Team #6

Stephen Pohl
Hensay Qualah-Gonowolo
Martha Reyes
Eris Rivera
Van Tieu

Boost 3rd Grade Math Scores by 10%

BCOM3310 with Dr. Kyle Steadham

April 18, 2018

The University of Texas at Dallas

 Table of Contents:

Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………………….3

Background & Problem…………………………………………………………………………...5

Proposal.……………………………………………………………………………………..........8

Plan & Schedule………………………………………………………………………………….10

Success Measures………………………………………………………………………………...12

Staffing……………………………………………………………………………………...........13

Budget………………………………………………………………………………………........14

Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………….17

References…………………………………………………………………………………..........19

Grading Rubric…………………………………………………………………………………...21

Appendix A………………………………………………………………………………………28

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 Section 1: Executive Summary

Topic Executive Summary

The social cause that MeTEOR wants to address is the education of students that
are facing economic challenges. Many children that are economically challenged
in Dallas are having difficulties in excelling in math as well as other subjects. The
Description of Social Issue parents of these children are often working to support their children and working
from morning until late at night. It is difficult for parents to help their children in
their school work when they are at work and the children are in after school
programs.
The social cause is very important to the Dallas area. If DFW is going to continue
to grow economically, we must focus on its future contributors, especially the
ones facing economic challenging situations, so they can become great
contributors of Dallas. Studies have found that a child’s brain develops in the first
Significance of Social Issue 10 years of their life (Education for children facing homelessness Dallas, TX.),
MeTEOR will focus mainly on 3rd grade students. It’s the year that students move
from learning to read and decode words to using their knowledge of the alphabet
to read. If the issue goes unresolved in can create a generation with out the basic
means to support themselves in the future.
With the money provided from the Dallas Regional Chamber and from our
matching contribution, we will use our money to help develop a study plan which
will focus on 3rd grade math alongside our partner Vogel Alcove. We are looking
to introduce new study plans for Vogel Alcove designed by MeTEOR that will
Proposed Solution feature our products. The study plans will include 3rd grade mathematics which is
of great importance. Furniture will be provided from our company to help
develop the best learning environment for the children to have a more dynamic
environment to stimulate their education. Meals will also be provided to promote
their education.
The benefit from our program will be for the kids. While the kids are our primary
audience there are many other groups that benefit. The teachers will see that the
students will be more engaged in class since they will have a better understanding
Benefits to DFW of what is being taught by the teachers. Parents will have peace of mind knowing
that their children are being tutored. The city of Dallas and businesses of Dallas
will receive in the future children who will become contributors to our society
instead of a hindrance.
Measuring our programs success will require testing students in the DFW area. If
our program is a success, we should be able to see significant improvement on
Success Measures both tests given by the school and standardized tests. Our results will let us know
if we have had an impact on the social issue. The long-term success can only be
measured as time has gone by. Once the students have grown to successful
contributors to the Dallas society this will be the result of a successful program.
The name of our company is MeTEOR Education and we will partner with our
Sponsor Organization non-profit sponsor Vogel Alcove. It is important to have Vogel Alcove work
along with MeTEOR since they have one on one experience with the social issues
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 facing the students. Vogel Alcove ability to understand the social issue can help
MeTEOR face the challenges that the children may have while working on the
educational problems facing the students.
Vogel Alcove has years of experience connected to the social issue that MeTEOR
Relationship Between will be addressing. They have serviced the communities with highly-trained
Sponsor Organization & teachers and staff that provide therapeutic early childhood and school-aged
Social Issue programs. They also provide family support and physical/mental health services,
all tailored to the needs of children.
The benefit for MeTEOR will be to gets name out in the education network and
receive brand awareness. MeTEOR will gain the ability to have one and one
experience with children facing economic challenges. This will create notoriety
that they are a diverse company, with the capabilities to show they can face the
many issues and challenges that students face in the world today. MeTEOR’s
Organizational Benefits
exposure is important for future growth and with positive results from this
project, people or other organizations will invest in us thus providing a positive
outlook. Meteor Education is a for-profit organization and therefore we must
focus on not only doing well for the children, but we must also focus on our self-
growth.
The Dallas Regional Chamber’s mission is to focus on economic development,
and to make Dallas a desirable place to live. The Dallas Regional Chamber has
led economic development for the region for more than a century, resulting in
years of increased success and prosperity in DFW. Our social cause is a key to
Relationship to Dallas economic success in DFW. If these children have the potential to contribute to the
Chamber’s Vision DFW economy by one day strengthening our GDP, then we must invest in these
children. If this social issue is not addressed more money will be spent on only
feeding these families without any form of education or self-awareness of the
children’s potential for future economic growth in DFW. The economy will then
not prosper or grow when there is no growth coming from the contributors.
Meteor Education is asking for $15,000 from the Dallas Regional Chamber. The
reason that the Dallas Regional Chamber should provide half the money is to
Investment Amount ensure that the mission statement of creating prosperity in Dallas stays alive. The
children we are helping are our future contributors to the city of Dallas. The
education level of education provide can create a positive result to the Dallas
Regional Chamber.

