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| 6. | Other Categories of Teacher Initiatives |
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
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| Teacher Recruitment (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Transition to Teaching |
Discretionary | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| National/regional, state and local grants are funded to local educational agencies, state educational agencies, education service centers, nonprofit agencies and other organizations including organizations with expertise in teacher recruitment and partnerships comprised of two or more of these entities. The program targets nontraditional teaching candidates with outstanding academic records and a baccalaureate degree in a field other than teaching. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Alternative Routes to Certification (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Transition to Teaching |
Discretionary | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| National/regional, state and local grants are funded to local educational agencies, state educational agencies, education service centers, nonprofit agencies and other organizations including organizations with expertise in teacher recruitment and partnerships comprised of two or more of these entities. The program targets nontraditional teaching candidates with outstanding academic records and a baccalaureate degree in a field other than teaching. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
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| Teacher Recruitment | Transition to Teaching (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| National/regional, state and local grants are funded to local educational agencies, state educational agencies, education service centers, nonprofit agencies and other organizations including organizations with expertise in teacher recruitment and partnerships comprised of two or more of these entities. The program targets nontraditional teaching candidates with outstanding academic records and a baccalaureate degree in a field other than teaching. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Alternative Routes to Certification | Transition to Teaching (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| National/regional, state and local grants are funded to local educational agencies, state educational agencies, education service centers, nonprofit agencies and other organizations including organizations with expertise in teacher recruitment and partnerships comprised of two or more of these entities. The program targets nontraditional teaching candidates with outstanding academic records and a baccalaureate degree in a field other than teaching. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Teacher Recruitment | Teacher & Principal Training & Recruiting Fund (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Formula | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| This program expands on the former Eisenhower Program with a newly defined purpose of increasing student's academic achievement through strategies such as improving teacher and principal quality. States disperse funds to local educational agencies for various purposes including "...Developing and implementing mechanisms to assist local educational agencies and schools in effectively recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers, including specialists in core academic subjects, principals, and pupil services personnel..." | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Teacher Retention | Teacher & Principal Training & Recruiting Fund (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Formula | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| This program expands on the former Eisenhower Program with a newly defined purpose of increasing student's academic achievement through strategies such as improving teacher and principal quality. States disperse funds to local educational agencies for various purposes including "...Developing and implementing mechanisms to assist local educational agencies and schools in effectively recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers, including specialists in core academic subjects, principals, and pupil services personnel..." | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Teacher Training | Teacher & Principal Training & Recruiting Fund (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Formula | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| This program expands on the former Eisenhower Program with a newly defined purpose of increasing student's academic achievement through strategies such as improving teacher and principal quality. States disperse funds to local educational agencies for various purposes including programs that support teachers and principals new to their profession through programs that provide teacher mentoring, team teaching, reduced class schedules, and intensive professional development and use standards or assessments for beginning teachers as described in the legislation. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Teacher Preparation | Teacher & Principal Training & Recruiting Fund (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Formula | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| This program expands on the former Eisenhower Program with a newly defined purpose of increasing student's academic achievement through strategies such as improving teacher and principal quality. States disperse funds to local educational agencies for various purposes including programs that support teachers and principals new to their profession through programs that provide teacher mentoring, team teaching, reduced class schedules, and intensive professional development and use standards or assessments for beginning teachers as described in the legislation. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| New Teacher Initiatives | Teacher & Principal Training & Recruiting Fund (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Formula | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| This program expands on the former Eisenhower Program with a newly defined purpose of increasing student's academic achievement through strategies such as improving teacher and principal quality. States disperse funds to local educational agencies for various purposes including programs that support teachers and principals new to their profession through programs that provide teacher mentoring, team teaching, reduced class schedules, and intensive professional development and use standards or assessments for beginning teachers as described in the legislation. