Grant Allocations & Awards: FY2018
Fund Code: 144
High Quality Instruction—Summer Planning Grants
| Funds Allocated: | $179,848 (Federal) |
| Funds Requested: | $179,848 |
| Purpose: The purpose of this competitive grant program is to provide districts with funding to support teachers to deepen their understanding and implementation of high-quality instructional materials, methodologies and programs to support the revised 2017 English Language Arts-Literacy, 2017 Mathematics Curriculum Frameworks, and the 2016 Science and Technology/Engineering standards. | |
| Number of Proposals Received: | 41 |
| Number of Proposals Recommended: | 17 |
| Number of Proposals Not Recommended: | 24 |
| Result of Funding: Grant recipients proposed activities to support teacher-led professional development studying and implementing high-quality instructional materials. Districts are seeking to ensure that their curricular materials are aligned to our challenging state standards, and with good reason. Recent research has found that, in some cases, the adoption of high-quality instructional materials produced a larger effect on student learning than the effect of having an experienced teacher versus a novice teacher. For the context of this grant, high-quality instructional materials are defined as those that have been verified as aligned to rigorous college- and career-ready standards by a neutral third-party evaluator. | |
| Recipients | Amounts |
|---|---|
| Monson Public Schools (approved for two proposals) | $17,150 |
| Carver Public Schools | 8,125 |
| Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School | 10,000 |
| Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School | 5,500 |
| Bellingham Public Schools | 7,800 |
| Northbridge Public Schools | 9,940 |
| Westfield Public Schools | 6,480 |
| Waltham Public Schools | 15,000 |
| Hudson Public Schools | 5,492 |
| Worcester Public Schools | 20,000 |
| Spencer East Brookfield Public Schools | 12,000 |
| Chelsea Public Schools | 20,000 |
| Nauset Public Schools | 13,310 |
| Salem Public Schools | 1,051 |
| West Springfield Public Schools | 8,000 |
| Holyoke Public Schools | 20,000 |
| Total Federal Funds | $179,848 |