ITQ 2009-2010 Continuation For Funding Period July 1, 2009-June ...

Current Project ID: _____________ITQ 2009-2010 ContinuationFor Funding Period July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010A. APPLICATION COVER SHEET1. Project ID/Title: ITQ08-07 UA: LRC Reading Endorsement Courses Online2. Applicant / Coordinating Partner:3. For Project Year (check one): [ ] Year 2 [ ] Year 3 [ ] Year 44. Core Academic Focus (check all thatapply):5. Amount Requested:6. Project Director: Name, title, phone,email, mailing addressLanguage Arts/EnglishMathematicsTechnology for educatorsForeign languageScienceSocial studiesArts7. Co-Director (if any): Name, Title,Phone, Email, Mailing Address8. Statutory Partners: These are theprimary partnerships required to meetthe Federal ITQ statutes. Pleaseidentify only ONE organization foreach category.9. Other Partners: List organizationnames only, in spaces providedA. High-Priority LEAs (includingcharter schools), from High-PriorityLEA listB. High-Poverty LEAs (includingcharter schools), from High-PovertyLEA listCollege of TeacherPreparation:College ofArts/Sciences:High-Poverty LEA (listONE only):Carried Over fromPrevious Project Period:New for This Project Period:N/A – New LEAs MUST come fromCategory A,“High-Priority LEAs”C. Other LEAs: N/A – New LEAs MUST come fromCategory A,“High-Priority LEAs”D. Other partnering agencies orinstitutions:10. Sponsored Projects Representative:Name, title, phone, emailSignatures: PROJECT DIRECTOR DATEAUTHORIZED INSTITUTIONAL AGENT/DEANDATESPONSORED PROJECTS OFFICERDATE

B. NARRATIVEYour narrative should be no more than 4 single-spaced pages, 12-point type, 1” margins.Please follow the format below for your narrative, using the same headings in your proposal aslisted here.Use page numbers in the bottom right corner of each page.1. Project Summary:Please insert the text below as your “Project Summary.” Do not edit this summary in any way. Thissummary is intended to reflect the original scope and nature of your project, not your intended plans forcontinuation.ITQ08-07 UA: Teachers of reading in Arizona are now required to earn an ArizonaReading Endorsement, which sets strict standards for both content knowledge andclassroom technologies in reading. This project, created by the Department ofLanguage, Reading, and Culture at the University of Arizona’s College of Education,offers reading teachers the chance to meet this requirement with a unique onlinegraduate course in literacy in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, andmathematics) classroom. Thirty teachers are participating in the pilot development of theonline coursework, representing high-poverty LEAs in Tucson and in Nogales, on theArizona-Mexico border, as well as a high-poverty charter school. In Phase Two, theonline Arizona Reading Endorsement preparatory course will be available to LEAsstatewide through IDEAL, the Arizona Department of Education’s online teacherdevelopment portal.2. Key Activities and Outcomes to Date:Please describe, clearly and specifically:The major activities your project has engaged in to date; andKey outcomes related to helping teachers reach “highly qualified” status.Be specific. Use numbers wherever possible. We are especially interested in progress toward achievinghighly-qualified status as it is defined in Arizona -- for instance:The number of participating teachers who took their subject-area AEPA exam;The number of teachers who passed their subject-area AEPA exam;Any other measures that demonstrate teachers’ progress toward achieving “highly qualifiedstatus.”Also address the following questions:Are you ahead of schedule, behind schedule, or on schedule for achieving the outcomes you setforth in your original ITQ proposal?If behind schedule, why? What are the factors that have impacted your ability to complete theplanned tasks?Include any other information that will help the ITQ Advisory Council evaluate the impact of your projectto date.3. Planned Activities:

