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FEDERAL PROGRAMS<br />
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION<br />
http://www.ed.gov/fund/grants-apply.html?src=rt 1-800-USA-LEARN<br />
GRANT/PROGRAM<br />
Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) (CFDA 84.385A) – To<br />
support programs that develop and implement performancebased<br />
teacher and principal compensation systems in high-need<br />
schools that include gains in student academic achievement as<br />
well as classroom evaluations conducted multiple times during<br />
each school year, among other factors. The compensation<br />
systems also may provide educators with incentives to take<br />
on additional responsibilities and leadership roles. Eligible<br />
applicants are local educational agencies (LEAs), including<br />
charter schools that are LEAs in their state, state educational<br />
agencies (SEAs), or partnerships of (1) an LEA, an SEA, or both,<br />
and (2) at least one nonprofit organization. The fiscal agent<br />
must be the SEA or LEA.<br />
CONTACT INFO/DEADLINE<br />
Contact – April Bolton-Smith, U.S.<br />
Department of Education, OESE, Academic<br />
Improvement and Teacher Quality Programs,<br />
400 Maryland Ave., S.W., Rm. 3E120, LBJ<br />
Federal Office Building, Washington, DC<br />
20202-6200, or at (202) 205-5224, fax: (202)<br />
260-8969, email: tif@ed.gov<br />
http://www.ed.gov/programs/<br />
teacherincentive<br />
Teach for America – Recruit a diverse group of leaders with<br />
a record of achievement who work to expand educational<br />
opportunity, starting by teaching for two years in a low-income<br />
community.<br />
Teaching American History <strong>Grant</strong> (CFDA No. 84.125X)<br />
– The goal of the program is to support programs that raise<br />
student achievement by improving teachers’ knowledge,<br />
understanding, and appreciation of American history.<br />
Transition to Teaching (CFDA No. 84.350) – To recruit<br />
and retrain highly qualified midcareer professionals and recent<br />
graduates of institutions of higher education, as teachers in<br />
high-need schools, including recruiting teachers through<br />
alternative routes to teacher certification; and to encourage<br />
the development and expansion of alternative routes to<br />
certification under state-approved programs that enable<br />
individuals to be eligible for teacher certification within a<br />
reduced period of time, relying on the experience, expertise,<br />
and academic qualifications of an individual or other factors in<br />
lieu of traditional course work in the field of education.<br />
Contact – Teach For America, 315 W. 36th<br />
St., 7th Floor, New York, NY 10018, or at<br />
1-800-832-1230, or (212) 279-2080, fax: (212)<br />
279-2081<br />
http://www.teachforamerica.org/<br />
admissions/how_to_apply/how_to_apply.<br />
htm<br />
Contact – Harry Kessler at (202) 708-9943,<br />
email: harry.kessler@ed.gov<br />
http://www.ed.gov/programs/<br />
teachinghistory/index.html<br />
Contact – Peter Eldridge, U.S. Department<br />
of Education, OII, Teacher Quality Programs,<br />
400 Maryland Ave., S.W., Room 4W302, LBJ<br />
Building, Washington, DC 20202-5960, or<br />
at (202) 260-0223, email: Peter.Eldridge@<br />
ed.gov<br />
http://www.ed.gov/programs/transitionteach/index.html<br />
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