OpportunityTitle: Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII): Teacher and School Leader Incentive Program CFDA Number 84.374A
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 1. Eligible Applicants:      (a) An LEA, including a charter school that is an LEA, or a consortium of LEAs.      (b) An SEA or other State agency designated by the Chief Executive of a State to participate.      (c) The Bureau of Indian Education; or      (d) A partnership consisting of--      (i) One or more agencies described in subparagraph (a), (b), or (c); and      (ii) At least one nonprofit organization as defined in 2 CFR 200.70 or at least one for-profit entity.
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 purpose of TSL is to assist States, local educational agencies (LEAs), and nonprofit organizations to develop, implement, improve, or expand comprehensive performance-based compensation systems or human capital management systems for teachers, principals, and other school leaders (especially for teachers, principals, and other school leaders in high-need schools) who raise student academic achievement and close the achievement gap between high- and low-performing students. In addition, a portion of TSL funds are dedicated to study the effectiveness, fairness, quality, consistency, and reliability of performance-based compensation systems or human capital management systems for teachers, principals, and other school leaders. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.374A. Applications for grants under TSL, CFDA number 84.374A, must be submitted electronically using the Government-wide Grants.gov Apply site at 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 email an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the TSL competition at www.Grants.gov.You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number&apos;s alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.374, not 84.374A).
GrantorContactEmailDescription: e-Mail: Program Mailbox
GrantorContactText: Julius Cotton &lt;br/&gt;ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6288 &lt;br/&gt;EducationGrantInquiries@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Orman Feres,  &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education,  &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 4W109, Washington, DC 20202-6200.  &lt;br/&gt;Telephone: (202) 453-6921 or by email: TSL@ed.gov. &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: December 20, 2016.        Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: February 4, 2017. Notice of Intent to Apply: We will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if we can anticipate the number of applicants that intend to apply for funding under this competition. Therefore, we strongly encourage each potential applicant to notify us of the applicant&apos;s intent to submit an application for funding by sending a short email message. This short email should provide (1) the applicant organization&apos;s name and address; and (2) all priorities the applicant intends to address. Please send this email notification to TSL@ed.gov with ``Intent to Apply&apos;&apos; in the email subject line. Applicants that do not provide this email notification may still apply for funding and are not required to, or prohibited from, addressing priorities they do not mention in their notice of intent to apply.          Dates of Pre-Application Workshops: For information about pre-application workshops, visit the TSL Web site at: http://innovation.ed.gov/what-we-do/teacher-quality/teacher-incentive-fund/. Pre-application workshops will be held for this competition shortly after the date that this notice will publish. The workshops are intended to provide technical assistance to all interested grant applicants. Detailed information regarding the pre-application workshops times, and online registration form, can be found on the TSL   Web site at: http://innovation.ed.gov/what-we-do/teacher-quality/teacher-incentive-fund/.           Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 24, 2017.