The School Recognition and Support (SRS) Team works to empower districts, schools, and Alaska Native Tribes to build systemic capacity for continuous school improvement.
The SRS Team supports and monitors the 1003(a) grant for School Improvement, the Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) grant, and the Teacher of the Year program.
Alaska’s Empowerment Playbook is a guide for superintendents, principals, staff, and communities on how to engage in the school continuous improvement cycle while recognizing the unique assets and challenges of communities and their schools.
View Alaska’s Empowerment PlaybookOn this page you will find the documents and resources used to create school improvement plans that will not only keep schools and districts in compliance with ESSA regulations but also assist in the creation of viable, research and data-backed plans that will see schools through the next few years of planning and implementation.
Learn MoreAlaska has many outstanding teachers that are worthy of this award. The Alaska Teacher of the Year (TOY) Program gives us an exciting opportunity to identify Alaska’s best teachers! Any interested Alaska citizen may make nominations for the Alaska Teacher of the Year.
Learn MoreAfter a rigorous and thorough review process, 16 districts were awarded the CLSD Grant.hese districts represent all regions of Alaska, and range in size from the very small (less than 50 students) to the very large (over 1000 students spanning hundreds of miles). We are so excited to be working with them, and see what they will do!
Learn MoreThe School Improvement team will be hosting regular webinars that cover the Empowerment Process for School Success. Some webinars will be introductory while others will be open-ended "office hour" format. To view upcoming webinars and archived webinars, please click this link.
Upcoming & Archived Webinars
The Purple Star Award for military-friendly schools recognizes schools that show a major commitment to students and families connected to our nation’s military. Schools that earn the award will receive a special Purple Star recognition to display onsite.
Learn MoreFor FY 24, Schools will be asked to turn in a Comprehensive Needs Assessment (Profile, Practice, Program, and Community Review Forms), a 3-year School Improvement Plan, and a Budget for the School Improvement Plan into GMS.T
his documentation is due to DEED May 30th-June 15th.
Registration for the Midyear Check-in is open!
According to Federal regulation, for a grant award to be effective by July 1, the FY2024 School Improvement application must be in a substantially approvable form by June 30, 2023. The substantially approvable form must include 2 out of the 4 required review forms (Profile Review form, Practice Review form, Program Review form, and Community Review form). To be fully approved, each designated school will need to complete all 4 forms, a 3-year school improvement plan, and submit a budget. All forms can be found on the School Recognition and Support Resource page.
A district does not need to submit their application to DEED (Authorized Representative Approved status) in order to be in substantially approvable form. On July 1st, the DEED School Improvement Program Manager will go into each application to verify the required components have been completed.
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