Archived Information

**Transition to Teaching Pre-Application Meeting**

**December 4, 2008**

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Transition to Teaching Program

2009 Grant Competition

Pre-Application Meeting

U.S. Department of Education

December 4, 2008

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# Overview

1\) Purpose of Transition to Teaching

2\) Eligibility

-   Applicants

-   LEAs

-   Participants

-   Subjects

3\) Competitive Priorities

4\) Selection Criteria

5\) Completing the Application

6\) Grants.gov

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## Background

-   Help high-need districts meet their need for qualified teachers.

-   Increase the pool of high quality candidates for certification.

-   Bring flexibility into the teacher preparation system.

-   Improve teacher retention.

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# Purpose of the Program

To recruit and retain highly qualified mid-career professionals
(including highly qualified paraprofessionals) and recent graduates of
an IHE as teachers in high-need schools operated by high-need LEAs; and

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### Purpose of the Program

-   To enable individuals to become eligible for teacher certification
    under State-approved alternative routes to certification programs
    within a reduced period of time, relying on such factors as
    experience, expertise, and academic qualifications in lieu of
    traditional course-work in education.

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### Available Funding

-   Estimated Available Funds:

    -   \$7 Million

        -   Estimated Number of Awards:

            -   National/Regional: 3

            -   Statewide Projects: 5

            -   Local Projects: 10

                -   Estimated Average Size of Awards:

                    -   National/Regional Projects \-- \$600,000/year

                    -   Statewide Projects \-- \$440,000/year

## Local Projects \-- \$300,000/year

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**Project Scope**

-   National/Regional projects (84.350C): serve eligible LEAs in more
    than one State

-   Statewide projects (84.350B): serve eligible LEAs statewide or in
    more than one area of a State;

-   Local projects (84.350A): serve one eligible LEA or one or two in
    single area of State;

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##### Eligible Applicants

-   High-need local educational agency (LEA) or a Consortium of
    high-need LEAs

-   State educational agency (SEA) or a Regional consortium of SEAs

-   Institution of higher education, in partnership with a high-need LEA
    or an SEA

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**Eligible Applicants**

-   For-profit or non-profit organization that has a proven record of
    effectively recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers, in a
    partnership with a high-need LEA or an SEA

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**Eligible Applicants**

-   A charter school that the State considers to be an LEA is also
    eligible if it meets the TTT high-need requirements.

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**Eligibility of Current Grantees**

-   The statute precludes a high-need LEA, high-need SEA, or existing
    partnership or consortium that already has received a Transition
    grant from applying for another Transition grant until its current
    project is over. 

However\--

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**Eligibility of Current Grantees**

A current grantee can apply for an FY 09 grant if meets two conditions:

\(1\) joins with new entities to form a new partnership or consortium
[and]{.underline}

\(2\) then applies for a new program grant that would implement
significantly different project activities.

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**High-Need LEA**

[Component A ---Poverty :]{.underline}

1\) Serves not fewer than 10,000 children from families with incomes
below the poverty line,

OR

2\) For which not less than 20 percent of the children served by the LEA
are from families with incomes below the poverty line.

[AND]{.underline}

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**High-Need LEA**

[Component B---Teacher Data:]{.underline}

1\) A high percentage of teachers not teaching in the academic subjects
or grade levels the teachers were trained to teach (out of field),

***OR***

2\) A high percentage of teachers with emergency, provisional, or
temporary certification or licensing (teachers on waivers)

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**High-Need LEA**

Before preparing the application:

-   Identify the LEAs to be served

-   Determine that each LEA meets the TTT definition of a high-need LEA

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**Poverty Data**

-   Poverty data must be from the most recent U.S. Census.

-   Most recent is currently 2005.

-   If 2007 Census data released prior to application deadline,
    applicants may use either 2005 or 2007 Census data.

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###### **Poverty Data**

Sources for poverty data:

-   Census Bureau:
    <http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/>[district.html]{.underline}
    (school district data)

-   Department Website:
    <http://www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/eligibility.html>

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**Teacher Data**

-   Component B (1) (teachers teaching out of field)

    -   Most recent data from school district

    -   Provide percentage of teachers teaching out of field NOT classes
        not taught by highly qualified teachers

    -   Determined on a case-by-case basis (was 5% or higher for FY 2007
        competition)

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**Teacher Data**

-   Component B (2) (teacher on waivers)

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-   Data provided to the State for the purposes of the State's October
    2007 HEA section 207 report showing that at least [1.5%]{.underline}
    of its teachers were on waivers of State certification requirements.

-   These are the only data accepted to meet this requirement.

