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We invite you to learn more about Toolbox 4.0 through a Free Online Webinar. The objective of the webinar is to learn how to navigate Toolbox, how to share documents, and to joing a group.

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IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Learning-Focused School Alliance Packages

Learning-Focused is proud to offer our clients an incredible level of support through our Alliance Packages. Designed for schools and districts ready to commit to the highest quality training, materials, and support, our Alliance Packages offer an exceptional value for professional development and raising achievement.

Alliance Packages include all workshop fees, expenses, materials, and support. A dedicated Alliance Advisor will work closely with clients on planning, implementing, training, monitoring, coaching, and support. Nothing can help move a school towards higher achievement better and faster than one or more Learning-Focused Alliance Packages.

When you are looking to implement Learning-Focused the "right way" for your staff and students, you are looking for our highly regarded Learning-Focused Alliance packages. All Alliance packages provide additional on-site and off-site support, including: planning, overview sessions, teacher guidance, walkthroughs, and more!

Discover more about the Learning-Focused Alliance Packages and then call 866-955-3276 to start your school or district on the path of exceeding your achievement goals! Learning-Focused will work with you to set up customized implementation and payment plans.

Learning-Focused Alliance Packages:

     Reaching Balanced Achievement 3 Year Alliance Year 1: Acquiring Knowledge
     Reaching Balanced Achievement 3 Year Alliance Year 2: Extending Thinking
     Reaching Balanced Achievement 3 Year Alliance Year 3: Closing the Achievement Gap
     Reaching Balanced Achievement 2 Year Intensive Alliance Year 1
     Reaching Balanced Achievement 2 Year Intensive Alliance Year 2
     Power Curriculum Alliance
     Learning-Focused Strategies Alliance
     Comprehensive Literacy Alliance
     Catching Kids Up Alliance
     Comprehensive Math K-5 Alliance
     Fast Track to Achievement

Reaching Balanced Achievement 3 Year Alliance Year 1: Acquiring Knowledge
$21,100.00 (services) + $200 per Participant (materials)

The Reaching Balanced Achievement Year 1 Alliance includes 8 onsite days:

  1. A Dedicated Learning-Focused Alliance Advisor
  2. Leadership, Balanced Achievement, and Accountability (Leadership Team) (1 Day)
  3. Starting and Sustaining Exemplary Practices (Leadership Team) (1 Day)
  4. Learning-Focused Strategies: Transforming Standards into Learning (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  5. Learning-Focused Strategies: Connecting Exemplary Practices in Acquisition Lessons (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  6. Monitoring for Achievement and Walkthrough Training (Leadership Team) (1 Day)
  7. Conferencing with Teachers and Administrators (1 Day)
  8. Connecting Strategies in Math Acquisition Lessons (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  9. Planning for Instruction (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  10. What Moves You (5 Different Sets)
  11. Materials for this package:
    1. The Amazing Book of Making Connections for Learning (leadership)
    2. Leadership, Balanced Achievement, and Accountability (leadership)
    3. Starting and Sustaining Exemplary Practices (leadership)
    4. Learning-Focused Strategies: Transforming Standards into Learning Notebook and Flipchart
    5. Learning-Focused Strategies: Connecting Exemplary Practices in Acquisition Lessons Notebook and Flipchart
    6. Connecting Strategies in Math Acquisition Lessons Notebook and Flipchart
    7. What Moves You Sets (Choice of 5)
    8. Conferencing Guide
    9. Monitoring Materials (leadership)

Reaching Balanced Achievement 3 Year Alliance Year 2: Extending Thinking
$21,100.00 (services) + $200 per Participant (materials)

The Reaching Balanced Achievement Year 1 Alliance includes 8 onsite days:

  1. A Dedicated Learning-Focused Alliance Advisor
  2. Starting and Sustaining Exemplary Practices (Leadership Team) (1 Day)
  3. Learning-Focused Strategies: Connecting Extending Thinking (teachers and admins) (1 Day)
  4. Learning-Focused Strategies: Planning Units for Learning (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  5. Monitoring for Achievement and Walkthrough Training (Leadership Team) (1 Day)
  6. Conferencing with Teachers and Administrators (1 Day)
  7. Differentiated Assignments (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  8. Vocabulary Instruction (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  9. Planning for Instruction (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  10. What Moves You (5 Different Sets)
  11. Materials for this package:
    1. Learning-Focused Strategies: Connecting Extending Thinking Notebook and Flipchart
    2. Learning-Focused Strategies: Planning Units for Learning Notebook and Flipchart
    3. Differentiated Assignments Notebook
    4. Vocabulary Instruction Notebook
    5. What Moves You Sets (Choice of 5)
    6. Conferencing Guide
    7. Monitoring Materials (leadership)

