Reimagining Professional Learning Grant
2018-2019 School Year
Grants: Reimagining Professional Learning
The Reimagining Professional Learning Grants support the work of schools committed to improving the quality and efficacy of professional learning for teachers in Delaware in order to increase opportunities and outcomes for our students. Reimagining professional learning is imperative. It will not happen overnight, but will start with the bold thinking of school leaders and be realized with longer-term efforts and the replication of successful practices seeded through this grant. Schools that are committed to this vision are encouraged to apply to receive a Reimagining Professional Learning Grant.
2018-2019 Awardees
| District/Charter School | School | Title of Project | Total Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandywine School District | Mount Pleasant HS | Implementing Evidence-Based Instructional Practices in Mathematics through Co-Teaching, Coaching, and Lesson Study | $22,752 |
| Brandywine School District | PS duPont MS | Comprehensive Professional Learning Program for Illustrative Mathematics Implementation | $20,000 |
| Brandywine School District | Springer MS | Comprehensive Professional Learning Program for Illustrative Mathematics Implementation | $20,000 |
| Brandywine School District | Talley MS | Comprehensive Professional Learning Program for Illustrative Mathematics Implementation | $20,000 |
| Caesar Rodney School District | Dover Air Base MS | Open Opportunities for All Students with Stronger Math Instruction | $5,217 |
| Caesar Rodney School District | Fifer MS | Open Opportunities for All Students with Stronger Math Instruction | $8,167 |
| Caesar Rodney School District | Postlethwait MS | Open Opportunities for All Students with Stronger Math Instruction | $8,167 |
| Charter | Las Americas Aspira Academy | The L.O.B.O.S. Initiative | $22,725 |
| DSCYF | Ferris School | Ferris Essential Strategies to Meet the Common Core | $21,000 |
| Indian River School District | East Millsboro ES | Learning and Growing Reimagined | $17,270 |
| Indian River School District | Georgetown ES | Using Lesson Studies to Improve the Quality and Efficacy of Professional Learning | $17,671 |
| Indian River School District | John M. Clayton ES | Using Lesson Studies to Improve Teacher Craft and Enhance Student Learning | $15,262 |
| Indian River School District | Long Neck ES | Using Lesson Studies to Improve the Quality and Efficacy of Professional Learning | $15,262 |
| Indian River School District | Lord Baltimore ES | Learning and Growing Reimagined | $17,270 |
| Indian River School District | North Georgetown ES | Using Lesson Studies to Improve the Quality and Efficacy of Professional Learning | $14,721 |
| Indian River School District | Phillip Showell ES | Using Lesson Studies to Improve the Quality and Efficacy of Professional Learning | $21,359 |
| Indian River School District | Southern DE School of the Arts | Using Lesson Studies to Improve the Quality and Efficacy of Professional Learning | $19,277 |
| Laurel School District | Laurel ES | Reimagining Elementary Mathematics through Cognitively Guided Instruction | $21,085 |
| Laurel School District | North Laurel Learning Academy | Reimagining Elementary Mathematics through Cognitively Guided Instruction | $11,634 |
| Laurel School District | Laurel MS | Rich and Engaging Instruction in Middle Grades Mathematics Using High Quality Instructional Materials: Illustrative Mathematics | $16,592 |
| Red Clay Consolidated School District | AI duPont MS | High Quality Instructional Materials for All | $19,860 |
| Red Clay Consolidated School District | Brandywine Springs MS | High Quality Instructional Materials for All | $16,169 |
| Red Clay Consolidated School District | Cab Calloway MS | High Quality Instructional Materials for All | $16,720 |
| Red Clay Consolidated School District | Conrad School of Science MS | High Quality Instructional Materials for All | $11,000 |
| Red Clay Consolidated School District | Dickinson Middle Years Programme | High Quality Instructional Materials for All | $9,000 |
| Red Clay Consolidated School District | HB duPont MS | High Quality Instructional Materials for All | $27,865 |
| Red Clay Consolidated School District | Skyline MS | High Quality Instructional Materials for All | $26,295 |
| Red Clay Consolidated School District | Stanton MS | High Quality Instructional Materials for All | $19,860 |
| Seaford School District | Seaford MS | Illustrative Mathematics Supported via SREB Instructional Practices | $20,803 |
| Smyrna School District | John Bassett Moore Intermediate School | JBM Writing Project: Moore Quality Writing* | $16,410 |
| Smyrna School District | Smyrna ES | Reading the Write Way* | $8,960 |
| Smyrna School District | Smyrna MS | In Media Res: Smyrna Middle School Writing Project* | $13,183 |
*Indicates a school that has received a grant award for a second year.
2018 – 2019 RPL Grant Criteria:
Educator professional learning opportunities are…
- Designed to ensure all students in all classrooms receive equitable access to high quality instructional materials and educators
- The right to equitable educational opportunity is universal
- The inalienable right to equitable educational opportunity includes the right to high expectations, higher-order pedagogies, and engaging curricula
- Connected to professional learning centered on the adoption and implementation of high quality instructional materials that support opportunities to strengthen standards-aligned instruction in classrooms
- Connected to research informed practices that support opportunities for content area(s) to strengthen standards-aligned instruction in classrooms
- Focused on curriculum specific experiences that strengthen standards-based instruction and building and solidifying systems/structures to support opportunities for multiple content areas to strengthen skillful use of instructional resources in classrooms
Grant documents:
2018 – 2019 Reimagining Professional Learning Grant
Attachment A – Reimagining PL Grant Application Form
Attachment B – Reimagining PL Grant Action Plan
Appendix B – Reimagining PL Subgrant Evaluation Rubric
Attachment C – Reimagining PL Grant Rubric
Attachment D – Backmapping Model for Planning Professional Learning
Dates to Remember:
- Public Notice – February 21, 2018
- Live Question Forum Webinar – March 1, 2018, 9:00 – 11:00am (recorded) – PDMS Course # 26889
- Intent to Apply (required) – March 7, 2018
- Administration of Standards Assessment Inventory (SAI)
- Window open March 15, 2018 to April 20, 2018
- Planning and Support – March 27, 2018, 8:30am – 12:30pm – PDMS Course # 26890; Section #47578
- Deadline for Questions – April 9, 2018, 3:00pm
- Question Forum and Rubric Review – April 18, 2018, 1:00 – 4:00pm after Teaching and Learning Cadre – PDMS Course # 26890; Section # 47583
- Deadline for Receipt of Proposals – May 4, 2018, 3:00pm
- Estimated Notification of Award – June 1, 2018
Join us May 1, 2018 for a Celebration of Professional Learning at Polytech HS – 4:30 – 7:30. Current RPL Grant Recipient Schools will showcase their excellence in Professional Learning. PDMS Course # 26894
Questions and Suggestions
If you have education-related questions or suggestions regarding Professional Learning in Delaware, please contact the Professional Learning workgroup at 302-735-4180 or visit the Staff Directory.
