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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 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.

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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 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.
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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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 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.
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.
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.
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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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 & 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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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, 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

Resources

Cross-site Evaluation of the Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program

Brief: WORD (492 KB) (2011)

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) contracted with Child Trends, Inc. to conduct a cross-site evaluation of the activities supported by the ECEPD. The purpose of the cross-site evaluation was to provide a descriptive portrayal of the approaches used by 18 ECEPD projects funded in 2003, 2004 and 2005 to increase access to and quality of professional development for early childhood educators, and (2) to identify in greater detail the specific features of professional development that appear most consistently across those specific programs that met specific criteria for rigor and that showed evidence of statistically significant effects on early educator knowledge; early educator practice in working directly with children; and/or child outcomes. A defining feature across ECEPD projects was the reliance on both a knowledge-focused and practice-focused component of professional development. Knowledge-focused professional development activities sought to convey knowledge about early childhood development, age-appropriate practices and techniques to support children’s language, literacy, and socio-emotional development, and/or using a particular early childhood curriculum. Practice-focused activities help support and/or improve the early childhood educators’ practice or the quality of the early childhood environment.

This brief presents the findings of the cross-site evaluation with descriptive findings on the eight projects that met specific criteria for rigor and showed evidence of statistically significant effects. (Child Trends, Inc. also published a literature review in conjunction with the study entitled, “Professional Development for Early Childhoods Educators: A Review of the Literature”

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/opepd/ppss/reports.html)

Forging a New Framework for Professional Development

Brief: PDF (492 KB) (2011)

The U.S. Department of Education’s, Early Childhood Educator Professional Development (ECEPD) Program under NCLB, Title II), grantees convened a national summit to identify emerging and critical gaps in knowledge and research on effective professional development for early childhood educators, hosted by the Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families and the Georgetown University Center on Health and Education, both 2007 ECEPD grantees. Among the special guests were Secretary Arne Duncan, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Barbara Bowman, Jacqueline Jones, Sr. Advisor to the Secretary Duncan on Early Learning and Joan Lombardi, Deputy Assistant Secretary and Inter-Departmental Liaison for Early Childhood Development Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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The Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program (ECEPD) is a federal discretionary program that provides grants to partnerships focused on providing professional development activities to early childhood educators working in low-income communities. This cross-site evaluation examined 18 ECEPD projects that were funded in 2003, 2004, and 2005. The evaluation provided 1) A descriptive portrait of the 18 ECEPD projects including the partnerships involved and the infrastructure for delivering professional development activities, 2) An examination of the evaluations included in each ECEPD project, 3) The promising practices that emerged from an analysis of the professional development activities offered, and 4) Implications of the evaluation findings for strengthening the professional development of early educators, especially those working in low-income communities.

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Also visit OPEPD, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development (professional development) for a copy of “Towards the Identification of Features of Effective Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators – Literature Review,” which presents the research on professional development of early childhood educators to characterize features of effective professional development.

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/opepd/ppss/reports.html

Calendar

Parent – Child Literacy Activity Calendar 2005-2006. This colorful calendar offers tips, activities, suggested reading materials and more!
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Evaluation Plans Helpful Hints

The resources below may be helpful to applicants as they work on evaluation plans for the 2006 Early Childhood Educator Professional Development (ECEPD) program grant award competition. The resources include descriptions of and links to the documents that [ been found to be most useful. Since this site just came up a couple of weeks ago, many of our competitions have already been announced. However, for the couple that haven’t been announced, we’re going to provide a link from our application package to the sites for any interested applicants.

Random Assignment in Program Evaluation, Qs and As. This is a 9 page document that lists basic questions and answers that an educator or administrator might have about random assignment and why it is an effective and beneficial tool to use in education.
How to Report the Results of Your Study:A User-Friendly Guide for Evaluators of Educational Programs and Practices: This is a 13 page guide that would be helpful to grantees conducting evaluations. This can help grantees produce reports that are user-friendly and include the appropriate information needed to accurately and fully convey their findings to an audience.
Key Items to Get Right When Conducting a Randomized Control Trial in Education: Although this is geared a little more toward an evaluator (rather than an educator), it does offer advice for educators to think about as they work with their evaluator in conducting a randomized control trial. It discusses planning the study, the random assignment process, measuring outcomes, and analysis.
What Works Clearinghouse of Outcome Evaluators: This link lets applicants/grantees search for a qualified evaluator by geographic area, individual or organization, content area, and target population. (If an evaluator would like to be included in this list, information on how to submit registry data is available at: Submit Registry Data

Other Early Childhood Resources

Performance

GPRA_Reports

Performance Reports

Performance Indicators

Federal Register Notice announcing the final achievement indicators for the Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program, for fiscal year (FY) 2003 and future years’ grants. These achievement
indicators will help ensure that the professional development provided
under these discretionary grants will improve the knowledge and skills
of early childhood educators who work in high-poverty communities, and
will enhance the school readiness of young children, particularly
disadvantaged young children, to prevent them from encountering
difficulties once they enter school. These achievement indicators are effective April 30, 2003.

Legislation, Regulations, and Guidance

Legislation

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, Title II, Part A, Subpart 5, Section 2151(e)- National Activities; U.S.C. 6651(e)

Regulations

EDGAR; 34 CFR 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99

Funding Status

2008

Appropriation: 0

2007

Appropriation: $14,549,000
Number of New Awards Anticipated: 3-6
Average New Award: $3,600,000
Range of New Award: $2,400,000 – $4,800,000

2006

Appropriation: $14,549,040
Number of New Awards Anticipated: 3-6
Average New Award: $3,600,000
Range of New Award: $2,400,000 – $4,800,000

2005

Appropriation: $14,695,488
Expected number of awards: 5-15

2004

Appropriation: $14,814,078
Expected number of awards: 5-15

2003

Appropriation: $14,902,500
Expected number of awards: 5-12

2002

Appropriation: $15,000,000

2001

Appropriation: $10,000,000

Note: Projects are funded for three years; grantees receive funds for the entire period in the first year.