Describe how you intend to build on the successful strategies and/or lessons learned in yourproject to date. Clearly describe any changes you intend to make to the project design, scope, orparticipants in the upcoming project year, and explain the rationale for these changes.NOTE: Continuation projects may continue working with their existing LEA partners. However,any new partnerships must be with LEAs from the High-Priority LEAs List.Using a chart like the one below, outline the major project milestones, performance measures orbenchmarks planned for July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010; an estimated target date; and the person(s)who will be primarily responsible for the activity’s accomplishment.Key Milestone/BenchmarkTarget DateResponsiblePerson(s):4. Intended Outcomes:Clearly and directly cite three to five specific changes or outcomes that you intend to achieve throughyour project. These will be your key “success indicators” that reflect the major areas of impact for yourproject and that will serve as the basis for your project activities and evaluation.These intended outcomes should be related directly to the overall ITQ goals; that is, the degree towhich teachers are helped to progress toward “highly qualified” status.For each intended outcome, be clear in stating the starting point or baseline measure as well as thedegree or scope of change you are targeting.Example: 85% of the 24 middle-school math teachers in this project will pass their AEPAon their first attempt, compared with the current first-time pass rate of 55%.Example: 10 additional teachers will achieve highly qualified status, reducing the number ofnon-HQT-taught classrooms at participating LEAs from 24 to 14.5. LEA Partnerships:Describe your planned partnerships with participating LEAs. What is your strategy fordetermining which LEAs you will work with? What is your strategy for expanding your programto new LEAs from the “High-Priority LEAs List”? Are these partnerships already in place? If not,how will you reach out, recruit, and engage your LEA partners?Federal statutes require that private schools within the geographic boundaries of participatingLEAs be offered the chance to participate in the ITQ professional development activities. Pleasedescribe your efforts (or planned efforts) to include private schools.

Primary Applicant/Coordinating Partner:Project Title:Project Director:C. ITQ CONSOLIDATED PROJECT BUDGETJuly 1, 2009-June 30, 20101. PERSONNEL COSTS (List names/titles separately)AMOUNTREQUESTEDMATCHINGCONTRIBUTIONSource of Match:A. Key Personnel (Faculty & Administrators) SalariesB. Support Personnel (Clerical, Assistants, etc.) SalariesC. Key Personnel Fringe Benefits (ERE)D. Support Personnel Fringe Benefits (ERE)TOTAL PERSONNEL COSTS2. PARTICIPANT SUPPORT COSTSA. Books, Materials, SuppliesB. TuitionC. Fees (application)D. TravelE. Lodging & SubsistenceF. StipendsG. Teacher SubstitutesH. OtherTOTAL PARTICIPANT COSTS3. PROFESSIONAL/OUTSIDE SERVICES (Consultants,evaluators, other subcontracts)A. Project external evaluator - PLEASE LEAVE BLANK, TOBE COMPLETED BY ABOR PRIOR TO FINAL AWARD.TOTAL PROF/OUTSIDE SERVICES COSTS4. STAFF TRAVEL (identify):TOTAL STAFF TRAVEL COSTS5. OPERATIONS COSTSA. Materials, Supplies, PhotocopyingB. Other (Identify)TOTAL OPERATIONS COSTS6. OTHER (Identify)7. SUBTOTAL (TOTAL DIRECT COSTS)8. INDIRECT COSTS (Max. 8% of subtotal costs)9. TOTAL COSTS

D. BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONPlease provide detail for each line item in your next-year budget request. Your detail should:Describe each element of the line item total;Show how the budget figures were calculated; andExplain how each element will contribute toward the project.