Reaching Balanced Achievement 3 Year Alliance Year 3: Closing the Achievement Gap
$21,100.00 (services) + $175 per Participant (materials)

The Reaching Balanced Achievement Year 1 Alliance includes 8 onsite days:

  1. A Dedicated Learning-Focused Alliance Advisor
  2. Starting and Sustaining Exemplary Practices (Leadership Team) (1 Day)
  3. Catching Kids Up with Acceleration (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  4. Scaffolding Grade Level Learning (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  5. Reading Assignments in All Content Areas (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  6. Writing Assignments in All Content Areas (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  7. Monitoring for Achievement and Walkthrough Training (Leadership Team) (1 Day)
  8. Conferencing with Teachers and Administrators (1 Day)
  9. Planning for Instruction (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  10. What Moves You (5 Different Sets)
  11. Materials for this package:
    1. Catching Kids Up with Acceleration Notebook
    2. Scaffolding Grade Level Learning Notebook
    3. Reading Assignments Flipchart
    4. Writing Assignments Notebook and Flipchart
    5. What Moves You Sets (Choice of 5)
    6. Conferencing Guide
    7. Monitoring Materials (leadership)

Reaching Balanced Achievement 2 Year Intensive Alliance Package Year 1
$29,000.00 (services) + $300 per Participant (materials)

The Reaching Balanced Achievement Year 1 Alliance includes 11 onsite days:

  1. A Dedicated Learning-Focused Alliance Advisor
  2. Leadership, Balanced Achievement, and Accountability (Leadership Team) (1 Day)
  3. Starting and Sustaining Exemplary Practices (Leadership Team) (1 Day)
  4. Learning-Focused Strategies: Transforming Standards into Learning (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  5. Learning-Focused Strategies: Connecting Exemplary Practices in Acquisition Lessons (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  6. Monitoring for Achievement and Walkthrough Training (Leadership Team) (1 Day)
  7. Conferencing with Teachers and Administrators (1 Day)
  8. Connecting Strategies in Math Acquisition Lessons (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  9. Vocabulary Instruction (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  10. Reading Assignments in All Content Areas (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  11. Writing Assignments in All Content Areas (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  12. Planning for Instruction (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  13. What Moves You (5 Different Sets)
  14. Materials for this package:
    1. The Amazing Book of Making Connections for Learning (leadership)
    2. Leadership, Balanced Achievement, and Accountability (leadership)
    3. Starting and Sustaining Exemplary Practices (leadership)
    4. Learning-Focused Strategies: Transforming Standards into Learning
    5. Learning-Focused Strategies: Connecting Exemplary Practices in Acquisition Lessons
    6. Connecting Strategies in Math Acquisition Lessons Notebook and Flipchart
    7. Acquisition Flipchart
    8. Transforming Standards into Learning Flipchart
    9. Reading Assignments Flipchart
    10. Writing Assignments and Benchmark Assessments Notebook and Flipchart
    11. Vocabulary Instruction Notebook and Flipchart
    12. What Moves You Sets (Choice of 5)
    13. Conferencing Guide
    14. Monitoring Materials (leadership)

Reaching Balanced Achievement 2 Year Intensive Alliance Package Year 2
$23,500.00 (services) + $240 per Participant (materials)

The Reaching Balanced Achievement Year 2 Alliance includes 9 onsite days:

  1. A Dedicated Learning-Focused Alliance Advisor
  2. Starting and Sustaining Exemplary Practices (Leadership Team) (1 Day)
  3. Learning-Focused Strategies: Connecting Extending Thinking (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  4. Learning-Focused Strategies: Planning Units for Learning (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  5. Monitoring for Achievement and Walkthrough Training (Leadership Team) (1 Day)
  6. Conferencing with Teachers and Administrators (1 Day)
  7. Catching Kids Up with Acceleration (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  8. Scaffolding Grade Level Learning (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  9. Differentiated Assignments (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  10. Planning for Instruction (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  11. What Moves You (5 Different Sets)
  12. Materials for this package:
    1. Starting and Sustaining Exemplary Practices
    2. Learning-Focused Strategies: Connecting Extending Thinking
    3. Learning-Focused Strategies: Planning Units for Learning
    4. Extending Thinking Flipchart
    5. Planning Learning Units Flipchart
    6. Catching Kids Up with Acceleration
    7. Scaffolding Grade Level Learning
    8. Differentiated Assignments
    9. What Moves You Sets (Choice of 5)
    10. Conferencing Guides
    11. Monitoring Materials (for Leadership)

