Request for Information – Mind in the Making Learning Communities

Submission Form- DUE MARCH 28, 2011

Please note that the responses to this RFI must be limited to two double-spaced pages in 12-point font.

Name of organization:
Contact person:
Address:
Website:
Phone:
Email:

Please include proof of your nonprofit (501c3) status
Please provide a brief description of the organizing group.
Please briefly answer all of the questions below. See the RFI Overview for additional details about the types of learning communities we are seeking. You can either be part of an existing learning community or want to create one.

A. WHY: Why did you or why do you want to create a learning community that includes Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs? 

B. WHO: Who are/will be the organizers/leaders? Who are/will be the participants? How are you bringing together groups that typically may not work together across the birth through eight continuum (for example, principals and early childhood directors / parents and teachers, etc.)? How are you reaching out to underserved communities?

C. WHAT: What are/will be your goals? What are/will be the strategies you use to meet these goals? What are you doing/will you do to bridge the birth through eight continuum? 

D. HOW: How does/will your learning community work? Please describe so that we can get a picture of what your learning community is like.
What lessons have you learned in creating a learning community? What works, what doesn’t? Please be as specific as possible since we want to share your lessons learned. 
How much are you requesting in the mini-grant? Please detail your expected expenditures. Note: we will provide UP TO $5000 to community, state, or national groups (groups do NOT need to request the full amount. The smaller amount of the mini-grants, the more learning communities we can fund). How do you plan to use these funds if you are selected? Please provide a summary budget. Note that only expenses directly attributable to the grant activities are allowed; therefore, a general overhead percentage or indirect costs are not allowed.

 
Please submit your written responses by March 28, 2011 to mitm-rfi@familiesandwork.org.

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Mind in the Making: Experiments in Children's Learning (DVD)

Here is a list of Mind in the Making researchers and educators filmed to date

Community Schools: “Mind in the Making and Community Schools: Crossing Boundaries and Creating Strong Linkages for Children Birth through Eight and their Families,” is a collaborative project with The Children’s Aid Society’s National Center for Community Schools and the Institute for Educational Leadership. (Read more)

Learning Communities: Throughout the country, groups of parents, educators, and other family support and health professionals have joined together to learn more about the research on children’s learning from birth through the early elementary school years, and about how to use this research to promote better outcomes for children. (Read more)

Learning Modules for Educators: Mind in the Making Learning Modules for Educators is an 11-part, facilitated learning process designed to bridge the gap between research and teaching practice. (Read more)

Seven Skills Modules: We have created new Modules from the book, called the Mind in the Making Seven Essential Skills Modules. (Read more)

Experiments in Children's Learning DVD: This two-volume series of 42 videos take viewers on a series of virtual “field trips” to laboratories in the U.S. and abroad. (Read more)
View a crosswalk of the experiments to the seven essential life skills

Download a companion Catalogue to Mind in the Making: Experiments in Children's Learning

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