Mission
College Language Lab Funding
Sources Meeting 9/5/02
Present:
Fred
Prochaska, Gwen Quail, Marsha Chan, Jody Hacker, Phil Pabich, Carol Qazi, Karen
Armstrong
What
do we have now?
1.
An existing Language Lab, with carrels for 32 students, does not serve students
well, especially disabled students.
Very outdated equipment, more than 12 years old.
2. An Innovations Grant written by Marsha
Chan in Fall 01 to seek funds to purchase and install a multimedia language
lab. Preliminary work has included
writing up the concept, researching vendors. Estimated total cost to implement, including installation, infrastructure,
room refurbishment and curriculum/staff development is in $300,000 - $400,000
range.
3. Foreign Language and Community Ed. Departments
also excited about refurbished language lab and want to participate in its
development and use.
4. Phil Pabich has funds, currently
$93,000 that he would like to spend on the language lab in return for access to
Community Ed students. There is urgency
about committing these funds.
5. Carol Qazi has also researched language
lab set-ups and has quotes from 2 (3?) sources (Sony, and ?). Monica Rivas has seen one of the
labs. Cost for hardware (and
software?) is $95,000. This does
not include stripping down existing lab, cost of infrastructure refurbishment (estimate $15,000) or curriculum
and staff development.
Challenges
to be resolved:
1. Identify vendor(s)/costs: hardware,
software, maintenance, licensing
2. Identify all costs to be fully functional:
build/refurbish infrastructure, furniture, students with disabilities must be
accommodated, curriculum/staff development, staffing
3. Shared-use issues need written
agreements – lab classes, drop-in use, schedule
4.
Space expansion – current lab
is small to service demand from 3 departments
5. Staffing if lab is in use 8 AM –
10 PM
Funding
Sources:
Internal:
Innovations
Fund – November 02 to develop a strategic plan and proposal to shop
to several sources.
Prop
39 Bond Campaign for March 04 ballot: need to start working now to be
included. Should be politically
popular, need to make sure it is near the top of the list.
State
Instructional Equipment funds:
expect a balloon of funds in next year. Work with Worku to find out more about these funds – (prepare
a 2 – 3 page summary of the Language Lab project/multiple stakeholders,
see planning section below).
Get
on the agenda of CBAC, GAP and into the lists of planning priorities for
the college.
Understand
the CAP, MOE issues and estimate the income that could be calculated from
Mission ESL students FTE to basic skills (Chris Olson, Linda Francis may be
able to help with the calculation).
This is unrestricted money in the $300,000 - $500,000 ranges. Request that some of this money be set
aside for language lab.
External
Public
Sector
Mostly
no capital/infrastructure funds, only personnel training and program implementation.
Title
III (confirm Fall 03 eligibility)
Major goal is to strengthen the institution. Need 2 – 3 big goals of which the language lab is one
and connects to the other goals.
(Innovations
Grant to develop Title II application.)
National
Endowment of the Humanities (NEH): Possible something for the program
development. Very competitive, $50,000
– 100,000 range. Public
Programs (April) Planning Grant
(Nov 1) Education (April).
Private
Need
to work with Cindy to pitch the proposal to the various foundations, being
aware of their funding interests/priorities.
Improving
the communication skills for the workforce. Digital divide.
Multimedia
lab will also provide a service to the workforce.
Plan
to move forward:
1.
Resolved challenges (above)
with written agreements on how to proceed (Sept 12 meeting).
2. Participate in local decision making
bodies: Monica Rivas, Academic Senate. Seek positions on CABC, GAP or ask
to be on their agendas and make presentations. (Fall 02)
3. Use Innovations funds to develop a
strategic plan to seek funding internally and externally. Develop two versions of the
preliminary proposal – a 2-page summary of what is requested, why,
outcomes/value to the college/community, and a 15-page more detailed
preliminary proposal. (Sept/Oct
02)
4. Explore Title III eligibility
and GAP interest in pursuing a proposal. (Sept/Oct 02)
5. Innovations Fund application for
Title II grant planning and development (Nov 1, 02)
6. Bond Issue preparation –
space issues articulated, GAP approval sought (Feb 03).
Gwen
Quail
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