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L4GA Grant Awareness Sessions

L4GA Grant Awareness Sessions. Session Goals. Literacy for Learning, Living and Leading in GA. “promises to improve student literacy learning, teacher delivery of instruction, school climate, and academic outcomes across all sub-groups of children, from birth to grade 12.”

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L4GA Grant Awareness Sessions

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  1. L4GA Grant Awareness Sessions

  2. Session Goals

  3. Literacy for Learning, Living and Leading in GA “promises to improve student literacy learning, teacher delivery of instruction, school climate, and academic outcomes across all sub-groups of children, from birth to grade 12.” -Georgia’s approved application

  4. Project outcomes include: student foundational literacy learning as well as content and disciplinary literacy; professional capacity among teachers (pre-service and in-service) and other school staff; instructional quality (preschool to grade 12); community participation with literacy-related activities; school climate; systemic policies at the state level.

  5. Title 1, Part E Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 The goal of the L4GAs Comprehensive Literacy (L4GA) program is to advance literacy skills-including pre-literacy skills, reading, and writing—for students from birth through grade 12.

  6. Title 1, Part E Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 L4GA is subject to the “supplement-not-supplant” provisions as in other Title 1 programs.

  7. L4GA Award • Georgia was awarded $20,526,600 for 2017. • 95% of the funding will be sub-granted to LEAs and non-profit early learning providers. who reside in an eligible district . These providers are encouraged to partner with LEAs but it is not mandatory. • 5% remains at the State for program administration, professional learning contracts, and evaluation.

  8. Earmarked Funding 15% of funding “Early Learning” Birth to age 5 (community partnerships ) 40% of funding kindergarten through grade five (Elementary School) 20% Middle 20% High schools

  9. Grant Period A grant award is made available for an approved performance period of three years. Award money must be distributed across multiple years of the life of the grant Sub grantees for L4GA will have until September 30, 2021 to draw down, or actually spend their grants.

  10. Eligible applicants • LEAs and non-profit providers of early learning • 35% or more qualifying for free/reduced lunch based on the October 2014 count • Funds support birth to grade 12 literacy projects in eligible high poverty/lower performing LEAs • Non-profit providers of Early Learning who have experience providing childcare services and providing professional learning for child care providers

  11. Awards Grant awards will be made to districts with the highest composite score. Once all scores are tallied, per pupil allocations will be determined based on October 2017 FTE reports.

  12. Sub-grant Awards • Each sub-grant award will be dependent upon school population, number of teachers, and submitted budget • LEAs may choose to use 5% of total funding for grant administration

  13. Grant Non-negotiables • Assessments • Instructional time • Provide for at least 90 minutes of direct literacy instruction and incorporate literacy strategies throughout the content areas • Provide for at least 2-4 hours of literacy instruction embedded into the content area

  14. Site-Based Literacy Team

  15. Needs Assessment Needs Assessment and Literacy Planning docs can be located at: http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Curriculum-and-Instruction/Pages/Literacy-Reading.aspx

  16. Georgia Literacy Plan • Birth through Grade Twelve • Craft a literacy plan and use L4GA to fund that plan • Coordination of all resources • Consider what it currently cost your school and system to “do” literacy • Response to intervention • The Why • The What • The How

  17. Scientific, Evidence-based Literacy Plan This is where you begin to build your school plan.

  18. Literacy plan design and use of L4GA funds Literacy plans should coordinate all resources available and use L4GA funding to fill gaps determined in needs assessments • Teacher training and professional development should be a primary focus of L4GA funding • Receive in-depth training on the English Language Arts Common Core Georgia Performance Standards: “the how” to teach reading and writing in a variety of delivery models appropriate to adults (on-line, face-to-face, poly-com, webinar) • Use valid and reliable assessments (Universal screeners, formative, summative, diagnostics, as well as the use of Lexiles); L4GA grantees must use program assessments • Print materials for classroom, media centers, family literacy

