ND CLIMBS

ND CLIMBS K-12 Grant Awards

Legendary Learners B-5 Grant Awards

• ND CLIMBS Abstract
• ND CLIMBS Narrative

ND CLIMBS Goals and Objectives

Four goals and objectives define the required commitments of grant participation.

Goals:

1. All systems are established to sustain collaborative conditions for the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based literacy instruction.
2. All administrative building instructional leaders (principals) are equipped to create and sustain collaborative conditions for educators to deliver high-quality, evidence-based literacy instruction.
3. All educators are prepared and continually supported to deliver students high-quality, evidence-based literacy instruction.
4. All students receive high-quality, evidence-based literacy instruction to achieve proficiency in literacy skills.

Objectives:

1. School team members plan and manage effective literacy systems. The state will identify support structures for local school teams to build collective efficacy and establish and improve data-informed systems to achieve student proficiency in literacy.
2. Administrative building instructional leaders (principals) learn and improve ELA leadership practices. The state will identify high-quality, job-embedded professional learning opportunities appropriate for leadership personnel and contract to design, develop, and facilitate a high-quality, ongoing leadership network.
3. Educators learn and improve instructional practices. The state will identify high-quality, job-embedded professional learning opportunities appropriate for educator roles and align with the science of reading and contract to design, develop, and facilitate an ongoing, job-embedded network learning community.
4. School team members deliver effective instruction. The state will contract to provide support structures for educators to deliver high-quality, evidence-based instruction that leads to student proficiency in literacy skills. The support structures will help schools build implementation plans aligned with the North Dakota Literacy Plan. 

ND CLIMBS Report Webinar

Link to ND CLIMBS Status Report Year 1

Report Questions:

• Identifying Information 
  • District
  • School
  • Name of person completing report
  • Role of person completing report
  • Email of person completing report
• Fiscal Report
  • Total funds expended by school this year to date
  • Estimated carryover amount
  • Did your school submit reimbursement claims at least quarterly this year?
  • Has your school uploaded all of the required time and effort documents for salaries and stipends into WebGrants?
  • Please list the inventory of purchases this year
• Program Report
  • Section 1
    • What year of BARR implementation was your school in this year?
    • Has your school uploaded the ND CLIMBS Implementation Summary report from BARR into the WebGrants system?
    • Reflect on the Implementation summary report you received from BARR, how did you approach your coaching visits this year and how can your system continue to improve based on the information you received?
    • Did your school administer the ND A+ interim assessment to your students at least twice this year? (The summative assessment replaces the spring interim for participating grades).
  • Professional Learning, Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum, Assessment and Intervention Pathways, Family and Community Engagement, and Grade-Level Transitions (These sections all include the same questions)
    • What stage are you in with this chapter of your local literacy plan? 
    • List one activity that your team engaged in this year that had an impact on Professional Learning in your building. If your team did not engage in activities related to Professional Learning this year, please write N/A in the box and skip the next four questions. 
    • What level of evidence did this activity meet?
    • How did your team determine the level of evidence of this activity?
    • What goal(s) of the ND CLIMBS grant did the activity reported on aim to meet?
    • In what way did this activity help your team to work toward this goal?

Legendary Learners Reporting Webinar

Link to Legendary Learners Status Report Year 1

Report Questions:

• Identifying Information
  • District
  • School 
  • Name of person completing form
  • Role of person completing form
  • Email of person completing form
• Fiscal Report
  • Total funds expended by school this year to date
  • Estimated carryover amount
  • Did your school submit claims at least quarterly this year?
  • Has your school uploaded all of the required Time and Effort documentation for salaries and stipends into WebGrants?
  • In the box below, please provide a short summary of the purchases made with grant funds this year. 
• Program Report
  • Name of your Legendary Learners Literacy Coordinator
  • What is the current status of your school's School Readiness Transition Plan?
  • What community connections does your school currently have? 
  • Please provide a brief summary of the work that your school does with each partnership indicated above. 
• Coordinator's Report
  • Which entities from the Build Kindergarten Pathways goal has your team worked with this year? 
  • Provide a brief summary of the work indicated in the question above. 
  • Did your team Increase the Quality and Quantity of any of the following items for your community? 
  • Provide a brief summary of the work indicated in the question above. 
  • What is one key takeaway you have gotten from participating in the Legendary Learners Coordinators Network this year?
  • How has that takeaway impacted or affected your work as a coordinator?