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CLSD 2024 Cohort

Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) Program Grant: 2024 Cohort

The Alaska Department of Education has been awarded a federal Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) grant to strengthen literacy outcomes from birth through grade 12. Subgrants are awarded through a competitive process aligned to U.S. Department of Education requirements, with clear action steps and monitoring expectations to ensure effective implementation and responsible stewardship of federal funds. Project Overview

Professional Learning Vendor Guide Curriculum Based

Professional Learning Vendor Guide Curriculum Independent

High Dosage Tutoring

+ CLSD: 2024 Subgrantees

+ Newsletters

CLSD 2024: Technical Assistance & Updates

+ Resources

+ Grade Level Bands

+ All Ages

Dyslexia
- Understanding Dyslexia (Keys to Literacy)
- Understanding Dyslexia Part 2 (Keys to Literacy)
Gradual Release
- Gradual Release of Responsibility - I We You (Keys to Literacy)
Intervention Tiers of Evidence
- Understanding the ESSA Tiers of Evidence (Colorado)
Moving the Needle
- Unlocking Literacy: Literacy Solutions that Move the Needle (Keys to Literacy)
School Literacy Systems
- The 6 systems every school needs to improve literacy outcomes - Pati Montgomery (Keys to Literacy)

+ Birth - Kindergarten

Administrative Support
- Self-Study Guide for Evidence-Based Coaching for Literacy: PreK–Grade 12 (REL Southeast)
Family Literacy Partnerships
- Preparing Young Children for School (Colorado)
- Supporting Your Child's Emergent Literacy at Home (REL Southeast)
Literacy Resources
- Joyful Early Literacy: Six Principles from Research (REL West)
- Leading Joyful Early Literacy: A Systems Approach (REL West)
- PLC Emergent Literacy Course (REL Southeast)
- Pre-Kindergarten Literacy Resource Hub (Florida Center for Reading Research)
- VPK Learning Center Activities Teacher Resource Guide for Early Literacy (Florida Center for Reading Research)
Print Awareness
- Print Awareness: Guidelines for Instruction (Reading Rockets - Texas Education Agency)

+ Kindergarten - 5th grade

Administrative Support
- Guide and Checklists for a School Leader’s Walkthrough During Literacy Instruction in Grades 4–12 (REL Southeast)
- Self-Study Guide for Evidence-Based Coaching for Literacy: PreK–Grade 12 (REL Southeast)
Comprehension
- Embedding Vocabulary and Comprehension in All Subjects, Grades 4-12 (Keys to Literacy)
- Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (Colorado)
- Research on Comprehension Instruction (grades 4-12) (Keys to Literacy)
- The Five Components of Reading: What is Comprehension? (Keys to Literacy)
- Toolkit for Teaching Reading Comprehension in Early Elementary Grades (REL West)
ELL and Literacy
Family Literacy Partnerships
- Families and Schools as Partners: Let’s Talk Reading: Partnering with Your Child’s School (Connecticut)
- Families and Schools as Partners: Understanding Language Milestones for K-3 (Connecticut)
Interventions
- Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades (Colorado)
- Examining Implementation and Outcomes of the Project On‑Track High‑Dosage Literacy Tutoring Program (REL Appalachia)
- Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4–9 (Colorado)
- Reading Interventions for Older Students (grades 4-12) (Keys to Literacy)
- Resource to Support Selecting Effective Reading Interventions for Grades K–3 (REL Pacific)
Oral Language
- Developing Oral Language to Support Early Literacy Instruction (grades K-3) (Keys to Literacy)
Phonics
- Instructional Suggestions for Beginning Phonics (grades K-2) (Keys to Literacy)
Teaching Reading
- Adolescent Literacy: Components of Literacy Instruction in an MTSS Model (5-12) (Keys to Literacy)
- Content Literacy Instruction and Alignment to the Common Core (grades 4-12) (Keys to Literacy)
- Essentials of Adolescent Literacy: Reading and Writing Instruction in Grades 5-12 (Keys to Literacy)
- Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (Colorado)
- Keys to Beginning Reading - Reading Basics (Keys to Literacy)
- The Role of Orthographic Mapping in Learning to Read (Keys to Literacy)
- What the Science Says About How Kids Learn to Read (Keys to Literacy)
Vocabulary
- Effective Vocabulary Instruction - A Combination of Direct and Indirect Instruction (grades 3-12) (Keys to Literacy)
- Embedding Vocabulary and Comprehension in All Subjects, Grades 4-12 (Keys to Literacy)