  19. Literacy plan design and use of L4GA funds Provide a Response to Intervention model of differentiation, ensure that staff is properly trained, and confirm that students are appropriately placed (Elementary, middle and high school) Provide for at least 90 minutes of direct literacy instruction and incorporate literacy strategies throughout the content areas Provide for at least 2-4 hours of literacy instruction embedded into the content area Ensure that all leaders are active participants in all training, as well as assessments and project management

  20. Literacy plan design and use of L4GA funds Extend literacy programs or offer summer literacy camp and contract with staff to administer Reimburse all travel expenses for staff to attend professional learning and meetings Intervention materials, assessment materials and training for teachers in all content areas including special education, CTAE and ESL Classroom equipment, materials, and supplies related to literacy, content literacy and literacy instruction

  21. Literacy plan design and use of L4GA funds • Instructional technology to expand media titles for student’s access to print, increase student engagement, and add periodicals for student and teacher use for instruction • Technology purchases: • Consider insurance, replacement costs, etc. over the life of the grant

  22. Disallowed Expenditures Full time personnel (FTE) L4GA is not a technology grant but funds can be used to accommodate necessary upgrades to equipment (wireless routers, etc.)

  23. Monitoring Each site will be visited by program specialists to audit program compliance, fiscal compliance, and to provide technical assistance An annual performance evaluation will be conducted by the Program Manager with additional visits to projects on an as needed basis using audit findings Technical Assistance by program staff as needed

  24. Sustainability Must consider sustainability of processes, programs, and equipment beyond the life of the grant

  25. Professional Learning • Professional Learning Architect Web Based Materials • Contracted services to provide direct teacher professional learning (specific to early literacy, elementary, middle, and high school) • Over 60 modules are currently available at http://www.comprehensivereadingsolutions.com/

  26. Assessment • Outcome measure for yearly evaluation (we will collect data from GaDOE) • Access (all ELs) • CRCT (Grades 3,5,8) • EOCT (9th and 11th English)

  27. Universal Screeners (mandatory) • DP3 (three year olds) • PALS Pre-k and PPVT (four year olds and Pre-K) • Dibels Next is K-3 based on L4GA Grant amendment to USED • Scholastic Reading Inventory (3-12)

  28. To prepare for the upcoming sub-grant competition • Submit Intent to Apply Spreadsheet (located on GaDOE website) 2. Convene system and school literacy teams • Decide who are appropriate members of literacy team prior to formulating grant proposal 3. Conduct a thorough data review of all schools and establish a school feeder pattern that has capacity and would benefit from this type of literacy reform effort 4. Conduct your needs assessment for each school

  29. Suggestions School developed applications gleaned higher scores Frequent request for technical assistance Administrative support School and system buy-in

  30. Fluid Review Fluid Review is an online data management system that allows us to do all of our grant development and management in one location. It allows us to set up work flow so that you will upload and manage your grant development and then we will manage the review.

  31. Details of the Application

  32. GA L4GAs Listserv Send an email to jmorrill@doe.k12.ga.us Request membership on the list serv

  33. L4GA Timeline August 22, 2014 Grant application available on GaDOE website September 8, 2014 Fluid Review Webinar training (recorded) September 10, 2014 Fluid Review launch Sept. – December 2014 Technical assistance upon request from GADOE October 1, 2014 Letter of Intent to Apply DUE December 5, 2014 Applications uploaded in Fluid Review by 5PM January 2015 Review of application components; incomplete applications will not be forwarded to readers for scoring January 2015 Reader review and scoring January 2015 Federal compliance review and analysis of applications February 2015 Recommended sub-grantees submitted to State Board of Education for action February 2015 Cohort four awards announced with 20% start up funding March – April 2015 Performance plans and budget timelines due Summer 2015 Summer Trainings

  34. Technical Assistance Please contact us in the L4GA Office at:

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