E. 50% SPECIAL RULE – SINGLE PARTNER USE OF FUNDSJuly 1, 2009-June 30, 2010IMPORTANT: Section 2132(c) of NCLB requires that no single participant in the statutorypartnership may use more than 50% of the grant award for activities over which it hasresponsibility. This means that no more than 50% of the total grant award may directly benefit anysingle partnering high-need LEA, any single IHE and its teacher-prep division, any single school ofarts and sciences, or any other single partner.Please complete the form below. List all partners (including university units, LEAs, others). For eachpartner, list the amount of grant funds that will directly benefit this partner. NOTE: Funds do notactually need to be disbursed to a partner in order to “directly benefit” that partner. For instance, if thegrant pays university tuition for three teachers at an LEA, the funds “directly benefit” the LEA, thoughthey are paid to the university. The completed Attachment Ds will be reviewed carefully to assurecompliance with the “50% Special Rule.”Name of PartnerAmount of GrantRequest “DirectlyBenefiting” ThisPartner:

F. CERTIFICATE OF ASSURANCES – PROJECT DIRECTORThe intent of Congress in Improving Teacher Quality is to improve the quality of teaching and instruction inthe United States. Title II of the Act provides financial assistance to the states to improve the skills ofteachers in these disciplines, and to increase the access of all students to that instruction. A portion of thefederal financial assistance received by the State of Arizona has been designated for grants to highereducation institutions to conduct projects which will help to satisfy that Congressional intent. As the dulyauthorized representative of the applicant, I certify and agree on behalf of the applicant that:1. Each such program will be administered in accordance with all applicable statutes, regulations, programplans, and applications;2. The control of funds provided under each such program and title to property acquired with program fundswill be in a public agency, a nonprofit private agency, institution, or organization, or an Indian Tribe, if thelaw authorizing the program provides for assistance in those entities; and3. The public agency, nonprofit private agency, institution, or organization, or Indian tribe will administerthose funds and property to the extent required by the authorizing law;4. The State will adopt and use proper methods of administering each such program, including –a. The enforcement of any obligations imposed by law on agencies, institutions, organizations, andother recipients responsible for carrying out each program;b. The correction of deficiencies in program operations that are identified through audits, monitoring, orevaluation; andc. The adoption of written procedures for the receipt and resolution of complaints alleging violations oflaw in the administration of the programs;5. The State will cooperate in carrying out any evaluation of each such program conducted by or for theSecretary or other Federal officials;6. The State will use such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as will ensure proper disbursementof, and accounting for, Federal funds paid to the State under each such program;7. The State will:a. Make reports to the Secretary as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to perform theSecretary’s duties under each such program; andb. Maintain such records, provide such information to the Secretary, and afford such access to therecords as the Secretary may find necessary to carry out the Secretary’s duties; andc. Before the plan or application was submitted to the Secretary, the State afforded a reasonableopportunity for public comment on the plan or application and considered such comment.8. The applicant will submit interim and end-of-year financial and program reports as instructed and timelyto:ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS - ITQ2020 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE, SUITE 230PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85004-4593Signatures: ________________________________________________Project Director________________________________________________Authorized Institutional Agent__________________Date__________________Date

