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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.
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