Learning-Focused Strategies Alliance Package
$23,500.00 (services) + $210 per Participant (materials)

The Learning-Focused Strategies Alliance includes:

  1. A Dedicated Learning-Focused Alliance Advisor
  2. Starting and Sustaining Exemplary Practices (Leadership Team) (1 Day)
  3. Learning-Focused Strategies: Transforming Standards into Learning (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  4. Learning-Focused Strategies: Connecting Exemplary Practices in Acquisition Lessons (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  5. Monitoring for Achievement and Walkthrough Training (leadership team) (1 Day)
  6. Conferencing with Teachers and Administrators (1 Day)
  7. Learning-Focused Strategies: Connecting Extending Thinking (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  8. Learning-Focused Strategies: Planning Units for Learning (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  9. Conferencing with Teachers and Administrators (1 Day)
  10. Planning for Instruction (teachers and administrators) (1 Day)
  11. Materials for each teacher and administrator:
    1. The Amazing Book of Making Connections for Learning (leadership)
    2. Starting and Sustaining Exemplary Practices (leadership)
    3. Learning-Focused Strategies: Transforming Standards into Learning
    4. Learning-Focused Strategies: Connecting Exemplary Practices in Acquisition Lessons
    5. Learning-Focused Strategies: Connecting Extending Thinking
    6. Learning-Focused Strategies: Planning Units for Learning
    7. Transforming Standards into Learning Flipcharts
    8. Acquisition Flipcharts
    9. Extending Thinking Flipcharts
    10. Unit Planning Flipcharts
    11. Conferencing Guides
    12. What Moves You (5 different sets)
    13. Monitoring Materials (for Leadership)

Power Curriculum Alliance Package for Districts With Learning-Focused Experience:
$28,500.00 + $85 per Participant for 4 core areas (50 - 100 participants)
$18,500.00 + $85 per Participant for 2 core areas (25 - 50 participants)
Add the ELA Model Curriculum for $2500.00

The Curriculum Alliance Package Includes:

  1. A Dedicated Learning-Focused Alliance Advisor
  2. 2 or 4 core areas of curriculum: 2 days each for math, social studies, and science, plus 3 days for ELA
  3. Actualizing the Curriculum (decision makers learn options for rolling out the curriculum and training on administrator tools) (1 day)
  4. Planning for Instruction (teachers and decision makers learn what to do after initial development these participants can return and share this information with others in their building) (1 day)
  5. Materials for the Curriculum Alliance:
    1. The Amazing Book of Making Connections for Learning (Leadership Team)
    2. Curriculum Tool Licenses (1st Year)
    3. Power Curriculum Notebooks
    4. Actualizing the Power Curriculum Notebooks (Leadership Team)
    5. Curriculum Editor Tool (Administrators)
    6. Toolbox Customizer Tool (Administrators)
  6. 5 Hours of Toolbox Phone and Email Support

Power Curriculum Alliance Package for Districts Without Learning-Focused Experience:
$36,500.00 + $85 per Participant for 4 core areas (50 - 100 participants) (14 onsite workshop days)
$21,200.00 + $85 per Participant for 2 core areas (25 - 50 participants) (8 onsite workshop days)
Add the ELA Model Curriculum for $2500.00

The Curriculum Alliance Package Includes:

  1. A Dedicated Learning-Focused Alliance Advisor
  2. 2 or 4 core areas of curriculum: 3 days each for math, social studies, science and ELA
  3. Actualizing the Curriculum (decision makers learn options for rolling out the curriculum and training on administrator tools) (1 day)
  4. Planning for Instruction (teachers and decision makers learn what to do after initial development - these participants can return and share this information with others in their building) (1 day)
  5. Materials for the Curriculum Alliance:
    1. The Amazing Book of Making Connections for Learning (Leadership Team)
    2. Curriculum Tool Licenses (1st Year)
    3. Power Curriculum Notebooks
    4. Actualizing the Power Curriculum Notebooks (Leadership Team)
    5. Curriculum Editor Tool (Administrators)
    6. Toolbox Customizer Tool (Administrators)
    7. Overview of the Learning-Focused Strategies Model
  6. 5 Hours of Toolbox Phone and Email Support