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Principal Recruitment | Teacher & Principal Training & Recruiting Fund (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Formula | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| This program expands on the former Eisenhower Program with a newly defined purpose of increasing student's academic achievement through strategies such as improving teacher and principal quality. States disperse funds to local educational agencies for various purposes including "...Developing and implementing mechanisms to assist local educational agencies and schools in effectively recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers, including specialists in core academic subjects, principals, and pupil services personnel..." | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| New Principal Initiatives | Teacher & Principal Training & Recruiting Fund (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Formula | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| This program expands on the former Eisenhower Program with a newly defined purpose of increasing student's academic achievement through strategies such as improving teacher and principal quality. States disperse funds to local educational agencies for various purposes including programs that support teachers and principals new to their profession through programs that provide teacher mentoring, team teaching, reduced class schedules, and intensive professional development and use standards or assessments for beginning teachers as described in the legislation. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Principal Training | Teacher & Principal Training & Recruiting Fund (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Formula | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| This program expands on the former Eisenhower Program with a newly defined purpose of increasing student's academic achievement through strategies such as improving teacher and principal quality. States disperse funds to local educational agenciesfor various purposes including "...Developing and implementing mechanisms to assist local educational agencies and schools in effectively recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers, including specialists in core academic subjects, principals, and pupil services personnel..." | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Principal Retention | Teacher & Principal Training & Recruiting Fund (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Formula | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| This program expands on the former Eisenhower Program with a newly defined purpose of increasing student's academic achievement through strategies such as improving teacher and principal quality. States disperse funds to local educational agencies for various purposes including "...Developing and implementing mechanisms to assist local educational agencies and schools in effectively recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers, including specialists in core academic subjects, principals, and pupil services personnel..." | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Principal Preparation | Teacher & Principal Training & Recruiting Fund (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Formula | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| This program expands on the former Eisenhower Program with a newly defined purpose of increasing student's academic achievement through strategies such as improving teacher and principal quality. States disperse funds to local educational agencies for various purposes including "...Developing and implementing mechanisms to assist local educational agencies and schools in effectively recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers, including specialists in core academic subjects, principals, and pupil services personnel..." | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Principal Professional Development | Teacher & Principal Training & Recruiting Fund (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Formula | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| This program expands on the former Eisenhower Program with a newly defined purpose of increasing student's academic achievement through strategies such as improving teacher and principal quality. States disperse funds to local educational agencies for activities such as the development and implementation of professional development activities for principals that enable them to be effective leaders in preparing students. Funds can also pay for leadership academies for principals and superintendents that focus on school management and educational leaders models. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Professional Development | Teacher & Principal Training & Recruiting Fund (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Formula | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| Formerly known as the Eisenhower State Education Program, the Teacher Quality Program provides assistance to States based on a formula, to state and local education agencies, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations to help ensure that teachers, administrators, and other staff have high quality professional development. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Alternative Routes to Certification | Transition to Teaching (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Formula | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| National/regional, state and local grants are funded to local educational agencies, state educational agencies, education service centers, nonprofit agencies and other organizations including organizations with expertise in teacher recruitment and partnerships comprised of two or more of these entities. The program targets nontraditional teaching candidates with outstanding academic records and a baccalaureate degree in a field other than teaching. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Professional Development | State Program Improvement Grants | Discretionary Grant | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| The State Improvement Grant Program supports projects designed to assist state educational agencies and their partners and their partners referred to in Section 652(b) of IDEA in reforming and improving their systems for providing educational, early intervention, and transitional services, including their systems for professional development, technical assistance, and dissemination of knowledge about best practices, to improve results for children with disabilities. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Professional Development | Native American Professional Development | Discretionary | Institutions of higher education, including Indian institutions of higher education; A state or local educational agency in consortium with an institution of higher education; An Indian tribe or organization, in consortium with an institution of higher education |
