Keystones to Opportunity

1. Keystones to Opportunity Pennsylvania’s Vision for Sustainable Growth in Reading Achievement PAIU Curriculum Coordinators’ Meeting State College February 17, 2012

2. Aspects of the Sub-grant Process • Pre-application Process for LEAs • Full Application Process for LEAs • Grant Timelines • Content Trainings

3. Aspects of the Sub-grant Process

4. Pennsylvania Keystones to Opportunity • Keystone 1: Improve literacy learning outcomes to increase achievement of students in danger of academic failure. • Keystone 2: Create a culture of data-driven decision making by supporting implementation of Berhnardt’s Multiple Measures of Data • Keystone 3: Infuse digital technology and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to address student learning challenges.

5. Sub-grant Competition Criteria • Need • Capacity • Comprehensive literacy plan (birth through 12th grade) • Quality of proposed or existing program • Target population • Quality of data

6. Statutory Requirements 95% of funds must go to local educational agencies (LEAs) via competitive grants. PDE must ensure that – (1) 15% of the funds are used to serve children from birth through age 5; (2) 40% are used to serve students in kindergarten through grade 5; (3) 20 % of funds are used to serve students in middle school; (4) 20 % of funds are used to serve students in high school, and (5) 5 % of funds are used for state leadership.

7. Pre-Application Process

8. Scoring of Pre-applications • 329 pre-applications submitted • Readers sought and selected through reader application process • Pre-applications read, peer-reviewed and scored by need and capacity • eGrant z-scores used to determine who moved to full application • 45% moved to full application

9. Full Application Process

10. Invitation to Submit Full Application 149 LEAs invited from the 329 who submitted pre-applications (lists) Anticipated that between 50-75 sub-grants will be awarded

11. Full Application • Based on the Pre-Application • 6 Narrative Sections • Budget Section • Full Application Guidelines Document

12. Grant Timelines

13. Grant Timelines Full application due March 16, 2012 Full application scoring March 20-23, 2012 Announcement of sub-grantees On or about April 6, 2012 New Grantee Meeting May 14-16, 2012 Eisenhower Hotel and Conference Center, Gettysburg

14. Supporting LEAs Through Full Application Process • Full Application Webinar archived on http://vclasscciu.org • Documents available on KtO Learning Community on SAS portal • Full Application Guidelines • Full Application Webinar slides • Full Application Appendix A • Full Application Appendix D • Full Application Virtual Office Hours for KtO - handout

15. Content Trainings

16. Content Training Knowledge and Skills Information in Full Application Guidelines Document (Appendix B handout) • Description • Know and be able to do • Evidence Applications for training - Handout • Sent to IU Points of Contact for KtO from Regional Managers • Due to Regional Managers on March 1, 2012

17. IUs as the Tactical Delivery System for Content Training • Baseline Modules (Fee for Service) • Train-the-trainer sessions • Covering training gaps within regions • IU Points of Contact for KtO - Handout

18. Thank You