This project supports the effective implementation of Innovative Partnership Grants (IPGs) awarded to CSI schools in North Carolina by assisting the SEA in providing strategic professional development and guidance to school coaches, principals, and district liaisons working with schools receiving IPGs. The problem addressed by this project is the high number of CSI and TSI schools in the state and the reduction in support from the SEA for these identified low-performing schools.

R7CC will provide targeted assistance to MDE by facilitating stakeholder engagement to review, clarify, and revise P-16 Council implementation guidelines in an effort to facilitate a collaborative, successful, and sustainable relationship between P-16 Councils, schools, and districts.

The goal of this coaching project is to support the installation and initial implementation of the Professional Learning Community: Emergent Literacy (PLC-EL; Kosanovich et al., 2020) in pre-kindergarten sites in South Carolina. PLC-EL was developed in response to requests from members of REL Southeast’s School Readiness Partnership, which sought to strengthen evidence-based literacy and language practices in preschool classrooms. The PLC-EL suite of materials includes four modules: Print Knowledge, Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary, and Oral Language.