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 Section 2: Background & Problem

We are MeTEOR Education

MeTEOR Education is here to help communities across the country modernize and

humanize the learning experience so that their teachers and students are empowered to reach

their full potential. MeTEOR Education is the outcome of our thoughtful and diligent

exploration, into exactly what it takes to create transformational learning experiences. By pairing

instructional practice consultation on teaching methods, tools, and relationships with our already

robust environmental expertise, we are now able to provide communities with comprehensive

and holistic solutions that address the entire learning process.

We partner with educators, students, and whole communities as they strive to transform

their learning environments and experiences. Our name is an acronym for the holistic way we

look at the learning process. MeTEOR Education is made up of passionate, pioneering experts

who have come together around a common mission and vision to make a difference for our

children. Individually and as an organization, we are agile, adaptable, and innovative. We are

committed to building working relationships based on authentic inquiry, inclusiveness,

collaboration, and respect (Meteor Education, 2016).

Problem

Dallas is growing vastly with advanced education methods making their way to schools.

There are however, children in economically disadvantaged communities whose education is

below the satisfactory performance in Texas. Below average performance is the result of

insufficient resources the school receives, a problem many schools throughout the nation face.

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 If the school continues to perform below the average, students will continue to receive

minimal funding, if any. Students who struggle in school do not have the resources to attend

after-school tutoring because the funding is not available. Passing rates and overall education

levels in economically disadvantaged communities are below the satisfactory level.

Disadvantaged educational development causes the student to fall behind.

Falling behind is troubling for the child, but it’s often because the parents who are in

economically disadvantaged communities often work many jobs, providing minimal attention to

their child’s education. Some parents simply don’t care about their child’s education, even if they

have the time to attend to them, causing unfortunate children to grow up like their parents, when

they could have been successful individuals. Choosing the same career as a parent is very

common but not necessarily a good idea (The Guardian, 2003). It would be hard to believe an

economically disadvantaged parent would want the same fate as their own.

We must attend to these kids who still have the potential to be successful in the long run.

Attending to these students now will be an important investment. The economic growth of Dallas

depends on intelligent and talented people. Approximately 61% of third graders are

economically disadvantaged in the DFW (Texas Tribune, 2017). We are addressing the most

important grade for a child’s development and focusing on Math since it’s the most difficult

subject to grasp. Overall 66% of students in Dallas County are economically disadvantaged

(Texas Education Agency, 2017). Third grade is the year that students move from learning to

read — decoding words using their knowledge of the alphabet — to reading to learn (TIME

Magazine, 2012). If DFW is to continue to grow economically, we must focus on its future

contributors, our youngest generations.

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From this information (The Texas Tribune, 2017). the greater picture is that overall all grades,

there are 87.9% economically disadvantaged students. If the problem can be addressed

significantly during the 3rd grade, we have a better chance to reduce this number for the rest of

the students.

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 Section 3: Proposal

Dallas Fort Worth was the third fastest growing economy among the top 10 US Metro

Area last year (US Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2016). The DFW area is facing setbacks as

many children do not receive the education they deserve because of the dangerous areas that they

live in or the unfunded schools they attend. Dallas also has the highest child poverty rate in the

country among cities with more than 1 million people, (Dallas News, 2016). To improve the

DFW economy, we introduce to you a program that helps students boost their 3rd grade math

subject grade by 10%.

