Association of Children's Museums

2009 MetLife Foundation & ACM Promising Practice Replication Award Application

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Deadline: January 19, 2009

The Award: Since 1998, MetLife Foundation and Association of Children's Museums Promising Practice Award has recognized more than two dozen museums that developed innovative programs and creative management practices in the children's museum field. In 2004, MetLife Foundation and ACM established the Replication Award, a $10,000 restricted grant for former Promising Practice Award recipients to create an online "tool kit" and InterActivity training session so that other children's museums may learn how to create a similar, museum-tested, award-winning program in their own communities.

Eligibility: The award competition is open to prior cash award recipients of the Promising Practice Award that are voting members in good standing with ACM. Applicants must plan for and deliver a Web-based tool-kit. The Replication Award does not support the development of print-based or CD-ROM tool kits.

Selection Criteria and Narrative Requirements: Applications will be evaluated by an impartial panel of experts (Selection Committee) familiar with the children's museum field. The Selection Committee will consider the utility and benefits of replication for the field. Deliberation will be based on applicants' narrative responses to questions listed below. Award recipients will be notified in March 2009. Please answer the following questions in a narrative not to exceed 1,575 words in length.

Application Process: Applicants must complete the online application in one sitting; ACM recommends that applicants prepare their answers for the essay questions ahead of time. ACM will send a confirmation email once your application has been submitted.

Promising Practice Replication Award Application

Name (First, Last):
Title:
ACM Member Museum:
Phone:
Email:
Provide a brief update on your practice since your museum was awarded the Promising Practice Award. Please list the evaluation methods used to measure the impact of your practice and the outcomes of the evaluation. 500 word limit
What resources (time, personnel, funding) would be needed for another museum to replicate your practice? 250 word limit
Provide an outline of your Web-based "tool kit" and a detailed explanation about the type of content that would be available to users. 500 word limit
Where will the online tool kit be hosted?	Please note: check only one box on your museum's Web site (i.e., Wakanheza/Supporting Parents in Public) on a separate Web site (i.e., GreenExhibits.org) on the ACM-Web site (i.e., Families Together)
Submit a tool kit budget to build and maintain the online tool kit 75 word limit
Describe the agenda and desired outcomes of an InterActivity training session on your promising practice. 250 word limit
To support your application, you may upload electronic files/scans of brochures, press clippings or letters of endorsement. You may also include a URL that contains video and audio files about your practice. Total file size limit is 4 MB
Commitment to Document and Replicate the Promising Practice If my museum is awarded a 2009 MetLife Foundation and Association of Children's Museums Promising Practice Replication Award, I agree to do the following: send a museum representative to InterActivity 2009 to accept the award; write a press release about the award and distribute it to local media outlets; send ACM all award press clippings; develop and complete the online tool kit no later than March 31, 2010, and; send a museum representative to InterActivity 2010 to participate in the Promising Practice Replication Award session.
Museum PR/Marketing Contact Information:	PR/Marketing Contact Name	PR/Marketing Contact Email
	I have read and understand the replication commitments.
Supervisor Name:
My Supervisor:	My supervisor endorses this application.
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