EXPRESSION OF INTEREST Thank you for your interest in the NEXT Foundation. Please complete the Expression of Interest (EOI). A more formal submission may be requested (by invitation only). If you have any questions, please first contact your research office or designated person from your organisation who is responsible for project proposals. Any instructions in italics on this EOI may be removed. Note EOI applications will not be accepted until 3 June 2014. A. ORGANISATION DETAILS Organisation name Stories in Action Postal address 23 Cedar Rd, Three Kings, Auckland Web address www.storiesinaction.co.nz B. CONTACT FOR EOI Your name Raquela Syred Position Facilitator Phone 021 149 3839 Email [email protected] C. PROJECT DETAILS Project Title ‘Stories in Action’ in Schools and ECE centres Project collaborators Mantle of the Expert Aotearoa Location of project Schools and ECE centres throughout NZ Total number of years of funding requested 2 Total Project Cost 2 year set up: $410,000 No Total Funding request 2015: $280,000 2016: $130,000 Have you requested funding from another source for this project? D. PROJECT AREA Please indicate which area you are applying for funding Education Yes Environment Yes E. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1. Please provide a short summary of your project including the aims and objectives Stories in Action (SIA) use drama inquiry education to explore environmental and social issues. Young people aged 3-12 learn about ecosystems, sustainability, and community through exploring and generating stories. Our ultimate goal is for young people and staff in primary schools and ECE centres to develop creativity and innovation in causing positive environmental action. SIA offers three things for schools: Practical Sessions with young people, Professional Development with staff, and specially designed resources. Two years of sponsorship will enable Stories in Action to be a self-sustaining, not for profit NGO working with and supporting at least 150 schools per year; over 15,000 students, and 2000 ECE and primary staff in professional development. (See section 3: work programme) For more information, go to the Stories in Action website: http://storiesinaction.co.nz/ To view a past Stories in Action project featured on TV ONE Breakfast go to: http://tvnz.co.nz/breakfast-news/kiwi-mum-s-action-packed-storytelling-venture-video-5585683 “Environmental education is an investment in our future. If New Zealand is to have a sustainable future, increased understanding of the environment and environmental decisions is essential." Guidelines for Environmental Education in New Zealand Schools. 2. Please outline the background to your project, briefly describing the research or best/promising practices that inform your project. SIA supports the New Zealand curriculum and draws from the achievement objectives of learning areas: English, P.E/ Health, Arts, and Science. It also supports the principles and strands of Te Whariki, ECE curriculum. SIA use ‘Mantle of the Expert’ (MOTE) pedagogy used throughout the world and promoted in NZ by the Ministry of Education. We are the first company in NZ to use this highly effective teaching and learning method for environmental education and will work closely with ‘Mantle of the Expert Aotearoa’ online community run through the University of Waikato. SIA can support Environmental Project Based Learning (E-PBL), Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC), and Inquiry-based learning, used heavily in primary schools throughout NZ. We have developed unit plans in which SIA take the first phase ‘Immersion’, and the teachers take our planning to complete the other phases in the unit in their own centre. Effectiveness will be measured through evaluation, the stories produced by students, and research undertaken in a master’s degree through the University of Auckland in which Stories in Action work will be a case study. 3. Briefly outline your work programme. How we will achieve the aims and objectives? Set up programme Estimated sponsor funding breakdown Achieved in 2014: * Develop SIA manual including NZC and Te Whariki Curriculum links, ‘Mantle of N/A the Expert’ unit plans, Professional Development units, company policies, and SIA research and background theory. *Develop and manufacture ‘Action Box’ resources for 5 ecosystem themes. 2015: * Existing 2 staff + 1 new qualified teacher * Advertising and marketing e.g. NZ education gazette, free information evenings etc… * Resources, printing etc… TOTAL: 280K $ 200K (3 salaries) $ 50K 2016: Start generating sustainable income (at least 100K) * 3 staff (funding to subsidise salaries) * Further promotion and marketing. * Resources, printing etc… TOTAL: 130K $ 100K $ 20K $10K $ 20K 2017 + Fully operational work programme, revenue below. Financially sustainable N/A and independent from sponsor. Continue strategic partnership with key sponsor in mutual promotion and collaboration. Continue to provide PD throughout NZ Fully operational work programme. Per week Per year Estimated yearly revenue Practical Sessions (30 students) Operates 36 weeks of the year 15 540 Schools/ ECE centres (if 3 groups each) 5 180 Students @ $5 each 450 16,200 Staff/parent help 15 540 Professional Development (20 participants) Operates 40 weeks of the year 3 108 Number of staff @ $50 each 60 2,400 $ 120,000 5 260 $15,600 100 $6,000 $81,000 Action Boxes Online sales Sales from sessions TOTAL $ 231,600 2 4. What are the proposed project management and governance structures for your project? Please attach a brief bio of the key management personnel Business advisory board: Sue Kohn-Taylor. Business consultant for small to very large businesses, including Lion Breweries, Air New Zealand, Royal NZ Yacht Squadron, Westpac Bank and McDonalds. Key speaker at a variety of seminars. Bradley Syred. Business manager for Dirtworks Ltd, one of New Zealand’s fastest growing companies, two years in a row (Delloite Fast 50). Freelance Business consultancy, Action Ltd. Staff: Robin Kermode B.Ed. (Physical Education), Dip Ed. Director of Stories in Action. She has a special interest empowering young people and families. She has 25 years’ experience as a teacher, including a teacher advisory role in Physical Education, H.O.D of Physical Education, and lecturer at the University of Auckland. She is also an avid sportswoman and mother of three. For 6 years she has facilitated the ‘Toolbox’ parenting workshops for early years, middle years, and teens through the Parenting Place. Raquela Syred B.A. (Philosophy, Drama), Dip Ed. Qualified teacher with a special interest in performance, Drama Inquiry, and raising Pacific Island student achievement, after having lived Samoa. She has experience as an intermediate age classroom teacher and drama workshop facilitator for young people of all ages. While in Samoa, she led the junior school show ‘Nafanua’ and the senior school production of ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’. She will do a Master of Arts in Education next year and develop her thesis around Drama Inquiry learning, using Stories in Action work in her research. Please send your submission as a pdf email attachment to [email protected] along with the biographies of key personnel; and attached letter of endorsement from your CEO (if required). 3