ND CLIMBS

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The ND Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant 2024 is a federal grant that aims to improve the literacy skills of disadvantaged children from Birth through Grade 12. The Comprehensive Literacy Improvement through Measured Building Systems (ND CLIMBS) project proposes establishing and sustaining collaborative conditions within school buildings for delivering high-quality, evidence-based literacy instruction to systems serving high numbers and percentages of disadvantaged children. 

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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 Legendary Learners B-5 Timeline

  • B-5 Funding Opportunity and application released - January 2025
  • B-5 Subgrant applications due - March 2025
  • B-5 Application Review Process - March 2025, April 2025

ND CLIMBS K-12 Timeline

  • K-12 Funding Opportunity Released - October 2024
  • K-12 Procurement of Contracts for Service Delivery - October 2024-June 2025
  • K-12 Funding Opportunity Application Released - November 2024
  • K-12 Grant Writing Webinars and Application Guidance - November 2024-January 2025
  • K-12 Subgrant Application Due - January 2025
  • K-12 Application Review Process - January-February 2025
  • K-12 Announcement of Subgrantees - February 2025
  • K-12 Preliminary Subgrant Activities - March-June 2025
  • K-12 Official Subgrant Award Start Date - July 1, 2025

 

 

2024-20252025-20262026-20272027-20282028-2029Total
$11,123,983.00$11,218,763.00$11,023,240.00$11,031,759.00$490,997.00$44,888,742.00