| Program description | |||
| The Professional Development program is a competitive grant program that supports activities to increase the number of qualified Indian individuals in professions that serve Indian people. Individuals who receive training under the Professional Development program are required to perform work that is related to the training received and that benefits Indian people, or repay all or a prorated part of the assistance received. One component of the Professional Development program supports training for qualified Indian individuals to (1) become teachers, administrators, teacher aides, social workers, and ancillary educational personnel; and (2) improve the skills of Indian individuals serving in these capacities. The second component of the program supports training of qualified Indian individuals in fields other than education that result in a degree at the graduate level. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Professional Development - Vocational Education | Professional Development Programs for vocational and technical, academic, guidance, and administrative personnel Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, P.L. 105-332, Section 124(b) (3), State Leadership Activities |
Basic Formula Grant (Perkins allows either formula or competitive process) | State Educational Agency |
| Program description | |||
| The Perkins Act of 1998 focuses the Federal investment in vocational and technical education on high-quality programs, requiring states to use a portion of its leadership funds on comprehensive professional development, including initial teacher preparation, for vocational and technical, academic, guidance, and administrative personnel. Contact office and phone: Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), Division of Vocational and Adult Education (DVTE); (202) 205-9444. Contact Person and phone: Ron Castaldi, Director (202) 205-9441 |
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| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
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| Teacher Recruitment | Transition to Teaching (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | Local Educational Agencies and Others |
| Program description | |||
| National/regional, state and local grants are funded to local educational agencies, state educational agencies, education service centers, nonprofit agencies and other organizations including organizations with expertise in teacher recruitment and partnerships comprised of two or more of these entities. The program targets nontraditional teaching candidates with outstanding academic records and a baccalaureate degree in a field other than teaching. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Alternative Routes to Certification | Transition to Teaching (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | Local Educational Agencies and Others |
| Program description | |||
| National/regional, state and local grants are funded to local educational agencies, state educational agencies, education service centers, nonprofit agencies and other organizations including organizations with expertise in teacher recruitment and partnerships comprised of two or more of these entities. The program targets nontraditional teaching candidates with outstanding academic records and a baccalaureate degree in a field other than teaching. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Professional Development | Arts in Education Cultural Partnership & Professional Development for Music Educators |
Discretionary | Local Educational Agencies and Others |
| Program description | |||
| Eliminated from the No Child Left Behind Act. Provided funds for the professional development of music educators. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Professional Development | Education of Native Hawaiians | Discretionary | Local Educational Agencies and Others |
| Program description | |||
| Consolidates six separate programs into one comprehensive grant program and adds a separate authorization for the Native Hawaiian Education Council. Consolidated programs include: the Native Hawaiian Family-Based Education Centers, the Native Hawaiian Curriculum Development, Teacher Training and Recruitment, the Native Hawaiian Gifted and Talented, the Native Hawaiian Higher Education the Native Hawaiian Special Education, and the Native Hawaiian Community-Based Education Learning Centers. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Principal Recruitment | School Leadership Grants (New Program) (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | Local Educational Agencies & Consortia of high need LEAs & Partnerships with non-profit organizations and Institutions of Higher Education |
| Program description | |||
| Authorizes competitive awards to assist high-need local educational agencies to develop innovative programs that recruit, train and mentor principals (including assistant principals). Authorizes grantees to use program funds to: provide financial incentives to aspiring new principals; provide stipends to principals who mentor new principals; carry out professional development programs in instructional leadership and management; provide incentives that are appropriate for teachers or individuals from other fields who want to become principals and that are effective in retaining new principals. |
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| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Principal Training | School Leadership Grants (New Program) (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | Local Educational Agencies & Consortia of high need LEAs & Partnerships with non-profit organizations and Institutions of Higher Education |
| Program description | |||
| Authorizes competitive awards to assist high-need local educational agencies to develop innovative programs that recruit, train and mentor principals (including assistant principals). Authorizes grantees to use program funds to: provide financial incentives to aspiring new principals; provide stipends to principals who mentor new principals; carry out professional development programs in instructional leadership and management; provide incentives that are appropriate for teachers or individuals from other fields who want to become principals and that are effective in retaining new principals. |
