(FOA)-Teacher
Quality Partnership (TQP) Grant Program (ED-GRANTS-040319-001); May 20,
2019
Agency
Department
of Education
Office
of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE)
Description
The
purposes of the TQP program are to improve student achievement; improve the
quality of prospective and new teachers by improving the preparation of
prospective teachers and enhancing professional development activities for new
teachers; hold teacher preparation programs at institutions of higher education
(IHEs) accountable for preparing teachers who meet applicable State
certification and licensure requirements; and recruit highly qualified
individuals, including minorities and individuals from other occupations, into
the teaching force.
Eligibility:
An
eligible applicant must be an “eligible partnership” as defined in section
200(6) of the HEA. The term “eligible partnership” means an entity that-- (1)
Must include: (i) A high-need LEA; (ii) A high-need
school or a consortium of high-need schools served by the high-need LEA; or (B)
As applicable, a high-need ECE program; (iii) A partner institution; (iv) A
school, department, or program of education within such partner institution,
which may include an existing teacher professional development program with
proven outcomes within a four-year IHE that provides intensive and sustained
collaboration between faculty and LEAs consistent with the requirements of
title II of the HEA; and (v) A school or department of arts and sciences within
such partner institution; and (2) May include any of the following-- (i) The Governor of the State. (ii) The State educational
agency. (iii) The State board of education. (iv) The
State agency for higher education. (v) A business. (vi)
A public or private nonprofit educational organization. (vii) An
educational service agency. (viii) A teacher organization. (ix) A
high-performing LEA, or a consortium of such LEAs, that can serve as a resource
to the partnership. (x) A charter school. (xi) A school or department within the
partner institution that focuses on psychology and human development.(xii) A
school or department within the partner institution with comparable expertise in
the disciplines of teaching, learning, and child and adolescent development.
(xiii) An entity operating a program that provides alternative routes to State
certification of teachers.
Announcement
Number
ED-GRANTS-040319-001
Closing
Date
May
20, 2019
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=314430
Contact
Information
Mia
Howerton
(202)
205-0147