G. CERTIFICATION REGARDING GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT,SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT),AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITY MATTERSExecutive Order (E.O.) 12689 requires federal agencies to establish regulations for reciprocal government wide effectacross procurement and nonprocurement debarment and suspension actions requirements for [a] drug-freeworkplace (grants). Section 2455 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 provides that the debarment,suspension, or other exclusion of a participant in a procurement activity under the Federal Acquisition regulation, or ina nonprocurement activity under regulations issued pursuant to Executive Order 12549, shall be given reciprocalgovernment wide effect. The final regulation establishes reciprocity between the procurement and nonprocurementdebarment and suspension systems.Final Federal regulations were published in the Federal Register, Vol. 60, No. 22, Monday, June 26, 1995, Rulesand Relations section, pp. 33037 to 33063. These regulations became effective August 25, 1995. Regulationsspecifically pertaining to the U.S. Department of Education include 34 CFR Parts 85, 668, and 682. [See NOTE atend of this section.]Text from Appendix A, page 33042, of the Federal Register [Vol. 60, No. 122, Monday, June 26, 1996, Rules andRegulations section], is provided below.Instructions for Certification1. By signing and submitting this proposal, the prospective primary participant is providing the certification set outbelow.2. The inability of a person to provide the certification required will not necessarily result in denial of participation inthis covered transaction. The prospective participant shall submit an explanation of why it cannot provide thecertification set out below. The certification or explanation will be considered in connection with the departmentor agency's determination whether to enter into this transaction. However, failure of the prospective primaryparticipant to furnish a certification or an explanation shall disqualify such person from participation in thistransaction.3. The certification in this clause is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when thedepartment or agency determined to enter into this transaction. If it is later determined that the prospectiveprimary participant knowingly rendered an erroneous certification, in addition to other remedies available to theFederal Government, the department or agency may terminate this transaction for cause or default.4. The prospective primary participant shall provide immediate written notice to the department or agency to whichthis proposal is submitted if at any time the prospective primary participant learns that its certification waserroneous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances.5. The terms covered transaction, debarred, suspended, ineligible, lower tier covered transaction, participant,person, primary covered transaction, principal, proposal, and voluntarily excluded, as used in this clause, havethe meanings set out in the Definitions and Coverage sections of the rules implementing Executive Order 12549.You may contact the department or agency to which this proposal is being submitted for assistance in obtaininga copy of those regulations.6. The prospective primary participant agrees by submitting this proposal that, should the proposed coveredtransaction be entered into, it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier covered transaction with a person whois proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, orvoluntarily excluded from participation in this covered transaction, unless authorized by the department oragency entering into this transaction.7. The prospective primary participant further agrees by submitting this proposal that it will include the clause titled"Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion-Lower Tier CoveredTransaction," provided by the department or agency entering into this covered transaction, without modification,in all lower tier covered transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier covered transactions.

ATTACHMENT G - CONTINUEDCERTIFICATION REGARDING GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION(NONPROCUREMENT), AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (CONT'D.)Instructions for Certification (Continued)8. A participant in a covered transaction may rely upon a certification of a prospective participant in a lower tiercovered transaction that it is not proposed for debarment under 48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, debarred,suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from the covered transaction, unless it knows that the certificationis erroneous. A participant may decide the method and frequency by which it determines the eligibility of itsprincipals. Each participant may, but is not required to, check the List of Parties Excluded from FederalProcurement and Nonprocurement Programs.9. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a system of records in order torender in good faith the certification required by this clause. The knowledge and information of a participant isnot required to exceed that which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary course of businessdealings.10. Except for transactions authorize under paragraph 6 of these instructions, if a participant in a covered transactionknowingly enters into a lower tier covered transaction with a person who is proposed for debarment under48 CFR part 9, subpart 9.4, suspended, debarred, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in thistransaction, in addition to other remedies available to the Federal Government, the department or agency mayterminate this transaction for cause or default.Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other Responsibility Matters--Primary CoveredTransactions1. The prospective primary participant certifies to the best of its knowledge and belief, that it and its principals:(a) Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared or voluntarily excluded by anyFederal department or agency.(b) Have not within a three-year period preceding this proposal been convicted or had a civil judgment renderedagainst them for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain,or performing a public [Federal, State or local] transaction or contract under a public transaction; violation ofFederal or State antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification ordestruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property;(c) Are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity [Federal,State or local] with commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (1)(b) of this certification;and(d) Have not within a three-year period preceding this application/proposal had one or more public transactions[Federal, State or local] terminated for cause or default.2. Where the prospective primary participant is unable to certify to any of the statements in this certification, suchprospective participant shall attach an explanation to this proposal.NOTE: The complete text of the final federal regulations published in the Federal Register, Vol. 60, No. 22,Monday, June 26, 1995, Rules and Relations section, pp. 33037 to 33063, is available via the Internet World WideWebsite address: http://www.gpo.ucop.edu. This website is a gateway providing access to full-text databasesmade available by the GPO Access service of the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C. A copy of theseregulations may also be viewed at the Arizona Board of Regents' Office, 2020 North Central Avenue, Suite 230,Phoenix, Arizona, during normal business hours.