District Collaboration Grant Requirements November 17, 2015 All Grants - Important Dates Quarterly reports due December 15, 2015 March 15, 2016 June 15, 2016 September 15, 2016 Final report September 30, 2016Last day to expend funds NOTE: 15% of the grant award will be withheld pending approval of the Final Report November 15, 2016Last day to draw funds Design Grant Requirements Work toward creating blueprints in the four focus areas Participate in statewide/regional meetings November, February, April Participate in data collection Share lessons learned with peers Implementation Grant Requirements Implement blueprints in four focus areas Participate in statewide/regional meetings November, February, April Participate in data collection Share lessons learned with peers Allocate 12 days for grant leadership team members to provide support to peers regionally as needed All Grants - Deliverables Quarterly reports on implementation work Teacher and administrator surveys Sample SLGs from Minimum of two teacher and two administrator Student Growth Percentile process Design Budget Requirements Districts work with their coach in developing budgets Majority of grant dollars should be spent on supporting time for blueprint planning, research and discussion Budgets sent to ODE grant manager for approval Implementation - Budget Requirements All budget amendments must be approved by ODE grant manager Added line item to quarterly reports to provide update on spending within each blueprint area Future Applications Grantees must re-apply for another year Applications for Year 2 and 3 implementation will likely look different than they have in the past Grants for Round Two will open late Spring 2016 Grant Questions? Sarah Martin -