OpportunityTitle: Teacher Quality Partnership Grants Program; (ARRA Program) CFDA 84.405A
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants: An eligible applicant must be an ``eligible partnership&apos;&apos; as defined in section 200(6) of the HEA. The fiscal agent of the grant must be one of the required partners in the eligible partnership, as described in section 200 of the HEA. We are establishing this requirement in accordance with section 437(d)(1) of GEPA to ensure that a required member of the partnership is responsible for the administration of the 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 purposes of the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) Grants Program are to: Improve student achievement; improve the quality of new and prospective 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 highly qualified teachers; and recruit highly qualified individuals, including minorities and individuals from other occupations, into the teaching force. More specifically, the TQP Grants Program seeks to improve the quality of new teachers by creating partnerships among IHEs, high-need school districts (local educational agencies (LEAs)) their high-need schools, and/or high-need early childhood education (ECE) program. These partnerships would create model teacher preparation programs at the pre-baccalaureate level through the implementation of specific reforms of the IHE&apos;s existing teacher preparation programs, and/or model teaching residency programs for individuals with strong academic and/or professional backgrounds but without teaching experience. The TQP Grants Program may also support school leadership programs to train superintendents, principals, ECE program directors, and other school leaders in high-need or rural LEAs. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.405A. Applications for grants under the Teacher Quality Partnership--CFDA Number 84.405A must be submitted electronically using e-Application, accessible through the Department&apos;s e-Grants Web site at: http://e-grants.ed.gov. While completing your electronic application, you will be entering data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2009; correction. On May 27, 2009, we published in the Federal Register (74 FR 25221) a notice inviting applications for new awards for FY 2009. This notice corrects an error in that notice. In the Federal Register of May 27, 2009, in FR Doc. E9-12180, on page 25227, in the third column, under the heading Poverty Data, at the end of line six, insert the word ``not&apos;&apos; after the word ``serves.&apos;&apos;
GrantorContactEmailDescription: e-Mail: Program Mailbox
GrantorContactText: Julius Cotton &lt;br/&gt;ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6140 &lt;br/&gt;julius.cotton@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Office:  &lt;br/&gt;Teacher Quality Partnership Grants  &lt;br/&gt;Program  &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 4W320  &lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 20202  &lt;br/&gt;Telephone: (202) 260-0563 or by e-mail:
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: May 27, 2009. Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: June 26, 2009. Notice of Intent To Apply: June 26, 2009. The Department will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if it has a better understanding of the number of entities that intend to apply for funding under this competition. Therefore, the Secretary strongly encourages each potential applicant to notify the Department by sending a short e-mail message indicating the applicant&apos;s intent to submit an application for funding. The e-mail need not include information regarding the content of the proposed application, only the applicant&apos;s intent to submit it. The Secretary requests that this e-mail notification be sent to Peggi Zelinko at TQPartnership@ed.gov. Applicants that fail to provide this e-mail notification may still apply for funding. Dates of Pre-Application Meeting: There will be two pre-application meetings for prospective applicants on June 8, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and on June 8, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. There will be two pre-application meetings for prospective applicants: (1) June 8, 2009, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the LBJ Auditorium at the U.S. Department of Education headquarters, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202; and (2) June 8, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the LBJ Auditorium at the U.S. Department of Education headquarters, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202. The Department is accessible by Metro on the Blue, Orange, Green, and Yellow lines at the 7th Street and Maryland Avenue exit of the L&apos;Enfant Plaza Metro Station. Please contact the U.S. Department of Education contact persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT if you have any questions about the details of the pre-application meetings. Individuals interested in attending this workshop are encouraged to pre-register by e-mailing their name, organization, and contact information to TQPartnership@ed.gov. There is no registration fee for this workshop. Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities at the Pre-Application Meeting: The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities, and a sign language interpreter will be available. If you will need an auxiliary aid or service other than a sign language interpreter in order to participate in the meeting (e.g., other interpreting service such as oral, cued speech, or tactile interpreter; assistive listening device; or materials in alternate format), notify the contact person listed in this notice at least two weeks before the scheduled meeting date. Although we will attempt to meet a request we receive after this date, we may not be able to make available the requested auxiliary aid or service because of insufficient time to arrange it. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 23, 2009.