Tag Archives: Teacher Certification

The following documents address commonly asked questions about the paraprofessional qualification requirements of Section 1119 of Title I, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act. Legislation SEC. 1119. QUALIFICATIONS FOR TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS. Communication with States Paraprofessional Letter, April 30, 2002 MS WORD (26K) Policy Guidance Title I Paraprofessionals Non-Regulatory Guidance, March 4, […]

National/Regional Teacher/Principal Quality Initiatives Available for National and Regional Programs Category Title of Program Type of Grant Grantee 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 […]

Other Categories of Teacher Initiatives Category Title of Program Type of Grant Grantee 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 Program description This program is administered by DANTES with ED oversight. Requires the Secretary of […]

Community Organizations Teacher/Principal Quality Initiatives Available for Community Organizations Category Title of Program Type of Grant Grantee 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 […]

State Agencies of Higher Education Teacher/Principal Quality Initiatives Available for State Agencies of Higher Education and Other Entities 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 […]

Local School Districts Teacher/Principal Quality Initiatives Available for Local Educational Agencies 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 Local Educational Agencies and Others Program description National/regional, state and local grants […]

State-Level Teacher/Principal Quality Initiatives Available for States 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, […]

September 25, 2003 Honorable Nancy S. Grasmick State Superintendent of Schools Maryland State Department of Education 200 West Baltimore Street Ba1timore, MD 21201 Dear Superintendent Grasmick: The Department has reviewed your plan to invoke your authority as an Education Flexibility Partnership Act (Ed-Flex) State to issue, on a case-by-case basis, one-time, one-year waivers of the […]

  The Department has elected to post the “Revised State Plans for Highly Qualified Teachers” that were submitted by each State. Many of the plans contained extensive appendices, as well as references to additional documents or Web sites. Due to size constraints, we cannot place all of that material on our Web site but it […]

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