Governor Phil Murphy • Lt. Governor Tahesha Way

Cultivating Ongoing Achievement through Coaching in Literacy (COACH) Year 1 of 5 - Competitive

   

Division - Teaching and Learning Services

Office - Learning Equity and Academic Recovery (LEAR)

View Published NGO Document (Microsoft Word)

  

Purpose:

The Cultivating Ongoing Achievement through Coaching in Literacy (COACH) grant opportunity is ta 5 year grant program intended to support LEAs to hire and train literacy coaches who support kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) educators within their schools, The NJDOE will train and support the statewide cohort of literacy coaches selected through the grant opportunity. The NJDOE also anticipates that over the 5-year continuation project term up to 2,400 teachers may be served by literacy coaches within the new network created through this subgrant opportunity.

 

The NJDOE anticipates the COACH grant to result in the following outcomes: 

  1. Literacy coaches are trained in evidence-based literacy instruction and the NJDOE’s coaching framework;
  2. Literacy coaches advance evidence-based literacy instruction for K-12 students through turn-key training and coaching; and
  3. Closure of ELA achievement gaps for New Jersey’s K-12 students.

 

The NJDOE also anticipates the grant to result in infrastructure that has the capacity to support and sustain the work of this grant through the following outcomes:

  1. Development of the Statewide Literacy Network as an infrastructure that supports the implementation and integration of literacy coaching; and
  2. LEA and school leaders support, prioritize and scale evidence-based coaching practices; and
  3. LEA and school leaders ensure the sustainability of coaching practices beyond the grant period.

 

The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) has established a five-year grant program. This grant program is open to LEAs serving large populations of economically disadvantaged students who do not yet meet grade-level New Jersey Student Learning Standards (NJSLS) for English language arts (ELA). A list of eligible applicants is included in Appendix A of the NGO.

 

The awards will be made on a regional basis, creating a cohesive, statewide network of literacy coaches receiving the same messaging around evidence-based literacy instruction directly from the NJDOE. It is anticipated that up to 40 LEAs will be awarded up to $150,000 in year one and in subsequent grant years as well.

 

Based on the availability of Federal Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant funds, this first year of this five-year grant program will begin September 30, 2025, and will end on August 31, 2026. 

   

  

Eligible Agencies: See Appendix A of the NGO for a list of eligible LEAs

Grant Type: Competitive

Number of Award(s) Anticipated: 40

Total Amount Available: $6,000,000

Application Due Date: 8/21/2025