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| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Principal Mentoring | School Leadership Grants (New Program) (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | Local Educational Agencies & Consortia of high need LEAs & Partnerships with non-profit organizations and Institutions of Higher Education |
| Program description | |||
| Authorizes competitive awards to assist high-need local educational agencies to develop innovative programs that recruit, train and mentor principals (including assistant principals). Authorizes grantees to use program funds to: provide financial incentives to aspiring new principals; provide stipends to principals who mentor new principals; carry out professional development programs in instructional leadership and management; provide incentives that are appropriate for teachers or individuals from other fields who want to become principals and that are effective in retaining new principals. |
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| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Principal Professional Development | School Leadership Grants (New Program) (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | Local Educational Agencies & Consortia of high need LEAs & Partnerships with non-profit organizations and Institutions of Higher Education |
| Program description | |||
| Authorizes competitive awards to assist high-need local educational agencies to develop innovative programs that recruit, train and mentor principals (including assistant principals). Authorizes grantees to use program funds to: provide financial incentives to aspiring new principals; provide stipends to principals who mentor new principals; carry out professional development programs in instructional leadership and management; provide incentives that are appropriate for teachers or individuals from other fields who want to become principals and that are effective in retaining new principals. |
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| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Professional Development | Territories and Freely Associated States Education Grant Programs | Discretionary | Local Educational Agencies in theTerritories and Freely Associated States |
| Program description | |||
| Funds competitive grants to Local Educational Agencies in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the Virgin Islands for programs including teacher training programs, programs for curriculum development, instructional materials, or general school improvement and reform. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Professional Development | Native American Professional Development | Discretionary | Institutions of higher education, including Indian institutions of higher education; A state or local educational agency in consortium with an institution of higher education; An Indian tribe or organization, in consortium with an institution of higher education |
| Program description | |||
| The Professional Development program is a competitive grant program that supports activities to increase the number of qualified Indian individuals in professions that serve Indian people. Individuals who receive training under the Professional Development program are required to perform work that is related to the training received and that benefits Indian people, or repay all or a prorated part of the assistance received. One component of the Professional Development program supports training for qualified Indian individuals to (1) become teachers, administrators, teacher aides, social workers, and ancillary educational personnel; and (2) improve the skills of Indian individuals serving in these capacities. The second component of the program supports training of qualified Indian individuals in fields other than education that result in a degree at the graduate level. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
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| Principal Recruitment | School Leadership Grants (New Program) (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | Local Educational Agencies & Consortia of high need LEAs & Partnerships with non-profit organizations and Institutions of Higher Education |
| Program description | |||
| Authorizes competitive awards to assist high-need local educational agencies to develop innovative programs that recruit, train and mentor principals (including assistant principals). Authorizes grantees to use program funds to: provide financial incentives to aspiring new principals; provide stipends to principals who mentor new principals; carry out professional development programs in instructional leadership and management; provide incentives that are appropriate for teachers or individuals from other fields who want to become principals and that are effective in retaining new principals. |
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| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Principal Training | School Leadership Grants (New Program) (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | Local Educational Agencies & Consortia of high need LEAs & Partnerships with non-profit organizations and Institutions of Higher Education |
| Program description | |||
| Authorizes competitive awards to assist high-need local educational agencies to develop innovative programs that recruit, train and mentor principals (including assistant principals). Authorizes grantees to use program funds to: provide financial incentives to aspiring new principals; provide stipends to principals who mentor new principals; carry out professional development programs in instructional leadership and management; provide incentives that are appropriate for teachers or individuals from other fields who want to become principals and that are effective in retaining new principals. |
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| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Principal Mentoring | School Leadership Grants (New Program) (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | Local Educational Agencies & Consortia of high need LEAs & Partnerships with non-profit organizations and Institutions of Higher Education |
| Program description | |||
