The 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant's next grant competition for Cohort X is scheduled to launch the week of Monday, Feb. 13.

CDE will host weekly office hours for 30 minutes every Tuesday for potential applicants to ask the 21st CCLC team any program/fiscal questions about the Cohort X Request for Application.

CDE will also host several trainings across the state for potential applicants to learn how to write competitive applications for this grant. The trainings will be held from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. on the following dates:

• Monday, Feb. 27, in Denver Metro
• Wednesday, March 1, in Limon
• Monday, March 6, in Montrose
• Tuesday, March 7, in Glenwood Springs
• Wednesday, March 15, Virtual

Visit the CCLC Cohort X webpage for additional information, to attend an office hours webinar or to register for a training session.

A second round of Senate Bill 22-070 focus groups is open for stakeholders. Evaluators, teachers, SSPs, principals and district/BOCES leaders, including HR and central office staff, are invited to participate.

Focus Groups will take place virtually from February through April. Each session will focus on a specific topic of the legislation, and a variety of dates and times are available for each topic. The links below connect to an interest form for each Focus Group topic with the dates and times included on that form:

• Review of Draft Highly Effective Pathway
• Draft Rubric Review: Special Education Teacher
• Draft Rubric Review: Teacher Librarian
• Draft Rubric Review: Teacher on Special Assignment

Register for only one session per topic to maximize availability for all interested participants. Space will be limited.

Implementation of Senate Bill 22-070 will begin in the 2023-24 school year. Visit the Senate Bill 22-070 Overview webpage for additional details about this legislation.

Email [email protected] with any questions.

The dates and host sites for this summer's Teaching and Learning CoLabs are:

• Thursday, June 1, in Grand Junction hosted by Colorado Mesa University.
• Wednesday, June 14, in Greeley hosted by the University of Northern Colorado.
• TBD in Pueblo hosted by CSU-Pueblo.

The Teaching and Learning CoLabs are one-day, multi-disciplinary regional professional development workshops developed in partnership with Colorado's higher education institutions, professional teaching organizations and CDE. This year's content areas are expanding to include ELA, math, health, PE, science, computer science, social studies, visual and performing arts and school leadership. Schools are encouraged to attend a CoLab in teams, with teachers representing multiple grades and content areas.

CDE seeks peer reviewers for the endorsement standards content of educator preparation programs.

Interested reviewers should fill out this Google form by Friday, Jan. 27.

Reviews will take between two and five hours. Reviewers will be notified when content is available for review and a due date will be assigned at that time.

The Educator Preparation team will provide resources, including a training video, and will be available to answer questions.

Educators from school districts throughout the P-20 educational system, internal CDE content experts as well as higher education faculty are invited to sign up. Individuals with knowledge in the following content areas are encouraged to apply:

• Adapted Physical Education
• Computer Science
• Early Childhood Education
• Elementary
• English Learner Requirements (can be reviewed by CLDE or ELA certified teachers, coaches, principals, etc.)
• Math
• Teacher Librarian
• Teacher Mentor (can be reviewed by instructional coaches, principals, teacher evaluators, etc.)
• Principal
• Reading Specialist
• Special Education
• Science
• Teacher Quality Standards (for alternative programs)