Innovative Reading Program Grant

Background

A special feature of the UVU Forum on Engaged Reading is the Innovative Reading Program Grants aimed at furthering the love of reading in Utah libraries, schools, and homes. Through this special application process, a tax-exempt program or school may present details of an existing or new program in terms of its goals, implementation approaches, and outcomes. During the “For the Love of Reading” conference three innovative programs will be recognized and the first-place program will be invited to present their program at the UVU Forum on Engaged Reading—For the Love of Reading Conference.

Three innovative reading programs will be awarded with the first place program receiving the $1000.00 grant, second place $500 and third place $500.

Personnel representing the first place program will present their program on Friday September 20th, 2013 at the UVU Forum on Engaged Reading conference.

Questions concerning the grant, process, and official nominations should be sent to the Selection Committee Chair Doug Gardner via email, .

 

 

Selection Criteria

  • Nominations will be adjudicated based on the following criteria:

    • Program is outstanding and has responded well to a significant need
    • Program had a demonstrable impact on student outcome based upon verifiable data
    • Program was delivered in innovative or creative ways
    • Program in its entirety or parts could be successfully replicated at other locations.
    • Program is a model of the goals of the UVU Forum on Engaged Reading

 

 

Nomination Procedure

  • Any tax-exempt program or school within the state of Utah may submit a nomination for the Innovative Reading Program Award. Nominations will be accepted through Thursday, July 18. The programs selected will be announced publicly at a special dinner on September 19, 2013 at the Chateaux Resort, Deer Valley, Utah. NOTE: The application deadline has been extended to August 9, 2013.

    Questions concerning the grant, process, and official nominations should be sent to the Selection Committee Chair Doug Gardner via email, .

    Compose a written submission (no longer than 4 pages in length) that provides the following information:

    1. Your name and contact information.
    2. State the nomination is for the “UVU Forum on Engaged Reading: For the Love of Reading Innovative Reading Program Award”.
    3. Name of the program. Name and location of the school or library. Names and titles of the program organizers/deliverers. How long the program has been in existence.
    4. Why was the program developed? What need was it designed to satisfy? How has that need been recognized?
    5. What are the goals and objectives of the program?
    6. How was the program designed? Who participated in designing it?
    7. How does the program operate? What are its main elements or processes?
    8. How is the program unique or unusual? In what ways has the program been creative or innovative?
    9. Describe the challenges you have overcome.
    10. What impact has the program had? To what extent has it achieved its objectives? How have program outcomes been evaluated? What data have been collected and what do the data show?
    11. Define the ease of replicating this program in other educational settings. What advice would you give to others trying to replicate it?

       

     

Selection Committee

  • The Selection Committee, with representatives from librarians and teachers, will recommend three programs to the UVU Forum on Engaged Reading; Love of Reading conference planning committee, which will make the final selection.
  • Questions concerning the grant, process, and official nominations should be sent to the Selection Committee Chair Doug Gardner via email, .

 

 

Timeline

  • May 2013: Selection Committee issues call for nominations
    July 18, 2013: Deadline for nominations. NOTE: The application deadline has been extended to August 9, 2013.
    July 18 – August 15, 2013: Nomination review
    August 15: Grantees will be notified.
    September 19, 2013: Grantees honored at the Awards Program dinner during the 2013 UVU Forum on Engaged Reading.
    September 20, 2013: First place grant recipients make a presentation about their program at the UVU Forum on Engaged Reading.