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Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant​

Arizona has been awarded a 5-year $20,000,000 federal Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) grant. The Arizona CLSD project is a competitive grant that proposes to improve child literacy skills and instructional capacity on the science of reading. This grant project aims to strengthen collaboration, improve efficiency, and drive innovation to accelerate language and literacy outcomes.  

The focus will be on children from birth to grade 12 in high-needs schools and qualified opportunity zones serving Arizona's most disadvantaged students. CLSD is a substantial investment that will award up to 25 qualified schools and/or early childhood programs that have demonstrated readiness and the ability to implement.

*For a screen reader-compatible version of the timeline below, please see pages 16-24  in the CLSD AZ Project Narrative Document.

Office Hours:  Tuesdays from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm and  Fridays from 8:30 am - 9:30 am

CLSD AZ Project Narrative Document | CLSD Timeline | Guidance DocumentCLS

-CLSD Supplemental Grant

The CLSD grant funding application opened in Grants Management

2/22/2021 and closed on 4/16/2021

 


How to Apply to the CLSD Flow Chart | Accessible version  (updated 2/8/21)

CLSD Funding by Age Bands | CLSD Grant Awards Accessible Version 

Grants Management Resource Library

 New Entity Resources

User Roles and User Access Administration

Guidance Document

Program Narrative Questions

 

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  • Grades 0-5 Eligibility List
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  • Grades 9-12 Eligibility List

 

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  • CLSD Overview
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CLSD AZ Project Narrative Document

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Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant Logic Model

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*For a screen reader-compatible version of the above information, please see page 9 in the CLSD AZ Project Narrative Document.

 

 

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EARLY CHILDHOOD

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ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

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Secondary Education

Not less than 15% of grant funds must be used for state and local programs and activities pertaining to children from birth through kindergarten entry.

Not less than 40% of grant funds must be used for state and local programs and activities, allocated equitably among the grades of kindergarten through grade five.

Not less than 40% of grant funds must be used for state and local programs and activities, allocated equitably among grades six through twelve.

For this competition, State Education Agencies are required to prioritize subgrant applications that meet the higher evidence levels of strong or moderate evidence included in the definition of “evidence-based”.

Videos

  • Reading a study 
  • Using the WWC to Identify ESSA Evidence Ratings 

Tools

  • LitHubAZ
  • Science of Reading
  • The Science of Reading: Defining Guide from The Reading League

Evidence-Based Resources

  • ADE Science of Reading 
  • Evidence for ESSA 
  • Using the WWC to Find ESSA Tiers of Evidence 
  • Early Childhood Technical  Assistance Center

Videos

  • 3-minute "elevator speech" about the Science of Reading, as explained by Dr. Stephanie Stollar. 
  • Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4–9: What the IES Guide and Research Tell Us

 

CLSD Professional Learning Modules

  • Family Engagement
  • Supporting Literacy for Students with Disabilities
  • Supporting Literacy for English Learners
  • Supporting Early Childhood Literacy
  • Special Literacy Considerations for Children Birth to Age 3
  • Supporting Secondary Literacy 

 

Tools

  • LitHubAZ
  • Science of Reading
  • Move On When Reading: Professional Development
  • ADE Move on When Reading Interventions and Supplemental Programs 

 

Evidence-Based Resources

  • Evidence-Based Resource Websites (ESSA) 
  • Selecting Evidence-Based Practices for Low-Performing Schools 
  • Evidence for ESSA
  • IRIS Center Peabody College, Vanderbilt
  • Ohio's Evidence-Based Clearinghouse
  • Connecticut State DOE Evidence-Based Practice Guide
  • What Works Clearinghouse
  • Scarborough’s Reading Rope 
  • The Center for Literacy and Learning: The Simple View of Reading 
  • Early Childhood Technical  Assistance Center
  • Pre-K Practice Guide: Preparing Young Children for School

  1. Frye Elementary School 
  2. Ganado High School
  3. Garfield School
  4. High Desert Middle School 
  5. Holdeman Elementary 
  6. Imagine Camelback Middle, Inc. 
  7. Imagine Coolidge Elementary, Inc. 
  8. Littleton Elementary School 
  9. Make Way For Books 
  10. Mesquite Elementary School 
  11. Mohawk Valley School 
  12. Navajo County School Superintendent 
  13. Page Unified Preschool School/Desert View 
  14. Roberts-Naylor K-8 School 
  15. San Luis Middle School 
  16. San Marcos Elementary School 
  17. Secrist Middle School 
  18. Southwest Leadership Academy 
  19. Valley of the Sun United Way 
  20. Western Arizona Council of Governments 
  21. Wilson Elementary School 
  22. Yavapai County Education Service Agency 
  23. Yuma Elementary District 

 

Comprehensive Literacy State Development  Awardees Onboarding

Start Here

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Welcome Presentation and Webinar

CLSD Welcome Onboarding PowerPoint Presentation  |   CLSD Welcome Webinar Session 

Required Asynchronous Learning

CLSD Awardees are required to complete each webinar listed below.

National Implementation Network (NIRN) AI online self-paced modules.
  • ESSA Video #1: Why do we talk about ESSA?  
  • ESSA Video #2: Overview of ESSA Evidence Levels 
  • ESSA Video #3: The “Continuous Improvement Cycle” – “Evidence-Based Improvement” 
  • ESSA Video #4:Using Clearinghouses 
  • ESSA Video #5: How to Read a Study 
  • MTSS: Multi-tiered Systems of Supports 
  • Comprehensive Needs Assessment Module 

*Please note this webinar provides an overview of the CNA in full. Not all six principles of the CNA are required for CLSD. Awardees are required to upload their applicable CNA principles for CLSD into the Educational Monitoring Assistance and Compliance (EMAC) system only.  

  • Active Implementation Overview (Module 1)
  • Implementation Drivers Overview (Module 2)
  • Implementation Teams Overview (Module 3)
  • Implementation Stages Overview (Module 4)
  • Improvement Cycles Overview (Module 5)
  • Usable Innovations Overview (Module 6)

1. EMAC

EMAC Administrator Guide |  EMAC Portal User Guide

Micro-Training Modules

  • EMAC: Getting Started & Starting a Data Collection Task
  • EMAC: Submitting a Data Collection Task
  • EMAC: Tabs in a Data Collection Task
  • EMAC Task(s): In Progress Status
  • EMAC Task(s): Action Required Status

2. CNA

CNA Rubric for Application to Literacy Grant

Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) Training

In 2020, ADE awarded twenty-three CLSD subgrantees representing 12 counties who are leveraging CLSD grant resources to improve child literacy skills and instructional capacity on the science of reading. 

In 2021, ADE extended four professional development cohorts in the science of reading focused on LETRS ® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) to the field and to all CLSD applicants who were not awarded the CLSD grant. Over one hundred practitioners across four counties are participating in LETRS ® Early Childhood or LETRS ® K-12 3rd Edition professional development cohorts. Click on this link to learn more about the CLSD AZ Project!

 

CLSD Grant Annual Report FFY2021

CLSD Grant Annual Report FFY2022

 

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