| Authorizes competitive awards to assist high-need local educational agencies to develop innovative programs that recruit, train and mentor principals (including assistant principals). Authorizes grantees to use program funds to: provide financial incentives to aspiring new principals; provide stipends to principals who mentor new principals; carry out professional development programs in instructional leadership and management; provide incentives that are appropriate for teachers or individuals from other fields who want to become principals and that are effective in retaining new principals. |
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| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Principal Professional Development | School Leadership Grants (New Program) (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | Local Educational Agencies & Consortia of high need LEAs & Partnerships with non-profit organizations and Institutions of Higher Education |
| Program description | |||
| Authorizes competitive awards to assist high-need local educational agencies to develop innovative programs that recruit, train and mentor principals (including assistant principals). Authorizes grantees to use program funds to: provide financial incentives to aspiring new principals; provide stipends to principals who mentor new principals; carry out professional development programs in instructional leadership and management; provide incentives that are appropriate for teachers or individuals from other fields who want to become principals and that are effective in retaining new principals. |
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| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Teacher Recruitment | Transition to Teaching (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| National/regional, state and local grants are funded to local educational agencies, state educational agencies, education service centers, nonprofit agencies and other organizations including organizations with expertise in teacher recruitment and partnerships comprised of two or more of these entities. The program targets nontraditional teaching candidates with outstanding academic records and a baccalaureate degree in a field other than teaching. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Alternative Routes to Certification | Transition to Teaching (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | State Educational Agencies |
| Program description | |||
| National/regional, state and local grants are funded to local educational agencies, state educational agencies, education service centers, nonprofit agencies and other organizations including organizations with expertise in teacher recruitment and partnerships comprised of two or more of these entities. The program targets nontraditional teaching candidates with outstanding academic records and a baccalaureate degree in a field other than teaching. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Teacher Preparation | Personnel Preparation Searchable database of currently funded Part D programs |
Discretionary Grants | Institutions of Higher Education and other eligible entities under Subpart 2 of IDEA |
| Program description | |||
| The Personnel Preparation Program supports projects designed to help address state-identified needs for qualified personnel in special education, related services, early intervention, and regular education to work with children with disabilities. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Professional Development | Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program | Compensatory Education Program | |
| Program description | |||
| This is a new discretionary grant program. Approximately 20 awards (funded up to 48 months) to one or more institutions of higher education, State agencies for higher education, local educational agencies, educational service | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Teacher preparation, traditional / Certification and licensure | National Professional Development Program | Discretionary | IHE's |
| Program description | |||
| To prepare teachers and other educational personnel to serve LEP students | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Professional Development | Native American Professional Development | Discretionary | Institutions of higher education, including Indian institutions of higher education; A state or local educational agency in consortium with an institution of higher education; An Indian tribe or organization, in consortium with an institution of higher education |
| Program description | |||
| The Professional Development program is a competitive grant program that supports activities to increase the number of qualified Indian individuals in professions that serve Indian people. Individuals who receive training under the Professional Development program are required to perform work that is related to the training received and that benefits Indian people, or repay all or a prorated part of the assistance received. One component of the Professional Development program supports training for qualified Indian individuals to (1) become teachers, administrators, teacher aides, social workers, and ancillary educational personnel; and (2) improve the skills of Indian individuals serving in these capacities. The second component of the program supports training of qualified Indian individuals in fields other than education that result in a degree at the graduate level. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
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| Professional Development | Alaska Native Education | Discretionary And Contracts (earmarks) | Community Organizations in Alaska |
| Program description | |||
| Consolidates the three separate programs under current law into one program. Consolidated programs include: the Alaska Native Educational Planning, Curriculum Development, Teacher Training and Recruitment program, the Alaska Native Home Based Education for Preschool Children program, and the Alaska Native Student Enrichment program. Adds earmarks for certain organizations. | |||
| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Principal Recruitment | School Leadership Grants (New Program) (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | Local Educational Agencies & Consortia of high need LEAs & Partnerships with non-profit organizations and Institutions of Higher Education |
| Program description | |||
| Authorizes competitive awards to assist high-need local educational agencies to develop innovative programs that recruit, train and mentor principals (including assistant principals). Authorizes grantees to use program funds to: provide financial incentives to aspiring new principals; provide stipends to principals who mentor new principals; carry out professional development programs in instructional leadership and management; provide incentives that are appropriate for teachers or individuals from other fields who want to become principals and that are effective in retaining new principals. |
