringes 12,816.00 OTHER CHARGES Stipends Interns Camp Interns x 2 x $0 salary (will offer a $200 at end of camp) 400.00 Supplies Camp T-Shirts ($8.50 each x 60 shirts) 480.00 Student Stipends 30 students x $300 each = $12,000 9,000.00 Coding Code Fever 10,000.00 Labs Math Labs x 2and Science Labs x 2 600.00 Supplies College and Career Zone supplies 800.00 Equipment Camp Equipment 500.00 Field Trips Field Trips and Service Learning Project 2,500.00 Awards Spelling Bee Awards and Throes 500.00 Awards Coding Awards 500.00 Ceremony Camp Showcase on July 31, 2017 1,200.00 Art Art sponsored by Perez Art Museum Miami and Institute of Contemporary Art -0- STEAM Trip Kennedy Space Center 3,500.00 Total Other Charges 29,980.00 TOTAL $42, 796.00