The reason we chose 3rd grade is because 61% of these students are economical

disadvantaged and 30% of them fail the 2017 STARR Math exam, it was also 89 points lower

compared to the Texas average (Texas Education Agency, 2017). A child’s brain develops

during the first ten years of their life; 30% of Dallas children or two out of every five children

grow up in poverty, and 90% of our brain’s development happens by the age of five (Florida

Department of Education, 2015). These children are the future of our society, and if one-third of

them can’t contribute to our economy by learning the foundations of important subjects like

math, the problem will worsen if we don’t arrive to a solution as a community. The 3rd grade is

the year that set the course for the rest of a child’s education. It’s very important to understand

that the experiences of early childhood directly affect intellectual, social and emotional growth,

(TIME Magazine, 2012).

LIFT, an organization that studies illiteracy rates, has concluded that by 2030 Dallas

County will reach 3.5 million people, and 1/3 of those people will be illiterate (LIFT, 2016). We

can help reduce illiteracy rates by helping shape and guiding the education of children in need, to

a positive path. Why continue to send a child to a school that is not well funded when the child

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will want to one day succeed? These children are the future of our society and by helping them,

we are also helping our future society. We are making a good investment for these children, so

one day they will contribute to the DFW economic growth. We as Meteor Education understand

that educational achievement and attainment are key determinants of economic growth and

individual earnings. The investment in the education of future workers improve educational

achievement which can result in accelerating the economic growth and promote equal

opportunity over time. By helping the children, the DFW will also raises the standard of living

across the income spectrum, strengthens the future economy, and simultaneously easing a host of

fiscal, social and health problems. We believe that our program will help reduce the need for

welfare services, less engagement into criminal activities and the students will be able to pay the

taxes back to society, some day.

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 Section 4: Plan & Schedule

For the 3rd grade math, boosting program, we are partnering with Vogel Alcove which is

a non-profit organization. They are doing projects that focus on children as their main audience.

Every child in our community needs a stable foundation for success, in school and life. Since

Vogel Alcove is an ongoing service that provides after school education and meals for children

from low income families, we are going to develop a study plan that focuses on 3rd grade

education (mainly focus on Math subject) for Vogel Alcove.

Along with our partnership, we MeTEOR education will provide school supplies like

school furniture/desks to create the best learning environment for these children. Through our

research, we have decided to furnish the study room with different sizes and unique forms

furniture to create the dynamic learning environment. The different sized desks will stimulate

their mind further by not allowing them to become bored of the same seating.

In the beginning of the year, we will send out our assessment to our partner and the

Dallas Chamber which help them to better understand about our program, the business needs and

to determine the idealistic recommended solutions for the social issues. After the program, has

been accepted and understood by our partner and Dallas Chamber, we will establish the budget

and the number of people we need to build our program and assign each member of the team

concrete task to be completed at certain point. In the middle of year, we will do a survey and a

testing plan to see how the program work out, what need to be improved, and what can be

reduced to avoid risk. By the end of the year, we will finalize the program based on evaluation

and result that report from these children’s school. The end of year report includes sections

devoted to quality, risk assessment, procurement and improvement. We will continue

communicate with our partner throughout the year for any changes or improvement.

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Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

PLANNING DEVELOPMENT ENDORSEMENT

 Sending out the  Testing the program  Finalizing the evaluation

assessment  Creating a survey  Collecting the report
 Establishing the budget  Determining what need from school
and the amount of to be improved  Continuing
people communicate with our
 Assigning tasks for the partner for any changes
team

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 Section 5: Success Measures

Micro Level Success Measures:

The micro level success measure will be students’ performance on homework, quiz, and

tests done at school. To measure students’ micro level improvements, we will request test,

quizzes, and homework grades from students in the program. We will monitor test and quiz dates

for each student and require every student in the program to bring in their homework, in order to

continue participating in the program. Test and quiz grades will also have to be required to

continue in the program. An audit of all test scores will be completed at the end of every week,

the audit will monitor the students’ week to week performance and improvements. We will

require a minimum grade of 70% weekly on all assignments and tests.

Macro Level Success Measures:

The macro level success will be students’ performance on the STAAR math exam. the

foundation of the partnership between Vogel Alcove and MeTEOR Education. A month before

exams begin, we will switch the emphasis to the STAAR exam. Sample STAAR exams will be

given to students, we will measure performance on the sample exams. A weekly audit will be

performed to monitor improvement on the exams. Students will be given additional assists in

problematic areas.

We will require all students to meet the standards a week before the exams are taken.

