[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR611.32]



[Page 263-264]

 

                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 611_TEACHER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT GRANTS PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart D_Teacher Recruitment Grants Program

 

Sec. 611.32  What are the program's general selection criteria?



    In evaluating the quality of full applications, the Secretary uses 

the following selection criteria.

    (a) Quality of the project design. (1) The Secretary considers the 

quality of the project design for ensuring that activities to recruit 

and prepare new teachers are a central mission of the project.

    (2) In considering the quality of the project design for ensuring 

that activities to recruit and prepare new teachers are a central 

mission of the project, the Secretary considers the extent to which the 

project design--

    (i) Shows evidence of institutional or (in the case of a State 

applicant) State-level commitment both to recruitment of additional new 

teachers, and to high-quality teacher preparation that includes 

significant policy and practice changes supported by key leaders and 

that result in permanent changes to current institutional practices;

    (ii) Creates and sustains collaborative mechanisms to integrate 

professional teaching skills, including skills in the use of technology 

in the classroom, with academic content provided by the school of arts 

and sciences;

    (iii) Includes well-designed academic and student support services 

as well as carefully planned and extensive preservice clinical 

experiences for students, including mentoring and other forms of 

support, that are implemented through collaboration between the K-12 and 

higher education partners;

    (iv) Includes establishment of a well-planned, systematic induction 

program for new teachers that increases their chances of being 

successful in high-need schools;

    (v) Includes strong linkages among the partner institutions of 

higher education and high-need schools and school districts (or, in the 

case of a State applicant, between the State and these entities in its 

project), so that all those who would implement the project have 

important roles in project design, implementation, governance, and 

evaluation;



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    (vi) Responds to the shortages of well-qualified and well-trained 

teachers in high-need school districts, especially from disadvantaged 

and other underrepresented backgrounds; and

    (vii) Is based on up-to-date knowledge from research and effective 

practice.

    (b) Significance. (1) The Secretary considers the significance of 

the project.

    (2) In determining the significance of the project, the Secretary 

considers the extent to which--

    (i) The project involves promising new strategies or exceptional 

approaches in the way new teachers are recruited, prepared, and inducted 

into the teaching profession;

    (ii) Project outcomes include measurable improvements in teacher 

quality and in the number of well-prepared new teachers, that are likely 

to result in improved K-12 student achievement;

    (iii) The project will be institutionalized after federal funding 

ends, including recruitment, scholarship assistance, preparation, and 

support of additional cohorts of new teachers;

    (iv) The project will disseminate effective practices to others, and 

provide technical assistance about ways to improve teacher recruitment 

and preparation; and

    (v) The project will integrate its activities with other education 

reform activities underway in the State or communities in which the 

project is based, and will coordinate its work with local, State, and 

federal teacher recruitment, training, and professional development 

programs.

    (c) Quality of resources. (1) The Secretary considers the quality of 

the project's resources.

    (2) In determining the quality of the project's resources, the 

Secretary considers the extent to which--

    (i) The amount of support available to the project, including 

personnel, equipment, supplies, student scholarship assistance, and 

other resources is sufficient to ensure a successful project.

    (ii) Budgeted costs are reasonable and justified in relation to the 

design, outcomes, and potential significance of the project.

    (iii) The applicant's matching share of budgeted costs demonstrates 

a significant commitment to successful completion of the project, and to 

project continuation after federal funding ends.

    (d) Quality of management plan. (1) The Secretary considers the 

quality of the project's management plan.

    (2) In determining the quality of the management plan, the Secretary 

considers the following factors:

    (i) The extent to which the management plan, including the workplan, 

is designed to achieve goals and objectives of the project, and includes 

clearly defined activities, responsibilities, timelines, milestones, and 

measurable outcomes for accomplishing project tasks.

    (ii) The extent to which the project has an effective, inclusive, 

and responsive governance and decisionmaking structure that will permit 

all partners to participate in and benefit from project activities, and 

to use evaluation results to continuously improve project operations.

    (iii) The qualifications, including training and experience, of key 

personnel charged with implementing the project successfully.



(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 

1840-0007)



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.)