Name of Grant Program: Quality Full-Day Kindergarten Enhancement Grant:
Focus on Program Quality in the Early Grades
Fund Code: 701a
PART III: REQUIRED PROGRAM INFORMATION
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016 (FY16) QUALITY FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN ENHANCEMENT GRANT:
FOCUS ON PROGRAM QUALITY IN THE EARLY GRADES (FC) 701a
District:
Date Submitted:
Name of Primary Contact:
Phone and Email of Primary Contact:
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR FY16
I.
Answer the questions below related to one or both of the grant priorities. (Section A and/or B)
A. Grant priority area 1: Professional Development for Kindergarten Instructional Assistants
Provide professional development for kindergarten instructional assistants that is related to the indicators
listed in the Learning Environments and Instruction elements, minimally, as found in the Elements of High
Quality Kindergarten document.
1. Which elements will the professional development include (Learning Environment and Instruction
must be included)

Learning Environment

Curriculum

Instruction

Assessment of Children

Leadership & Professional Development

Family Engagement

Assessment of Program Quality
2. If additional areas beyond Learning Environment and Instruction were selected, describe how/why
these element areas were chosen as priorities.
3. Describe the professional development plan for each area you have selected.
4. Describe how professional development will be provided for instructional assistants (e.g.; workshop;
Professional Learning Community; coaching; etc).
5. Proposed number of instructional assistants to receive professional development: ___
6. Number of classrooms this professional development will affect: ___
B. Grant priority area 2: Multi-Grade Alignment and Self-Assessment
Convene a committee of administrators and educators for Preschool, Kindergarten, and 1st and 2nd grade to
plan for alignment of practices (across the grades) with the indicators listed in the “Learning Environment” and
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Name of Grant Program: Quality Full-Day Kindergarten Enhancement Grant:
Focus on Program Quality in the Early Grades
Fund Code: 701a
“Instruction” elements, at a minimum, as found in the Elements of High Quality Kindergarten, including a selfassessment and development of a professional development plan. Initial professional development in one or
both of these elements based on the initial self-assessment for 1st and 2nd grade is also encouraged.
Note that the Department will request a copy of the professional development plan, and will provide details to
all awarded this grant.
1. List anticipated members of the committee. (All rows do not need to be filled in if the committee
includes less than 10 members. If there are more than 10 members, please add more rows as
needed)
Name
Role
Why chosen
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2
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4
5
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2. Which elements will the team work on aligning practices with? (Learning Environment and
Instruction must be included)
a.
Learning Environment
b.
Curriculum
c.
Instruction
d.
Assessment of Children
e.
Leadership & Professional Development
f.
Family Engagement
g.
Assessment of Program Quality
3. Describe how/why these areas were chosen as priority areas.
II.
Answer all of the following questions for both priority areas:
A. Participating Schools
1. Provide the name of each school that will be participating in or which has administrators, teachers, and/or
instructional assistants participating in one or both of the grant priority areas.
School Name
# of Staff Participating
Grade(s) Represented
PK
K
1st
2nd
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2
3
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Name of Grant Program: Quality Full-Day Kindergarten Enhancement Grant:
Focus on Program Quality in the Early Grades
School Name
# of Staff Participating
Fund Code: 701a
Grade(s) Represented
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5
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2. Include a brief description (1-2 paragraphs) about what each school is currently doing to improve
outcomes for young students and/or how this grant opportunity aligns with current school or district
improvement plans.
B. Fund Use
Describe how the requested fund will be spent and include the budget amendment increase request form, and
the associated budget and budget narrative forms provided in the Funding Opportunity RFP’s Required
Forms section.
C. Project timeline
Indicate anticipated dates regarding the proposal. Include timeframes for details such as convening the team,
completing the self assessment and determining the areas to prioritize, and the professional development
timeline.
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