Performance on STAAR exams and the response from students and parents will provide valuable

feedback on viability of the program.

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 Section 6: Staffing

The partnership between Vogel Alcove and MeTEOR Education will depend on a strong

staff, with a common goal, to achieve math success amongst economically disadvantaged 3rd

graders in the DFW area. Staffing will consist of Vogel Alcove teachers and volunteers from the

Dallas community, in areas such as; recruitment, compensation, selection and screening, training,

and management.

Recruitment will be coordinated by Vogel Alcove and MeTEOR Education. The program

will staff five to six people. Staff will include two to three Vogel Alcove teachers, one to two

MeTEOR Education coordinators, and two to three volunteers. Teachers will be compensated by

Vogel Alcove. Coordinators will be compensated by MeTEOR Educations. Compensation for

teachers and coordinators will be based on their current overtime format. Volunteers will not be

compensated. teachers and volunteers who have a background in mathematics will be given

prefer selection. Screening will consist of a 3rd grade STAAR math to measure their math

literacy levels. In order to be considered for the program, staff must score at least a 95% in all

categories. Training of program study plans will be done by MeTEOR Education before the

school year begins. Training will emphasis MeTEOR Education’s mission of inspiring students

and creating a transformational learning experience. Management will consist of one Vogel

Alcove executive and one MeTEOR Education executive.

Vogel Alcove’s presence in economically disadvantaged areas of Dallas will allow the

program to provide the most impact. The success of the program will be directly impacted by the

staff, and their commitment to inspiring 3rd grade students from economically disadvantaged

homes.

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 Section 7: Budget

With a total budget of $30,000 we are looking to take one of the classrooms and outfit it

to become an engaging space for the young students to learn and grow. There are three main

parts to our budget, the furniture, lesson plans, and food costs. Because we are partnered with

Vogel Alcove, we are able to save a lot of money by taking one of their classrooms and

remodeling it using Meteor’s furniture and technology, as well as training two of their existing

teachers to use our lesson plan.

Furniture:

Furniture will take up the largest portion of the money being used at $18,500. We are

planning on having 28 to 34 students in our first run of the class. Seating is expected to run

$1,000 while the desks will cost $5,000 and two portable white boards will run $1,000 in total.

The biggest cost in furniture will be the smartboard coming in at $6,000. While that covers

furnishing the room, there are two other main costs being painting the class room and supplying

several computers for class activities are expected to run $1,000 and $2,500 respectively. There

will be $2000 saved to help pay for any furniture or technology repair/replacement.

Creation of Lesson Plans:

While the lesson plans will all be created in house at our Meteor Education location in

Addison the physicality of the lesson is not expected to be cheap. Meteor Education has set aside

$8,000 for the lesson plan section of the budget. The biggest cost will be the $4,500 for a printer

both used for our lesson plan and for Vogel Alcove to use for any other classroom. Alongside the

cost of the printer will be $500 set aside to pay for the toner used in printing. The cost to provide

students with supplies (Pencils, erasers, scissors, etc.) is expected to cost $75 per student and
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with a maximum of thirty-four that will come out to $2,550 the remainder of the money will be

used to help pay for any replacement supplies or to be used for any minor extra cost that are

acquired along the way.

Food:

The last of the cost, is food totaling at $3,500. While Vogel Alcove supplies their

students with food, we are expecting our program to bring in new students to Vogel. We are

wanting to help Vogel Alcove in the food section because we want the students to be awake and

energized when they are studying. We are hoping to reduce the strain on Vogel Alcove trying to

allocate more money to help feed them with this part of the budget.

Cost Per Person:

Meteor Education has designed these plans to be used for years, while Meteor Education

will help set up and run for the first year of our course. At $30,000 the cost per person affected in

the classroom is $900 for the first year. With the program’s success, new students will be chosen

to take the class each year. Cost per person is intended to go down overtime as more students are

affected. The yearly cost to run the program after the first year is expected to be $2,500, only a

fraction of the cost to build our program.

