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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2674 |
| Florida Museum Mentoring Initiative |
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| Requester: |
Gillian Thomas |
Organization: |
Miami Museum of Science and Planetarium |
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| Project Title: |
Florida Museum Mentoring Initiative |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2006 8:35:52 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Diaz de la Portilla |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Science Centers can play a vital role in increasing the pipeline of future scientists, mathematicians and technologists. Results of the latest phase of research of the Governors program in Florida shows that mentored students have marked learning gains and are enrolling in post secondary education at higher rates than non-mentored students. The Miami Museum of Science has combined both needs and received the 2005 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math, Science, and Engineering Mentoring.
Serving students from primarily financially challenged homes this request will initiate or strengthen mentoring programs in science museums located in Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, Palm Beach, Tallahassee, and Miami-Dade County. Museums in the state-wide mentoring collaborative will share a variety of programming strategies specific to each museum and will learn how Miami has structured their program to provide a variety of mentoring experiences. Services to be provided by Miami include the conduct of a training institute for museum education staff hired through this initiative, training materials, on-going technical assistance and support. The Miami Museum of Science will develop and maintain a web site designed to promote communication and interaction between Florida's museums participating in the Florida Museum Mentoring Initiative.
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| Recipient: |
Miami Museum of Science and Planetarium |
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Contact: |
Judy Brown |
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3280 South Miami Avenue |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 284-2760 |
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Miami 33129 |
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Contact email: |
jabrown@miamisci.org |
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| Counties: |
Dade |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| Science Centers can play a vital role in increasing the pipeline of future scientists, mathematicians and technologists. Results of the latest phase of research of the Governors program in Florida shows that mentored students have marked learning gains and are enrolling in post secondary education at higher rates than non-mentored students. The Miami Museum of Science has combined both needs and received the 2005 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math, Science, and Engineering Mentoring.
Serving students from primarily financially challenged homes this request will initiate or strengthen mentoring programs in science museums located in Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, Palm Beach, Tallahassee, and Miami-Dade County. Museums in the state-wide mentoring collaborative will share a variety of programming strategies specific to each museum and will learn how Miami has structured their program to provide a variety of mentoring experiences. Services to be provided by Miami include the conduct of a training institute for museum education staff hired through this initiative, training materials, on-going technical assistance and support. The Miami Museum of Science will develop and maintain a web site designed to promote communication and interaction between Florida's museums participating in the Florida Museum Mentoring Initiative.
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| By January 2006 100% of Museums in the Florida Museum Mentoring Initiative will have hired a mentoring coordinator, participated in the mentoring replication Institute conducted by the Miami Museum of Science and have initiated programming as evidenced by program participation records and evaluation survey. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$750,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,000,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Private, Federal |
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Cash Amount |
$250,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$600,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
FL State (FCAT) and Federal (TIMMS) Student Achievement Scores in Science |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Miami Dade Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/30/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
