The focus will be children 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 who have demonstrated readiness and the ability to implement.
*For screen reader compatible version of the timeline below please see pages 16-24 in the CLSD AZ Project Narrative Document.
CLSD AZ Project Narrative Document | CLSD Timeline | Guidance Document
The CLSD grant funding application opens in Grants Management
2/22/2021 and closes on 4/16/2021
For questions, email [email protected] or visit the virtual office hours listed below.
Laura Lee, ECE Program Specialist | CLSD Project Manager
Virtual Office Hours: Wednesday & Fridays 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Lori Masseur, M.Ed | ECE Director | Head Start State Collaboration Director
Virtual Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:30 am - 8:30 am
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
User Roles and User Access Administration
Eligibility Lists
CLSD Webinars
CLSD AZ Project Narrative Document
*For screen reader compatible version of the above information please see page 9 in the CLSD AZ Project Narrative Document.Early Childhood | Elementary Education | Secondary Education |
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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
Tools
Evidence-Based Resources
CLSD Welcome Onboarding PowerPoint Presentation | CLSD Welcome Webinar Session
| CLSD Awardees are required to complete each webinar listed below. | National Implementation Network (NIRN) AI online self-paced modules must be completed by September 2022. |
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*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. |
EMAC Administrator Guide | EMAC Portal User Guide
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 here to learn more about the CLSD AZ Project.
CLSD Grant Annual Report FFY2021
Virtual Office Hours: Wednesday & Fridays 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Contact Information: Laura Lee, Early Childhood | CLSDG inbox
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