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The School Innovation Grant and Beacons’ deadline for letters of intent has been extended to August 17, 2007
The 2008-2009 Beacon Schools LETTER OF INTENT FORM & RFP are available now!!!
To Apply:
Submit Letter of Intent by June 1, 2007
Submit an Executive Summary between July 1 and September 1, 2007
Submit a full Proposal between August 1 and October 1, 2007
Dear Principals, Teachers and Other Educators,
Thank you for your interest in Beacon Schools. This exciting initiative represents the first time in history that DPS and DCTA have co-sponsored a program to cultivate collaborative school environments that will foster student growth. More important, it represents the first time in history that DPS has turned to you - our educational experts - for your ideas and inspiration around large-scale school reform.
We know that DPS employs some of the best and brightest instructional leaders. That’s why we launched Beacon Schools. We’re confident that if our most talented principals, teachers and other educators have an opportunity to collaborate around coherent school reform plans, the sky will be the limit in terms of student achievement.
During the first Beacon School proposal process, we approved eight exciting Beacon School education reform plans. These proposals contained strategies focused on increasing student achievement through a demonstrated coherent and consistent educational plan and collaborative vision that meets the needs of Denver’s students and exceeds the goals outlined by the Denver Plan. We encourage all of our instructional leaders to review these plans (above) and to participate in future development of Beacon Schools.
Today, we are excited to kick off the selection process for the second cohort of Beacon Schools. We hope that all of our principals and teachers will consider the exciting opportunity that this initiative presents. Thank you for your interest. We look forward to your proposals.
Warm regards,
Michael Bennet and Kim Ursetta