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 Furniture - $18,500
Repair Funds, $2,000 Seating, $1,000

Computers , 2,500
Desks, $5,000

Painting Classroom,
$1,000

White Boards, $1,000

Smartboard, $6,000

Lesson Plans - $8,000

Extra Costs, $450

Supplies for Students,

$2,550

Printer, $4,500

Toner, $500

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 Section 8: Conclusion

As shown through the STAAR exam scores, 3rd grade math is one of the lowest scoring

sections in all of Texas. Among the lowest scoring students, 61% of those students are

economically disadvantaged. The category of economically disadvantaged students has a failure

rate of over 30%, (Texas Education Agency, 2017). The failure rate has not improved over the

years. Many students dislike math simply because they do not understand it. Often schools will

ignore their actions and simply put these students in the class, rather than try to help them

understand and catch up. Isolating these students will instead prevent them from learning at the

same pace as other students, leaving the students behind. Meteor Education wants to change the

negative trend and help the children in the economically disadvantaged category. With a plan to

start small, like a class of 28 to 34, we want to put Meteor Education’s study plans to the test,

with success we can gain more students, and in time, take away this blemish on our STAAR

scores and make great strides towards success.

Our Proposal looks to teach third graders how to understand and learn math. Using Vogel

Alcove’s school building we will be able to take the students and use technology to help them

learn and grow. Our lesson plan will go on throughout the school year and teach alongside what

they are learning in their classes. Meteor Education will be administering our own test to help

track the students understanding and retention of the subject as well as getting feedback from the

student’s parents and teachers to help improve our course. The students will also be given a meal

and have free time to socialize and get exercise.

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Your Investment

Meteor Education is asking for the Dallas Regional Chamber to donate $15,000 which

Meteor will match totaling to $30,000. Dallas Regional Chamber and Meteor Education both

share a similar goal, we want the DFW region to become something great and with your

contribution we can begin to make a real difference in these kid’s life. While we will start small

our program is designed to grow and have a further reach overtime, we want to make sure that

these kids have the opportunity to become something great.

These students are DFW’s future these students do not deserve to be left behind simply

because they cannot pay for a tutor or a school does not think that it is worth the time the help

the students properly. A major part of the Dallas Regional Chamber’s motto is to focus on

building for tomorrow. We want to improve tomorrow by helping the students that will shape,

work and run it. A student isn’t defined by what they don’t know but rather what they are willing

to learn, and we, Meteor Education and our partners Vogel Alcove, are willing to teach them so

that DFW may have a brighter tomorrow.

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 Section 10: Grading Rubric

Peer & Instructor Feedback Form

Content 6 Points Available Points Earned

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The 1st page is a coversheet which contains the following elements at

minimum:
 Team #
 List of all team members by alphabetized by last name
 Team Leader
 Name of proposal
 BCOM3310 with Dr. Kyle Steadham
 Date
 The University of Texas at Dallas
The 2nd page includes a table of contents.
Section 1- Executive Summary ( use this header)- Begin the introduction on
the 3rd page. In no more than 2 pages, use the required chart format to
summarize the answer to each of the 10 topic questions from the Proposal
Topic Team Activity earlier in the term. Delete all cells for the original question
and include your response only. You must include the specific dollar amount
requested from the Chamber in this section.
Section 2- Background & Problem ( use this header)- This includes a brief
description of your organization and describes the nature/evidence of your social
problem in the Dallas area. In this section you build a case as to why your social cause
needs to be addressed. Include research and statistics.

Section 3- Proposal ( use this header)- This section describes three issues (1) the
project and/or program you plan to execute in order to impact the social cause; (2)
why the proposal is important; and (3) the benefits of the proposal.

Section 4- Plan & Schedule ( use this header)- This section gives a detailed
on how you will execute the proposal. You include a schedule of events.
Section 5- Success Measures ( use this header)- This describes how you
plan to measure the success of your proposal (micro-level) metrics and to
gauge the impact on your social cause (macro-level) metrics.
Section 6- Staffing ( use this header)- This section describes staffing. You’ll
discuss staff recruiting, compensation, selection (screening process), training,
and management of the people involved in making your proposal work.
Section 7- Budget ( use this header)- This section describes the budget.
This includes: total cost of project, number expected impacted, and cost per
person impacted.
Section 8- Conclusion ( use this header)- This section provides the
conclusion. The conclusion should provide a powerful persuasive argument as
to why the Chamber should provide you half of the funds you requested.
Section 9- References ( use this header)- This section contains at least 2
peer-reviewed references in APA format (with authors and dates). The
references are also incorporated throughout the memo with correct APA in-text
citations.