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| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Principal Training | School Leadership Grants (New Program) (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | Local Educational Agencies & Consortia of high need LEAs & Partnerships with non-profit organizations and Institutions of Higher Education |
| Program description | |||
| Authorizes competitive awards to assist high-need local educational agencies to develop innovative programs that recruit, train and mentor principals (including assistant principals). Authorizes grantees to use program funds to: provide financial incentives to aspiring new principals; provide stipends to principals who mentor new principals; carry out professional development programs in instructional leadership and management; provide incentives that are appropriate for teachers or individuals from other fields who want to become principals and that are effective in retaining new principals. |
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| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Principal Mentoring | School Leadership Grants (New Program) (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | Local Educational Agencies & Consortia of high need LEAs & Partnerships with non-profit organizations and Institutions of Higher Education |
| Program description | |||
| Authorizes competitive awards to assist high-need local educational agencies to develop innovative programs that recruit, train and mentor principals (including assistant principals). Authorizes grantees to use program funds to: provide financial incentives to aspiring new principals; provide stipends to principals who mentor new principals; carry out professional development programs in instructional leadership and management; provide incentives that are appropriate for teachers or individuals from other fields who want to become principals and that are effective in retaining new principals. |
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| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Principal Professional Development | School Leadership Grants (New Program) (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Discretionary | Local Educational Agencies & Consortia of high need LEAs & Partnerships with non-profit organizations and Institutions of Higher Education |
| Program description | |||
| Authorizes competitive awards to assist high-need local educational agencies to develop innovative programs that recruit, train and mentor principals (including assistant principals). Authorizes grantees to use program funds to: provide financial incentives to aspiring new principals; provide stipends to principals who mentor new principals; carry out professional development programs in instructional leadership and management; provide incentives that are appropriate for teachers or individuals from other fields who want to become principals and that are effective in retaining new principals. |
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| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
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| Teacher Recruitment | Troops to Teachers (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Memo of Under-standing | DANTES |
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| This program is administered by DANTES with ED oversight. Requires the Secretary of Education to transfer funds for this program (except for a new "Innovative Preretirement Teacher Certification" component) to the Secretary of Defense to: (1) assist eligible members of the Armed Forces to obtain certification or licensing as elementary, secondary, or vocational/technical teachers and to become highly qualified; and (2) facilitate the employment of these individuals by LEAs or public charter schools that receive Title I, Part A grants or are experiencing a shortage of highly qualified teachers. Authorizes the Secretary to award program funds to SEAs, institutions of higher education, or consortia of those entities to develop, implement, and demonstrate Innovative Preretirement Certification programs for members of the Armed Forces. Entities receiving funds would be expected to continue the programs after Federal funding ends. Up to $10 million of Troops-to-Teachers funds could be used for this purpose annually. Requires the Secretary to provide to the Secretary of Defense information regarding participation in the program and applications for use in "preseparation counseling" for individuals leaving the military, and allows the Secretary of Education to provide placement assistance and referral services to those individuals. |
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| Category | Title of Program | Type of Grant | Grantee |
| Alternative Routes to Certification | Troops to Teachers (Title II - Preparing, Training, & Recruiting High Quality Teachers & Principals in the NCLB Act of 2001.) |
Memo of Understanding | DANTES |
| Program description | |||
| This program is administered by DANTES with ED oversight. Requires the Secretary of Education to transfer funds for this program (except for a new "Innovative Preretirement Teacher Certification" component) to the Secretary of Defense to: (1) assist eligible members of the Armed Forces to obtain certification or licensing as elementary, secondary, or vocational/technical teachers and to become highly qualified; and (2) facilitate the employment of these individuals by LEAs or public charter schools that receive Title I, Part A grants or are experiencing a shortage of highly qualified teachers. Authorizes the Secretary to award program funds to SEAs, institutions of higher education, or consortia of those entities to develop, implement, and demonstrate Innovative Preretirement Certification programs for members of the Armed Forces. Entities receiving funds would be expected to continue the programs after Federal funding ends. Up to $10 million of Troops-to-Teachers funds could be used for this purpose annually. Requires the Secretary to provide to the Secretary of Defense information regarding participation in the program and applications for use in "preseparation counseling" for individuals leaving the military, and allows the Secretary of Education to provide placement assistance and referral services to those individuals. |
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Last Modified: 06/26/2007
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