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Race to the Top Grant

Year 4 LEA Guidance

• Year 3-4 Training Summary for LEAs (Excel, 39KB)
• Year 4 Deliverables Guidance (PDF, 200KB)
• Update for LEA Coordinators
  • Update for LEA Coordinators Recording (WMV, 419MB)
  • Update for LEA Coordinators Materials (PDF, 929KB)
  • Update for LEA Coordinators Transcript (PDF, 153KB)

Community of Practice

Topic: Common Core Transition

Year 2 Progress Report

A second year progress report on Florida's Race to the Top - January 2013 (PDF, 2MB)

Implementation Update Webinars

Topics: Standards and Assessments, Turning Around the Lowest-Achieving Schools, Charter Schools, New LEA Deliverable Submission Process
State-level Projects Materials (PDF, 410KB)
September 13 Recording
September 13 Transcript (PDF, 134KB)

Topics: Great Teachers and Leaders, Single Sign-on, Local Instructional Improvement Systems, New LEA Deliverable Submission Process
State-level Projects Materials (PDF, 399KB)
September 14 Recording
September 14 Transcript (PDF, 138KB)

Postsecondary Text Demand Study

• Final Report June 2012 (PDF, 686KB)

Updates from Implementation Committees

• Episode One (WMV, 38MB) features Duval County Public Schools Math Teacher Tamar Woodhouse-Young and Putnam County's Associate Superintendent Sam Foerster, both members of the Race to the Top Student Growth Implementation Committee (SGIC), discussing their work to help shape Florida's new teacher evaluation systems.
• Episode Two (WMV, 68MB) features Marion County Public Schools Superintendent Jim Yancey, a member of the Race to the Top Local Systems Implementation Committee, discussing how the committee shaped the minimum standards for Local Instructional Improvement Systems and how they are connecting districts, charter schools, and consortia statewide through the Local Systems Exchange.
• Episode Three (WMV, 177MB) features Sam Foerster, Sandi Acosta, and John LeTellier, all members of the Race to the Top Student Growth Implementation Committee (SGIC), discussing the progress the committee has made regarding the type of model and the factors that will be accounted for in Florida's student growth measure - the value-added model.
• Episode Four (WMV, 88MB) features Pam Stewart, President of FOIL, and Martha McCormick-Watson, a member of the Race To The Top District-Developed Student Assessments for Instructional Effectiveness Implementation Committee, discussing the development of a test item bank and assisting with district-developed assessments for content areas that do not currently have standardized tests.
• Episode Five (WMV, 91MB) showcases the co-chairs of the Race to the Top Teacher and Leader Preparation Implementation Committee (TLPIC) Dr. Elisa Calabrese, Jasmine Ulmer, and James Griffin discussing how they are working to improve Florida's Principal Leadership Standards.

Implementation Technical Assistance

• Frequently Asked Questions Posted January 3, 2012 (PDF, 26KB)
• Teacher and Principal Evaluation Systems
• Local Instructional Improvement System
• Common Core State Standards Implementation Timeline (PDF, 258KB)
  • Common Core State Standards Implementation Timeline (Word, 40KB)
• MEMO: Save the Date - 2013 Common Core State Standards Summer Institutes (PDF, 76KB)

LEA Scope of Work and Budget

• Overview of Amendment Process (PDF, 22KB)
• Summary of Changes to Amendment Process (PDF, 22KB)
• Revised LEA Allocations (PDF, 33KB)
• Frequently Asked Questions (PDF, 28KB)
• Year 3 Deliverables Guidance (PDF, 130KB)

Receive E-Mail Updates About Race To the Top

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Contacts by Race to the Top Topic

• General:
• Common Core State Standards: (LEA Project 1)
• STEM: (LEA Projects 2-3)
• Interim/District-Developed Assessments:
• Computer-Based Testing Readiness: (LEA Project 4)
• Single Sign-on: (LEA Project 5)
• Local Instructional Improvement Systems: (LEA Project 6)
• Teacher and Principal Evaluation: (LEA Projects 7-10)
• Teacher and Leader Preparation:
• Struggling Schools: (LEA Projects 11-12)
• Charter Schools: (LEA Project 13)

Phase 2 Application and Memorandum of Understanding

• Phase 2 Application with Budget (PDF, 2MB)
• Phase 2 Appendix (PDF, 12MB)
• Phase 2 MOU (PDF, 321KB)
• View archived information on Race to the Top

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