1. Keystones to Opportunity Pennsylvania’s Vision for Sustainable Growth in Reading Achievement Curriculum Directors’ Meeting February 23, 2012

2. 1.Aspects of the Sub-grant Process 2.Pre-application Process for LEAs 3.Full Application Process for LEAs 4.Grant Timelines 5.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 12 th 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. Full application due March 16, 2012 5:00 PM 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.orghttp://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 DatesTimes Tuesday, February 21, 201210:00 AM EST - 11:00 AM EST Friday, February 24, 201210:00 AM EST - 11:00 AM EST Monday, February 27, 201210:00 AM EST - 11:00 AM EST Thursday, March 1, 20121:00 PM EST-2:00 PM EST Monday, March 5, 201210:00 AM EST-11:00 AM EST Friday, March 9, 20121:00 PM EST – 2:00 PM EST Tuesday, March 13, 201210:00 AM EST – 11:00 AM EST Wednesday, March 14, 20121:00 PM EST – 2:00 PM EST Thursday, March 15, 201210:00 AM EST – 11:00 AM EST

15. Content Trainings

16. Content Training Knowledge and Skills Information in Full Application Guidelines Document (Appendix B) Description Know and be able to do Evidence