State Personnel Development Grant

DESE and its partners are charged with the goal of improving statewide and local level systems of educational support for children and youth with disabilities. To address this charge, the 2022-27 Missouri State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) builds on the work of the 2017-22 SPDG which focused on District Continuous Improvement. For 2022-27, our SPDG addresses District Continuous Improvement through implementing a Multi-Tiered System of Support (DCI-MTSS). The ultimate goal of this project is to improve literacy outcomes for all students, especially students with disabilities, by providing high-quality professional development focused on district- and building-level implementations of evidence-based academic and behavioral practices and systems, with an emphasis on evidence-based literacy practices within a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS). 

Activities of this project include: (a) collaborating with a statewide system of support to develop and implement effective evidence-based professional development in selected areas for improvement at the district level; (b) integrating academic and behavioral systems, practices, and data with an emphasis on improving literacy instruction and student literacy outcomes; and (c) using technologies to support the delivery of professional development, for sharing resources, and for collecting and analyzing data measuring the fidelity of implementation and the impact of this professional development effort.

2022-27 and 2017-22 SPDG initiatives

SPDG 2022-27 Grant Application (SPDG grant ENTIRE COPY) 

SPDG 2017-22 Grant Application (SPDG grant ENTIRE COPY)