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Section 10- Grading Rubric ( use this header)- in this section, include this
grading rubric.
Appendices- Include a copy of your PowerPoint presentation printed with 3-
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new page is started for each section.

The proposal is at least 10 full pages in length in Microsoft Word (excluding coversheet,
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What are 3 features of your partner-group’s draft that reflects professionalism and competence?

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Content 60% Points Points Earned

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and 2 is highest. Provide comments to the right. 120 max
100

Peer/Instructor Feedback

The 1st page is a coversheet which contains the following  The 1st page is perfect
elements at minimum: (maybe make the proposals
 Team # name more interesting?)
 List of all team members by alphabetized by last  Add section headers to
name subsections
 Team Leader  Check alignment and
 Name of proposal formatting for each section.
 BCOM3310 with Dr. Kyle Steadham  Follow the rubric for each
 Date page some sections were
 The University of Texas at Dallas missing crucial subsections

The 2nd page includes a table of contents.

Section 1- Executive Summary ( use this header)-
Begin the introduction on the 3rd page. In no more than 2
pages, use the required chart format to summarize the
answer to each of the 10 topic questions from the Proposal
Topic Team Activity earlier in the term. Delete all cells for
the original question and include your response only. You
must include the specific dollar amount requested from the
Chamber in this section.
Section 2- Background & Problem ( use this header)-
This includes a brief description of your organization and
describes the nature/evidence of your social problem in the
Dallas area. In this section you build a case as to why your
social cause needs to be addressed. Include research and
statistics.

Section 3- Proposal ( use this header)- This section

describes three issues (1) the project and/or program you
plan to execute in order to impact the social cause; (2) why

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the proposal is important; and (3) the benefits of the
proposal.

Section 4- Plan & Schedule ( use this header)- This

section gives a detailed on how you will execute the
proposal. You include a schedule of events.
Section 5- Success Measures ( use this header)- This
describes how you plan to measure the success of your
proposal (micro-level) metrics and to gauge the impact on
your social cause (macro-level) metrics.
Section 6- Staffing ( use this header)- This section
describes staffing. You’ll discuss staff recruiting,
compensation, selection (screening process), training, and
management of the people involved in making your
proposal work.
Section 7- Budget ( use this header)- This section
describes the budget. This includes: total cost of project,
number expected impacted, and cost per person impacted.
Section 8- Conclusion ( use this header)- This section
provides the conclusion. The conclusion should provide a
powerful persuasive argument as to why the Chamber
should provide you half of the funds you requested.
Section 9- References ( use this header)- This section
contains at least 2 peer-reviewed references in APA format
(with authors and dates). The references are also
incorporated throughout the memo with correct APA in-
text citations.
Section 10- Grading Rubric ( use this header)- in this
section, include this grading rubric.
Appendices- Include a copy of your PowerPoint
presentation printed with 3-slides per page.
Organization / Development 20% Points Points Earned
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The 10 required sections are organized in sequence as  Success Measures needs its
listed in the Content section. A new page is started for each own page
section.

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The proposal is at least 10 full pages in length in Microsoft
Word (excluding coversheet, table of contents, appendices,
and references, rubric)

Each section has a clear label or header and starts on a new

page.

The proposal is professionally bound.

Mechanics & Other 20% Points Points Earned

Available
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Peer/Instructor Feedback

Formatting or layout and graphics are pleasing to the eye  Formatting and layout
(font, colors, spacing). Portrait orientation is used with 1 needs to be revisited
inch margins.

Rules of grammar, word usage, punctuation, capitalization,

and spelling are followed.

Sentences are complete, clear, varied, and concise with

proper syntax.

Used size 12 Times New Roman font for main body text
and References.

Used double spacing between sentences and in References

section.

Numbers pages in “Page X of Y” format in the bottom

left footer.
Incorporates at least 1 graph or chart that helps you
explain the need/social issue you’ve selected.
Total Points Total Points
Available Earned
200 160

What are 3 things your partner-group should add, cut, or otherwise import into their proposal in
order to better reflect professionalism and competence?

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The only thing I could see you guys should improve is the formatting and alignment. Making some
changes will make the information easier to read but content-wise you guys did a great job.

What are 3 features of your partner-group’s draft that reflects professionalism and competence?

Content
Flow of information
Use of references

Proposal Author Team #6

Evaluating Team #1

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