The Catalyst School

(https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_l-LVKTI=/?moveToWidget=3074457362364829276&cot=14)

The Plan: Roadmap and Milestones

This proposal aims to provide the School sessions, workshops, 1-to-1/group support (in English) and a basic website. When funded, we will provide all these services for the next 2 Funds (Funds 7 and 8).

School Sessions and workshops are planned to be hosted during After Town Halls (every Wednesday) and during Swarm Sessions (every Saturday). Also, the sessions are going to be synchronized with each phase of Project Catalyst, so we increase the value delivered by them.

Our goal is to provide 20 sessions in each Fund, following the Project Catalyst schedule. Therefore, our roadmap (per Fund) is:

- Week 1 - Insight Sharing Phase:

2 x Introduction to Catalyst (After Town Hall and Swarm Session)

- Week 2 - Proposal Submission Phase:

2 x Introduction to Catalyst (After Town Hall and Swarm Session)
2 x Proposing in Catalyst (After Town Hall and Swarm Session)

- Week 3 - Proposal Refinement Phase:

2 x Introduction to Catalyst (After Town Hall and Swarm Session)
2 x Proposing in Catalyst (After Town Hall and Swarm Session)

- Week 4 - Proposal Finalize Phase:

1 x Introduction to Catalyst (After Town Hall)
2 x How to be a Community Advisor (After Town Hall and Swarm Session)

- Week 5 - Proposal Assessment Phase:

1 x Introduction to Catalyst (After Town Hall)
2 x How to be a Community Advisor (After Town Hall and Swarm Session)
2 x How to be a Veteran Community Advisor (After Town Hall and Swarm Session)

- Week 6 - Assessments Review Phase:

2 x How to be a Veteran Community Advisor (After Town Hall and Swarm Session)

Besides that we aim at providing 30 1-to-1/group support sessions in each Fund. Therefore, in total we will provide a total of 60 support sessions. Each support session will be 30 mins long, and we will encourage individuals who ask for support to make it a group support, so more community members can benefit from them.

-> This road map and sessions/workshops schedule can be adapted and changed based on community feedback and needs.

Therefore, our milestones and success definition are:

3 months after funded (end of Fund 7):

Learning content created for the School sessions and workshops.
School basic website up and running.
20 School sessions and workshops hosted.
30 1-to-1/group supports provided

6 months after funded (end of Fund 8):

Further 20 School sessions and workshops hosted.
Further 30 1-to-1/group supports provided.

Success metrics

We will track the success of this project by measuring the:

Total number of community members who get involved with the Catalyst School.
Number of proposers joining the sessions and workshops.
Number of CAs joining the sessions and workshops.
Number of vCAs joining the sessions and workshops.
Number of 1-to-1 supports provided to community members.
Number of new referees
Number of new voters

The Team

We believe that collaboration is the key for the success of Catalyst… and it couldn't be different with this project!

We are a group of 11 people of diverse backgrounds, but two common passions: Catalyst and education.

Go on and get to know our team:

Alejo Escrivá: Product & Growth Marketing consultor, business analytics MBA, Industrial Designer, and Entrepreneur with 8+ years shaping lovable products and communities. Founder @Cardano-Hispano.
Dominik Tilman: Community Advisor, funded proposer, Catalyst Swarm core member, business background
Felix Weber: enthusiast & community networker, T&M's elected representative for the 1st Catalyst Circle, co-founder of Catalyst Swarm, co-initiator & coordinator of the Eastern Hemisphere Town Hall, initiator of the Catalyst Alliance.
George Lovegrove: Web / mobile developer, active community member and projectcatalyst.org creator that helps improve Catalyst resources and tooling.
Kerstin Nobel: Digital education researcher, university lecturer for digital education in Germany and Luxembourg, academic peer-reviewer, Community Advisor (CA).
Lucio Baglione: Web / mobile developer with 9+ years of experience. CA and vCA, co-creator of the Community Tools (Proposer/CA/vCA/Voter Tools).
Raz Samsudin: Interdisciplinary trained academic, educator and mentor, sustainability professional with 13+ years of multi sectoral experience, experienced curriculum and course designer, independent researcher and writer, proposal mentor, UN SDG coordinator/education, curriculum advisor - WADA, co-founder - Sustainable ADA, education and sustainability lead - Global Policy House, founder and publishing editor - Bona Fide Info.
Simon Fleck: Catalyst Swarm core member, Cardano enthusiast since 2018, IT background.
Stefan Montalbetti: Certified Educator (Canadian B. Ed.), Facilitator (7+ years of experience), Disruptor - Member of the Catalyst Swarm with a keen desire to unlock the potential of individuals and bridge gaps to that potential. Foundations: Empathy, Inclusion, Communication, and Critical & Creative Thinking.
Stephen Whitenstall: Stephen Whitenstall has 30 years' experience in organizing academic, community and business projects. He develops, maintains documentation and provides technical project management support for Catalyst Swarm. As QA-DAO he tracks and documents the Catalyst Circle and maintains 'Ekphrasis' a repository of academic content from across the Cardano community.
Tevo Saks: I enjoy documenting systems and procedures that will achieve specific goals in an efficient way. Active participant in Catalyst since Fund 1, Catalyst Swarm core member, experienced Proposer and Veteran Community Advisor.
Victor Corcino: Veteran Community Advisor (vCA), Proposal Mentor, CAs' elected representative for the 1st Catalyst Circle, co-creator of the Community Tools (Proposer/CA/vCA/Voter Tools), Catalyst Swarm core member, engineering/science/developer and 'hands-on' teaching background.

Budget breakdown

Our 6 months budget covers:

Sessions and workshops

20 events per Fund, 2 Fund: total of 40 events
2 hours per event
Host: $60/hour (main presenter)
Co-host: $30/hour (moderating the room, answering the chat, keeping track of statistics)
Total: $7200

1-to-1 and group support

30 supports per Fund, 2 Fund: total of 60 supports
30 mins per support session
Cost: $30/support
Total: $1800

Learning content creation

Sessions and workshops presentation slides
Learning content to be distributed via our platforms
Updating the content according to changes in Catalyst
Total: $2000

Basic Website

Creating a basic website to serve as a landing page and to host the main information about the Catalyst School
Total: $500

Marketing

Reaching out to potential students via different channels
Managing the community platforms
Total: $2000

Project Management

Scheduling events based on Community interest
Coordinating hosts, co-hosts (scheduling, backup plan)
Coordinating with Community events (Swarm Session, After Town Halls)
Coordinating with partners (creating bridges, realizing synergies)
Controlling the project costs
Managing YouTube channel
Project documentation and housekeeping
Total: $4000

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