California Partnership Academies: Mentor-Mentee Initiative

Funding Description

Funding will be provided to California Partnership Academies (CPA) through the Governor’s Technical Education (CTE) Initiative. The intent of this grant is to provide an academy to academy mentoring approach so that new academies can benefit from the programmatic, curricular, and team development knowledge of experienced, successful academies. This program serves teachers and coordinators of California Partnership Academies.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	Mentor Academies must: Have had full California Partnership Academy (CPA) implementation status (grades ten through twelve) for at least five years; achieved full CPA funding ($81,000) for the past five years; all academy required components successfully implemented; approval of district and site administration to participate as a Mentor Academy and to fulfill all required mentor activities, including site visits, workshops, certifications, and ongoing Mentee-Academy support for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 school years; a desire to share knowledge, skills, experience, and lessons learned with new and developing academies. Mentee Academies must be newly funded academies.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Not applicable
Eligible Grade Level(s)	10, 11, 12
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	This is funded under the Professional Development Category for CA Partnership Academy SB70 funding; Budget Item 6110-170-0001
Source / Type	State / Grant
State Fiscal Year	2008-09
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	6385 / 8590
Total Available	$1,775,000
Recipient Amount	$10,000 (Mentee) - $25,000 (Mentor)
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Unavailable

Important Dates

Date Application Available	Unavailable
Due Date	Unavailable
Expected Notification Date	Unavailable

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	California Partnership Academies (CPA) [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/hs/cpagen.asp]
Fiscal	California Partnership Academies (CPA) [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/hs/cpagen.asp]
Other	Funding is contingent on inclusion in the approved State Budget.

Contacts

Program	Jerry Winthrop, Consultant, 916-319-0457, jwinthrop@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Christopher Mattson, Staff Services Analyst, 916-319-0472, cmattson@cde.ca.gov
Division	Career & College Transition Division, 916-319-0893 (phone), 916-319-0168 (fax)