+ 6th - 12th grade

Administrative Support
- Self-Study Guide for Evidence-Based Coaching for Literacy: PreK–Grade 12 (REL Southeast)
- Guide and Checklists for a School Leader’s Walkthrough During Literacy Instruction in Grades 4–12 (REL Southeast)
Comprehension
- The Five Components of Reading: What is Comprehension? (Keys to Literacy)
- Research on Comprehension Instruction (grades 4-12) (Keys to Literacy)
ELL and Literacy
- Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School (Colorado)
Interventions
- Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4–9 (Colorado)
- Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Middle School (PRISMS) Toolkit (Keys to Literacy)
- Reading Interventions for Older Students (grades 4-12) (Keys to Literacy)
Literacy
- Adolescent Literacy: Components of Literacy Instruction in an MTSS Model (5-12) (Keys to Literacy)
- Content Literacy Instruction and Alignment to the Common Core (grades 4-12) (Keys to Literacy)
- Essentials of Adolescent Literacy Book Study Session 1 (Keys to Literacy)
- Essentials of Adolescent Literacy Book Study Session 2 (Keys to Literacy)
- Essentials of Adolescent Literacy: Reading and Writing Instruction in Grades 5-12 (Keys to Literacy)
- Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices (Keys to Literacy)
- NY BOCES Power Hour of Learning: Leaning into Adolescent Literacy & Leadership (Keys to Literacy)
Phonics
- Decoding Complex Multisyllabic Words Two Instructional Routines for Middle School Teachers (REL Southeast)
Technology
- Using Technology to Support Postsecondary Student Learning (Colorado)
Vocabulary
- Effective Vocabulary Instruction - A Combination of Direct and Indirect Instruction (grades 3-12) (Keys to Literacy)
- Embedding Vocabulary and Comprehension in All Subjects, Grades 4-12 (Keys to Literacy)

+ Writing

Argumentative Writing
- Argument Writing Components (Keys to Literacy)
Early Writing
- Keys to Early Writing (grades K-3) (Keys to Literacy)
Note-Taking
- Two-Column Notes (Keys to Literacy)
- Two-Column Notes Taking (Keys to Literacy)
- Two-Column Notes - A Powerful Tool for Comprehension & Writing (Keys to Literacy)
Quick Writes
- Quick Writes (Keys to Literacy)
- Quick Writes - A strategy to teach content writing (Keys to Literacy)
Summarizing
- Generating a Summary (Keys to Literacy)
- Paraphrasing Techniques (Keys to Literacy)
Teaching Writing
- Adolescent Literacy: Why is explicit writing instruction essential for adolescent learners? (Keys to Literacy)
- Stages of The Writing Process (Keys to Literacy)
- Teaching Content Writing (Keys to Literacy)
- Teaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective Writers (Colorado)
- Teaching Secondary Students to Write Effectively (Colorado)
Writing About Reading
- Graphic Organizer - Top Down Topic Web (Keys to Literacy)
- Instructional Suggestions for Writing About Reading (Keys to Literacy)
- Reading and Writing from Text Sources Parts 1 - Preparing and Scaffolding a Text Source (Keys to Literacy)
- Reading and Writing from Text Sources Parts 2 - Gathering Information from The Source (Keys to Literacy)
- Reading and Writing from Text Sources Parts 3 - Turning Notes into a First Draft (Keys to Literacy)
- The Role of Executive Functions in Reading and Writing (Keys to Literacy)
- Teaching Summarizing Writing to Support Comprehension (Keys to Literacy)
- Text Structure to Support Comprehension & Writing (Keys to Literacy)
- Writing in the Content Areas - Grades 4-12 (Keys to Literacy)
Writing Culture
- Power Hour of Learning: Building a School-Wide Writing Culture (Keys to Literacy)
Writing Rope
- The Writing Rope - A Framework for Evidence-Based Writing Instruction (Keys to Literacy)
- The Writing Rope and Integration of Reading and Writing Instruction (Keys to Literacy)
- The Writing Rope - The Strands That Are Woven Into Skilled Writing (Keys to Literacy)

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Contact Information

Main Phone: 907-465-2800
Main Fax: 907-465-2806
Email: eed.contact@alaska.gov

Teacher Certification

Phone: 907-465-2831
Fax: 907-465-2441
Email: tcwebmail@alaska.gov

Mailing Address
Alaska Dept. of Education & Early Development
PO Box 110500
Juneau, AK 99811-0500

Juneau Physical Address
333 Willoughby Ave, 9^th Floor
Juneau, AK 99801

Anchorage Physical Address
550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 810
Anchorage, AK 99501

Accessibility

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