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Information Collection Request

NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program National Evaluation System

ICR 202203-0648-004 · OMB 0648-0658 · Received in OIRA

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Form and Instruction
 Modified
Form and Instruction
 Modified
Form and Instruction
 Modified
Supplementary Document
2022-04-18
Supporting Statement A
2022-03-16
Supporting Statement B
2022-03-16
Supplementary Document
2022-03-08
Supplementary Document
2022-03-08
Supplementary Document
2018-12-19
Supplementary Document
2018-12-19
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
204202 Modified
204193 Modified
204191 Modified
ICR Details
0648-0658 202203-0648-004
Received in OIRA 201812-0648-010
DOC/NOAA
NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program National Evaluation System
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 04/19/2022
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 07/31/2022
2,583 2,583
1,026 1,040
0 0
This is a request for an extension of an existing information collection. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Education is sponsoring data collection efforts on its Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program. B-WET advances NOAA’s mission by awarding education grants that foster an environmentally literate citizenry who have the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to protect watersheds and related ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems. B-WET currently funds projects in seven regions (California, Chesapeake Bay, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, New England, and the Pacific Northwest). To ensure high-quality educational activities funded by B-WET, we created a cross-region, internal evaluation system that collects information from B-WET awardees and their teacher participants to provide ongoing monitoring of program implementation and to identify opportunities for improved program outcomes. B-WET awardees and teacher participants complete online survey forms to provide data for the evaluation system. Awardees are surveyed once per year of the project and teachers are surveyed twice, once after completing professional development programs and once after teaching their students about watershed. Information collected from awardees includes program elements such as program duration, format, audience, location, support and/or materials offered, and topics covered. Information collected from teacher professional development participants includes teaching methodologies, program satisfaction, program coverage, suggestions for improvement, and teaching confidence. This data collection effort benefits those who receive B-WET grants and project participants of those grants by providing regular program improvements that they can leverage to implement successful projects. The B-WET evaluation system is designed to collect data on a continuous basis (annually for grantees and as described above for teachers). However data collection is currently paused due to the fact that the national evaluation instruments are not designed to assess project implementation during the ongoing impacts of the pandemic.
EO: EO 12862 Name/Subject of EO: Setting Customer Standards
   US Code: 33 USC 893a(a) Name of Law: America COMPETES Act
  
None
Not associated with rulemaking
  87 FR 7157 02/08/2022
87 FR 22871 04/18/2022
No
  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 2,583 2,583 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 1,026 1,040 0 0 -14 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No
The burden response time for the Post-PD Teachers and Post-MWEE Teachers was updated from 0.1 hr to 0.83 hrs to match the footnotes captured at Q12. This accounts for a reduction of 14 burden hours.
$109,350
Yes Part B of Supporting Statement
    No
    No
No
No
No
No
Bronwen Rice 202 482-6797
  No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
04/19/2022