Transition to Teaching Grant Program: National/Regional Projects CFDA 84.350C

Post Date

November 13th 2008

Application Due Date

January 21st 2009

Applications Available: November 13, 2008. Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: December 15, 2008. Notice of Intent to Apply: December 15, 2008. The Department will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if it

Funding Opportunity Number

ED-GRANTS-111308-004

CFDA Number(s)

84.350

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Education

Number of Awards

3

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligible Applicants: A State educational agency (SEA); a high-need LEA; a for-profit or nonprofit organization that has a proven record of effectively recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers, in partnership with a high-need LEA or an SEA; an IHE in partnership with a high-need LEA or an SEA; a regional consortium of SEAs; or a consortium of high-need LEAs. Each application must identify participating LEAs that meet the definition of ``high-need LEA'' in section 2102(3) of the ESEA. Note: Section 2102(3) of the ESEA defines a high-need LEA as an LEA-- (a) That serves not fewer than 10,000 children from families with incomes below the poverty line (as that term is defined in section 9101(33) of the ESEA), or for which not less than 20 percent of the children served by the LEA are from families with incomes below the poverty line; and (b) For which there is (1) a high percentage of teachers not teaching in the academic subjects or grade levels that the teachers were trained to teach, or (2) a high percentage of teachers with emergency, provisional, or temporary certification or licensing. The NFP describes how applicants must demonstrate that a participating LEA meets this statutory definition of ``high-need LEA'' (69 FR 24002, 24006). Pursuant to the NFP, we provide the following supplementary information regarding the data an applicant uses to demonstrate eligibility as a ``high-need LEA'' under this competition: As described in the NFP, absent a showing of alternative LEA data that reliably show the number of children from families with incomes below the poverty line that are served by the LEA, the eligibility of an LEA as a ``high-need LEA'' under component (a) of the definition must be determined on the basis of the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data. The most recent U.S. Census Bureau data can be found in the charts on the Internet at: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/district.html. The Department examines the eligibility of any LEA not listed on these charts on a case-by-case basis.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

•Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Purpose of Program: The Transition to Teaching program encourages (1) the development and expansion of alternative routes to full State teacher certification, as well as (2) the recruitment and retention of highly qualified mid-career professionals, recent college graduates who have not majored in education, and highly qualified paraprofessionals as teachers in high-need schools operated by high-need local educational agencies (LEAs), including charter schools that operate as high-need LEAs. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.350A. Applications for grants under the Transition to Teaching Competition, CFDA number 84.350A, 84.350B, and 84.350C must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for Transition to Teaching at http://www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.350, not 84.350A). The telephone number for the Grants.gov Helpdesk is 1-800-518-4726 or e-mail: support@grants.gov.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Education

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Julius Cotton
  ED Grants.gov FIND System Admin.
  Phone (202) 245-6140
  julius.cotton@ed.gov
  Program Managers:
  Thelma Leenhouts, Patricia Barrett,
  Beatriz Ceja, Anthony Sepulveda, or Salimah Shabazz
  U.S. Department of Education
  400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Ro

• Agency Mailing Address:

  e-Mail: Program Mailbox

• Agency Email Address:

  transitiontoteaching@ed.gov

• More Information:

  Transition to Teaching Grant Program: Local Projects CFDA 84.350A; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009