This package is only for clients where participants have NOT had at least Learning-Focused Strategies: Transforming Standards into Learning and Connecting Exemplary Practices in Acquisition Lessons. Payment for 60% of package price due 30 days after first onsite date. Payment for remaining 40% of package price due 60 days after first onsite date. package price due 30 days after first onsite date. Payment for remaining 40% of package price due 60 days after first onsite date. Price based on a maximum of 6 leaders. Additional material fees will be added for more than 6 leaders. Learning-Focused may add 10-15% travel surcharge for certain states (will be noted in quote/contract). Learning-Focused will add additional fees for Max Thompson's services if client requests his services. Learning-Focused reserves the right to increase the fee if services are not completed within 12 month period. Toolbox licenses active for 1 year. Additional 1st year licenses = $50.00 per person and include the Power Curriculum notebook. Curriculum Tool Licenses are renewed annually for $25.00 per person. Support provided in increments of 30 minutes for phone and 15 minutes for email. Additional support provided for $80/hour.

Catching Kids Up Alliance Package: $13,000.00 + $120 per Participant

The Catching Kids Up Alliance Package Includes the following:

  1. 1 Day of Catching Kids Up with Acceleration
  2. 1 Day of Vocabulary Instruction
  3. 1 Day of Scaffolding
  4. 1 Day of Differentiated Assignments
  5. 1 Day of Planning for Instruction
  6. Materials for the Catching Kids Up Alliance:
    1. Catching Kids Up notebook
    2. Vocabulary Instruction notebook
    3. Scaffolding notebook
    4. Differentiated Assignments notebook
    5. Conferencing Guide

Comprehensive Literacy Alliance Package:
$10,200.00 + $135 per Participant

The Literacy Alliance Package Includes 4 days of the following:

  1. Comprehensive Literacy K-5
  2. Learning to Read Whole Group Teacher Directed Lessons K-2
  3. Learning to Read Flexible Groups K-2
  4. Reading Comprehension for ELA Teachers (3-5 or 6-12)
  5. Learning with Flexible Groups (3-5)
  6. Reading Assignments in All Content Areas (all teachers) (K-5 or 6-12)
  7. Strategies for Assessments (all teachers) (2-8)
  8. Writing Assignments and Benchmark Assessments (all teachers) (K-2, 3-5, 6-8)
  9. Writing Assignments (all teachers) (9-12)
  10. Planning for Instruction (1 Day)
  11. Materials for the Comprehensive Literacy Alliance
    1. Participants receive books and flipcharts corresponding to chosen above solutions

Math Achievement Alliance Package:
$10,200.00 + $135 per Participant

The Comprehensive Math Alliance Package Includes 4 days of the following:

  1. 1 Day of Comprehensive Math K-5
  2. 1 Day of Connecting Math Strategies in Acquisition Lessons
  3. 1 Day of Planning Math Units
  4. 1 Day of Problem Solving and Extending Thinking in Math
  5. 1 Day of Technology to Increase Math Achievement
  6. 1 Day of Error Points and Math Manipulatives
  7. 1 Day of Planning for Instruction or Conferencing
  8. Materials for the Comprehensive Math Alliance
    1. Participants receive books and flipcharts corresponding to chosen above solutions

*** Payment for 60% of package price due 30 days after first onsite date. Payment for remaining 40% of package price due 60 days after first onsite date. Add 5%/onsite day (up to 4 days for this package) when Directors are members of Alliance. Learning-Focused may add 10-15% travel surcharge for certain states (will be noted in quote/contract). Learning-Focused will add additional fees for Max Thompson's services if client requests his services. Learning-Focused reserves the right to increase the fee if services are not completed within 12 month period.

Fast Track to Achievement Alliance Package:
Custom Developed Plan

A custom designed package for schools in "needs improvement" or "corrective action." Call 866-955-3276 to have a FAST TRACK TO ACHIEVEMENT Alliance Package customized to your School's needs.

Alliance Package Notes:

  1. If a client would like to request a specific consultant, Learning-Focused highly suggests that the client request at least two consultants. Learning-Focused will do everything possible to meet client requests, but does not guarantee specific consultants.
  2. Additional fees may apply for canceling, changing dates, adding dates, and having more than specified number of participants.

Call 866-955-3276 or visit www.LearningFocused.com for more information