Grants help high-need districts meet the No Child Left Behind requirements for Highly Qualified Teachers
FOR RELEASE: June 29, 2007 |
Contact: Stephanie Babyak Jane Glickman (202) 401-1576 |
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $22.1 million for 41 grants through the Transition to Teaching program to increase the pool of qualified teachers in high-need schools in high-need districts by recruiting non-traditional teacher candidates, preparing them through alternative routes to certification, and increasing retention through strong mentoring programs, U .S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced today.
"Nothing helps a child learn as much as a great teacher," said Spellings. "These grants will help states find innovative ways to attract business professionals and others to the classroom in order to fill the need for qualified teachers in hard-to-staff schools."
Since 2002, Transition To Teaching (TTT) has awarded 150 grants to higher education institutions, state and local educational agencies, and nonprofit organizations to develop, implement, and evaluate innovative strategies in the recruitment, selection, preparation and support of highly qualified teachers in high-need districts and schools. Districts must meet both a poverty and teacher qualification requirement to be considered high-need. Additionally, TTT is focused on core academic subjects at all grade levels, such as mathematics, science, special education, and English as a Second Language. Over the program's first four years, an estimated 17,600 TTT participants were hired to teach and were working in these areas.
The five-year grants support recruitment of mid-career professionals, recent college graduates and paraprofessionals. Projects include strong mentoring aspects in order to retain these new teachers for at least three years, which increases the likelihood that the teachers will remain in the profession.
More information on the Transition to Teaching program is available at: http://www.ed.gov/programs/transitionteach/index.html.
Below is a full list of all grantees.
State | Grantee | Funding |
AK | Alaska Department of Education and Early Development | 649,210 |
AL | The University of Alabama at Birmingham | 192,094 |
AZ | Arizona State University | 648,243 |
AZ | Arizona Department of Education | 617,578 |
CA | Los Angeles Unified School District | 220,606 |
CO | Colorado State University Pueblo | 383,972 |
CO | Regents of the University of Colorado at Denver | 310,668 |
DC | American University | 187,081 |
DC | American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence | 1,273,001 |
DC | Howard University | 405,784 |
FL | School Board of Broward County | 440,106 |
FL | Duval County Public Schools | 450,000 |
GA | Georgia State University | 337,932 |
GA | DeKalb County School System | 398,285 |
IL | Chicago Public Schools, District #299 | 440,845 |
KY | Campbellsville University | 639,335 |
LA | Calcasieu Parish School Board | 491,833 |
LA | University of New Orleans | 436,236 |
LA | Louisiana State University | 445,637 |
LA | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 1,068,756 |
MA | Boston Plan for Excellence | 446,333 |
MA | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | 362,810 |
MS | Jackson Public School District | 304,084 |
NC | Wake County Public Schools | 349,116 |
NM | Jemez Mountain Public Schools | 763,148 |
NY | Long Island University | 404,254 |
NY | The New Teacher Project, Inc. | 2,636,438 |
OH | Bowling Green State University | 506,690 |
OH | The Ohio State University Research Foundation | 910,156 |
PA | Temple University | 530,406 |
PA | Drexel University | 748,080 |
SD | Black Hills Special Service Cooperative | 639,315 |
TX | Houston Independent School District | 148,096 |
TX | Stephan F. Austin State University | 203,279 |
TX | University of North Texas | 246,602 |
TX | University of Texas at San Antonio | 389,667 |
TX | Education Service Center Region XIII | 659,409 |
TX | Intercultural Development Research Association | 646,270 |
TX | Region 14 Education Service Center | 289,982 |
VA | Regent University School of Education | 248,200 |
WV | West Virginia Department of Education | 649,324 |
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