2010 Teacher Quality grants
Overview
Forms
2010 Teacher Quality Grants Program Technical Assistance Meeting
Overview
Authority for the administration of Title II, Part A funds, as well as the identification and evaluation of grant proposals, resides with each state. In Oklahoma, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education have been authorized to receive and distribute the federal funds that are appropriated for use by institutions of higher education in partnership with local education agencies. The chancellor for higher education acts on behalf of the State Regents for the solicitation and selection of grant proposals.
The intent of the NCLB is to support proposals that: (1) provide long-term, sustained, high-quality professional development for Oklahoma’s K-12 teachers, (2) provide access to teachers in high-need LEAs, (3) result in change of teachers' instructional practices and/or improving teachers' content knowledge that increases student achievement in the classroom and (4) strengthen collaboration between faculties of institutions of higher education and among other partners in the program.
The deadline to submit 2010 NCLB Improving Teacher Quality grant proposals is Oct. 9, 2009.
You must:
- Use ONLY the downloadable templates and appendices provided on this Web site.
- Submit all documents as e-mail attachments to Saeed Sarani at ssarani@osrhe.edu.
- In addition to electronic submission, one original and one copy of the grant proposal – including all the required appendices, supporting documents and original signed letters and forms (Institutional Endorsement Letter[s], Statement of Assurances, Memorandum of Agreement Among Partners and Certification for 50% Rule) – must be postmarked by Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, the proposal deadline, to:
Saeed Sarani
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
655 Research Parkway, Suite 200
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3606
- Documents must be in Microsoft Word or Excel format.
- No PDF files will be accepted EXCEPT for the designated documents in the Appendices.
- NO PROPOSAL WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 5 P.M. FRIDAY, OCT. 9, 2009. No exceptions will be made. Faxed materials will not be accepted.
- Proposals that do not meet the grant submission requirements, will not be reviewed or scored.
Eligible Partnership
In accordance with federal statute, the State Regents award Title II, Part A grants to eligible partnerships. A partnership must include, at a minimum: (1) a private or public institution of higher education (IHE) and the division of the institution that prepares teachers and principals; (2) a school of arts and sciences that awards baccalaureate degrees; AND (3) a high-need local education agency (LEA). The education department (Partner #1) and the school of arts and sciences (Partner #2) may be housed within the same IHE.
The partnerships will use the funds to conduct professional development activities in core academic subjects to ensure that teachers, highly qualified paraprofessionals and (if appropriate) principals have subject-matter knowledge in the academic subjects they teach, including computer-related technology to enhance instruction.
A high-need LEA is defined by the U.S. Department of Education as: (A) an LEA that serves not fewer than 10,000 children from families with incomes below the poverty line OR for which not less than 20 percent of the children served by the agency are from families with incomes below the poverty line AND (B) an LEA for which there is a high percentage of teachers not teaching in the academic subjects or grade levels that the teachers were trained to teach OR for which there is a high percentage of teachers with emergency, provisional or temporary certification or licensing. You must use the most recent available Census data, as determined by the Secretary, on the number of children age five through 17 who reside in the area served by the LEA.
For more information about the program, contact State Regents' NCLB Improving Teacher Quality State Grant Program Coordinator, Saeed Sarani, 405.225.9192 or ssarani@osrhe.edu.
2010 Request for Proposal (RFP) (PDF, 524k)
2010 Appendices (Word, 1.4m)
2010 Resources (PDF, 356k)
Improving Teacher Quality State Grants, ESEA Title II, Part A: Non-Regulatory Guidance (PDF, 528k)
Scientific-Based Research (PDF, 16k)
2010 Teacher Quality Grants Program Technical Assistance Meeting
A Technical Assistance Meeting will be held on Sept. 3, 2009, at the offices of the State Regents in Oklahoma City from 10 a.m. to noon. This meeting will serve as a question-and-answer session for potential grant applicants. Please RSVP no later than 2 p.m. on Aug. 28, 2009, if you are planning to attend the meeting. Please complete the following videoconference (VC) form (Word, 46k) and e-mail it to Saeed Sarani, ssarani@osrhe.edu, if you are planning to join via videoconference.
