Governor Mikie Sherrill • Lt. Governor Dr. Dale G. Caldwell

Cultivating Ongoing Achievement through Coaching in Literacy (COACH) - Continuation

   

Division: Teaching and Learning

Office: Learning Equity and Academic Recovery (LEAR)

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Purpose: The Cultivating Ongoing Achievement through Coaching in Literacy (COACH) grant opportunity is a 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 New Jersey Department of Education (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:

4.      Development of the Statewide Literacy Network as an infrastructure that supports the implementation and integration of literacy coaching; and

5.      LEA and school leaders support, prioritize and scale evidence-based coaching practices; and

6.      LEA and school leaders ensure the sustainability of coaching practices beyond the grant period. 

 

Based on the availability of Federal Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant funds, this second year of this five-year grant program will begin September 1, 2026, and will end on August 31, 2027. 

 

       

Eligible Agencies: LEAs selected through a competitive process in Year One

Grant Type: Continuation

Number of Award(s) Anticipated: 40

Total Amount Available: $6,327,000

Application Due Date: 9/22/2026