State Awards More Than $3.8 Million to Support High-Quality Professional Learning
Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Monday, September 12, 2022
Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Monday, September 12, 2022
Grant program invests districts in the achievement of Delaware’s academic vision
The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) today announced the award of more than $3.8 million to school districts as part of the state’s Reimaging Professional Learning Grants (RPL) program. Nine school districts were awarded a total of 15 grants to support professional learning that will impact 99 schools and more than 60,720 students statewide.
The 2022-2023 RPL grants fund professional learning plans are grounded in the use of high quality instructional materials (HQIM) and create the conditions and structures that enable the state’s academic vision of every student leaving school ready for success in college, career, and life. The DDOE recognizes that to achieve this vision, teachers must provide students with high-quality, standards-aligned instruction every day. For teachers to be fully prepared for every lesson, school leaders must then provide teachers with HQIM and the support needed to use those materials well. RPL grants are one of the state’s many initiatives to support educators in this work.
2022-2023 Grant Details
District | Total Grants Awarded | Total Funding | Schools Impacted |
Appoquinimink | 1 | $43,845.10 | 7 |
Brandywine | 2 | $1,052,724.60 | 6 |
Cape Henlopen | 1 | $147,468.80 | 5 |
Capital | 1 | $431,358.00 | 10 |
Caesar Rodney | 3 | $476,908.00 | 12 |
Christina | 1 | $349,273.52 | 8 |
Indian River | 2 | $483,215..98 | 12 |
Red Clay | 1 | $233,728.85 | 24 |
Seaford | 3 | $596,039.02 | 6 |
The RPL grant program started in 2016 and has awarded $12,935,647.50 in funds to a total of 24 districts/charters over the past seven years. The focus of the grant awards has shifted over the past three years to support the state’s efforts to scale professional learning around the adoption and use of HQIM. To further support school systems in the design and execution of high-quality professional learning plans aligned to HQIM, the DDOE has also released the Online Delaware Professional Learning Vendor Guide and annually hosts the Delaware Professional Learning Summit that is open to all districts/charters.
Media contact: Alison May, alison.may@doe.k12.de.us, 302-735-4006
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Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Monday, September 12, 2022
Grant program invests districts in the achievement of Delaware’s academic vision
The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) today announced the award of more than $3.8 million to school districts as part of the state’s Reimaging Professional Learning Grants (RPL) program. Nine school districts were awarded a total of 15 grants to support professional learning that will impact 99 schools and more than 60,720 students statewide.
The 2022-2023 RPL grants fund professional learning plans are grounded in the use of high quality instructional materials (HQIM) and create the conditions and structures that enable the state’s academic vision of every student leaving school ready for success in college, career, and life. The DDOE recognizes that to achieve this vision, teachers must provide students with high-quality, standards-aligned instruction every day. For teachers to be fully prepared for every lesson, school leaders must then provide teachers with HQIM and the support needed to use those materials well. RPL grants are one of the state’s many initiatives to support educators in this work.
2022-2023 Grant Details
District | Total Grants Awarded | Total Funding | Schools Impacted |
Appoquinimink | 1 | $43,845.10 | 7 |
Brandywine | 2 | $1,052,724.60 | 6 |
Cape Henlopen | 1 | $147,468.80 | 5 |
Capital | 1 | $431,358.00 | 10 |
Caesar Rodney | 3 | $476,908.00 | 12 |
Christina | 1 | $349,273.52 | 8 |
Indian River | 2 | $483,215..98 | 12 |
Red Clay | 1 | $233,728.85 | 24 |
Seaford | 3 | $596,039.02 | 6 |
The RPL grant program started in 2016 and has awarded $12,935,647.50 in funds to a total of 24 districts/charters over the past seven years. The focus of the grant awards has shifted over the past three years to support the state’s efforts to scale professional learning around the adoption and use of HQIM. To further support school systems in the design and execution of high-quality professional learning plans aligned to HQIM, the DDOE has also released the Online Delaware Professional Learning Vendor Guide and annually hosts the Delaware Professional Learning Summit that is open to all districts/charters.
Media contact: Alison May, alison.may@doe.k12.de.us, 302-735-4006
Related Topics: Delaware, districts, education, grants, students, teachers
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