of the ESEA-No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
Part A -- Teacher and Principal Training and
Recruiting Fund
Part B -- Mathematics and Science Partnerships
Part C -- Innovation for Teacher Quality
Part D -- Enhancing Education Through
Technology
Part A-Teacher
and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund
The purpose of this part
is to provide grants to state educational agencies, local educational
agencies, state agencies for higher education, and eligible partnerships
in order to increase student academic achievement through strategies
such as improving teacher and principal quality, increasing the
number of highly qualified teachers in the classroom and highly
qualified principals and assistant principals in schools, and
holding local educational agencies and schools accountable for
improvements in student academic achievement.
What's new for Wisconsin?
Wisconsin has nearly
$46 million in Title II, Part A funds to train and retain skilled
educators. These funds will be distributed by formula based on
enrollment (20%) and on the number of students below the poverty
line (80%). To be eligible to receive a subgrant, a local educational
agency shall conduct an assessment of local needs for professional
development and hiring, as identified by the local educational
agency and school staff. These selected goals may be directly
related to the school district requirements of Chapter PI 34
of the Wisconsin Administrative Code such as mentors to work
with beginning teachers and administrators, professional development
plans that use the state guidelines and documents, and staff
development that focuses on reading language arts and mathematics
for the purpose of school improvement and to support highly qualified
teachers. Districts may also use these funds to recruit and hire
highly qualified teachers to reduce class size. Districts with
personnel needs may partner with institutions of higher education
to design alternative paths to licensure which may also reduce
the need for emergency licenses or permits.
Dollars available to Wisconsin:
$45,844,374
(2003-04) distributed
by formula.
Program contacts:
Abdallah Bendada
Title II, Part A Coordinator
Successful Schools Team
608-267-9270
abdallah.bendada@dpi.wi.gov
or
Judy Peppard
Director
Teacher Education/Professional
Development and Licensing
608-266-0986
judy.peppard@dpi.wi.gov
More Information
on Title II, Part A can be found on DPI's Content and Learning Team Web Site at:
http://dpi.wi.gov/cal/index.html
Part B-Mathematics
and Science Partnerships
The purpose of this part
is to improve the academic achievement of students in the areas
of mathematics and science by
encouraging state educational agencies, institutions of higher
education, local educational agencies, elementary schools, and
secondary schools to participate in programs that improve and
upgrade the status and stature of mathematics and science teaching.
Program contact:
Abdallah Bendada
Consultant
Successful Schools Team
608-266-1723
abdallah.bendada@dpi.wi.gov
More information
on the Mathematics and Science Partnerships grant
program can be found on the department's Content and
Learning Web site at:
http://dpi.wi.gov/cal/t2bgrant.html
Part C-Innovation
for Teacher Quality
The purpose of this section
is to authorize a mechanism for the funding and administration
of the Troops-to-Teachers Program; to establish a program to
recruit and retain highly qualified mid-career professionals
(including highly qualified paraprofessionals), and recent graduates
of an institution of higher education, as teachers in high-need
schools, including recruiting teachers through alternative routes
to certification; and to encourage the development and expansion
of alternative routes to certification under state-approved programs.
What's new for Wisconsin?
Basically a reauthorization
of existing programs.
Dollars available to Wisconsin:
Competitive awards to
eligible partnerships
Program contact:
Judy Peppard
Director
Teacher Education/Professional
Development and Licensing
608-266-0986
judy.peppard@dpi.wi.gov
Part D-Enhancing
Education Through Technology
Enhancing Education Through
Technology (Ed Tech) Program consolidates the current Technology
Literacy Challenge Fund (TLCF) Program and the Technology Innovative
Challenge Grant Program into a single state formula grant program
(ESEA Title II, Part D,
Subpart 1 Under the Ed Tech program, the U.S. Department of Education
provides grants to state educational agencies (SEAs) on the basis
of their proportionate share of funding under Part A of Title
I. States may retain up to 5 percent of their allocations for
state-level activities, and must distribute one-half of the remainder
by formula to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) and
the other one-half competitively to eligible local entities.
What's new for Wisconsin?
The program provides
a formula grant for the first time. In the past all funds were
distributed competitively. This program is directed toward districts
with the highest percentages of children from families with incomes
below the poverty line. Therefore some Wisconsin districts will
get no formula dollars and most will get amounts under $5,000.
The competitive funds are also restricted to "high need"
districts and less than half of Wisconsin's districts will meet
that criteria. Others will be required to work in consortia with
"high need" districts to be able to access the funds.
Finally, the requirements from the US Department of Education
include a minimum of 25 percent of funds used for professional
development. This is true of both formula and competitive dollars
although the competitive grant could require a greater percentage
if the state chooses.
Dollars available to Wisconsin:
$7,546,299 in
2003-04
(95% distributed to LEAs)
Program Contact:
Stephen Sanders
Director
Instructional Media and Technology Team
608-266-3856
stephen.sanders@dpi.wi.gov
For additional information go
to DPI's Instructional Media and Technology Team webpage at:
http://dpi.wi.gov/imt/index.html
For questions about this information, contact Mary Jo Parman (608) 266-2158
Last updated on 2/26/2008 10:18:40 AM
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