Rochelle Lee Teacher Award Study Groups are school-based professional learning communities. Study groups develop a goal to guide their learning throughout the school year, and meet monthly to discuss instruction and push their practice to reach their goal. Study Groups allow teachers to have a school-wide impact on student literacy instruction. The application is open from mid-December through mid-March. Awardees are announced late April of each year.

• Awardees receive a classroom library grant of $425 per study group member plus the purchase of the group’s professional text.
• Increased knowledge of professional literature and current researched based literacy best practices.
• Leadership opportunities and professional development facilitation experience.
• A professional collaborative forum.
• Literacy coaching provided three times per year.