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Grants and Other Financial Assistance Programs: FY2008
Secondary School Reading Implementation Grant
Fund Code: 267-A
| Purpose: | This federal grant program is intended to support middle schools, high schools, and vocational schools interested in continuing to develop a schoolwide approach to improve reading achievement that includes:
the involvement of ALL professional and paraprofessional staff, including staff working with special populations;
reading across the content areas;
multiple intervention programs for struggling readers targeted to student needs;
professional development for all teachers and paraprofessionals;
adequate time provided in the school schedule for reading instruction;
assessment that drives instruction;
a variety of flexible grouping patterns; and
leadership structures that provide ongoing support and guidance.
Continuation grants are available to assist schools in implementing a specific project in one of the following areas: (1) Assessment; (2) Reading Across the Content Areas; or (3) Intervention Programs for Struggling Readers. |
| Priorities: | Participating districts must commit to:
target funds to one or more participating school(s);
support a building-based Reading Leadership Team in each participating school. This Team must be representative of the school as a whole, including staff from different grade levels, special education, and content areas. The Team must meet periodically throughout the year and be led by a building-based Coordinator. Members of this Team must attend Department of Education network meetings for the purpose of receiving project-related professional development, sharing activities and successes, and engaging in collaborative problem-solving with other schools engaged in similar projects; and
use grant funds to implement the activities specified on the school's 2007-2008 Action Plan.
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| Eligibility: | Only schools that received a Secondary School Reading Grant in FY2007 (either Fund Code: 267-B-1 or Fund Code: 267-B-2) are eligible to apply. |
| Funding: | Approximately $760,000 of federal funds is available statewide. Districts may apply for up to $8,000 for each participating school. The size of the grant request should reflect only those funds necessary for the successful implementation of the project. |
| Fund Use: | Funds may be used for consultants to provide professional development, related materials and supplies, stipends, substitutes, assessments, and in-state travel. Stipends for members of a school's Reading Leadership Team will be an allowable expense only for schools that entered the project in FY2006 or FY2007 (Cohorts 3 and 4). Funds for this purpose must be limited to no more than 25% of the grant request. Other schools (Cohort 2) will be expected to maintain their Reading Leadership Team through other means (e.g., other funding sources, Team meetings built into the normal school day, etc.). Staff salaries are not an allowable expense under this grant. |
| Project Duration: | Upon Approval - 8/31/2008 |
| Program Unit: | Office of Reading and Language Arts |
| Contact: | Dorothy Earle dearle@doe.mass.edu |
| Phone Number: | (781) 338-6265 |
| Date Due: | Applications are due on a rolling submission basis. To receive approval to begin grant activities by September 1, 2007, proposals must be submitted by Friday, August 10, 2007 . |
| Required Forms: | For each participating school:
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Principal's Assurance Statement (Mail to the Department.)
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Abstract of SSR Implementation Grant Project (Mail to the Department.)
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For the district:
 Secondary School Reading Implementation Electronic Budget Workbook, including the Standard Contract and Application for Program Grants.
Submit the Electronic Budget Workbook by email. See Submission Instructions for the email address.
Part I - General - Program Unit Signature Page - Standard Contract Form and Application for Program Grants (Included in the Workbook)
Part II - Budget Detail Pages (Included in the Workbook) Part III - Required Program Information (Included in the Workbook)
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Submission
Instructions: | The Secondary School Reading Grant application package, including the electronic budget workbook, should be downloaded from the Department Grants Management website, completed, and then returned by email and/or mail as directed.
Mail the signed District Cover Page, Principal's Assurance Statement, and Abstract to:
Alexia Cribbs
Office of Reading and Language Arts
Massachusetts Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education
350 Main Street
Malden, MA 02148-5023
The electronic workbook, including the District Cover Page, Budget, and Required Program Information, should be emailed to reading@doe.mass.edu.
If assistance is needed, please contact Laurie Slobody or Dorothy Earle for content related questions and Alexia Cribbs for help completing the electronic workbook.
Contact Laurie at lslobody@doe.mass.edu or 781-338-3586.
Contact Dot at dearle@doe.mass.edu or 781-338-6265. Contact Alexia at acribbs@doe.mass.edu or 781-338-3581. |
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