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**Charter School Eligibility**

-   Poverty data

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-   Free and Reduced Lunch Program (FRLP) data

-   At least 40% of students eligible for FRLP

    -   Teacher data

        -   Teachers teaching out of field

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**High-Need LEA**

Provide required data for both components:

-   [Component A:]{.underline} LEA poverty data

####### AND

-   [Component B:]{.underline} Data on teachers teaching out-of-field or
    on waivers.

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**Participant Eligibility**

-   Mid-Career Changers

-   Recent College Graduates

-   Highly Qualified Paraprofessionals

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**Participant Eligibility**

-   Recent College Graduates

    -   Within 3 years of graduation

    -   If teaching secondary\--

        -   Has completed an academic major (or equivalent number of
            credit hours) in subject will teach

        -   A State competency exam will NOT meet this requirement

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**Participant Eligibility**

Highly Qualified Paraprofessionals

Not less than 2 years of---

-   Experience in a classroom

> AND

-   Postsecondary education or demonstrated competence in subject for
    which there is a shortage of qualified teachers

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##### High-Need Subject Areas

High-need subjects are:

English

Economics

Reading or language arts

History

Mathematics

Geography

Science

Civics and Government

Foreign languages

Arts

Special education

English as a second language (ESL)

These subjects include the "core academic subjects" specified in section
9101(11) of the ESEA and the subjects of special education and ESL.

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**Competitive Priorities**

-   Competitive Preference Priority 1:

    -   Partnerships or Consortia that include a high-need LEA or a
        high-need SEA (5 points)

    -   Only applicants not eligible for the 5 points are LEAs with no
        partners

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**Competitive Priorities**

Competitive Preference Priority 2:

-   District Projects to Streamline Teacher Hiring Systems, Timelines,
    and Processes

    -   Examine its current hiring system, processes, and

> policies to identify the critical barriers to hiring highly
>
> qualified teachers

AND

-   Design and implement efforts to remove the identified

barriers and put in place systems that streamline and

revamp the hiring process.

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**Competitive Priorities**

-   Only LEAs eligible for priority points (up to 10)

-   LEAs will also carry out the requirements of the TTT program

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**2009 Transition to Teaching**

**Selection Criteria**

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#### Selection Criteria

Quality of the Project Design

Quality of the Project Evaluation

Quality of the Project Services

Quality of the Management Plan

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### Project Design (35 points)

The Secretary considers the quality of the project design for the
proposed project by considering how well the applicant describes a
plan---

A. To recruit and retain highly qualified mid-career professionals
(including highly qualified paraprofessionals) and recent graduates of
an IHE as teachers in high-need schools operated by high-need LEAs; and

B. To enable individuals to become eligible for teacher certification
under State-approved alternative routes to certification programs within
a reduced period of time, relying on such factors as experience,
expertise, and academic qualifications in lieu of traditional
course-work in education.

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#### Project Design

For the quality of the project design for the proposed project, the
Secretary considers the following **factors**:

1.  The extent to which the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be
    achieved by the proposed project are clearly specified and
    measurable.

2.  The extent to which the design of the proposed project reflects
    up-to-date knowledge from research and effective practice.

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# Project Design

3\. The extent to which the design of the proposed project is
appropriate to, and will successfully address, the needs of the target
population or other identified needs.

4\. The extent to which the proposed project is designed to build
capacity and yield results that will extend beyond the period of Federal
financial assistance.

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**Project Design**\
**Questions to Consider\....**

-   Are the goals and objectives clear, specific, and measurable.

-   How does the proposal reflect up-to- date knowledge from research
    and effective practice?

-   How does the design appropriately address the needs of the target
    population or other identified needs?

-   Is the proposed project designed to build capacity and yield results
    that will extend beyond the period of Federal financial assistance?

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**Project Evaluation\
(25 points)**

In determining the quality of the evaluation, the Secretary considers
the following **factors**:

1\. The extent to which the methods of evaluation include the use of
objective performance measures that are clearly related to the intended
outcomes of the project and will produce quantitative and qualitative
data to the extent possible.

2\. The extent to which the methods of evaluation will provide
performance feedback and permit periodic assessment of progress towards
achieving intended outcomes.

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**Project Evaluation\
Questions to Consider\...**

-   How will you know if the project is successful? (data collection
    tools, data analysis)

-   How will you measure progress toward goals and objectives?

-   How will you report the project's design and delivery?

-   What would the design look like using a logic model?

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**Project Evaluation**\
**Questions to Consider\...**

-   Are long and short term objectives clear and measurable?

-   How will the evaluation design inform the project's stakeholders?

-   How will the evaluation design be used to report progress?

-   How will the evaluation be used to inform continuous improvement?
    (What will you do with the information?)

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**Project Services\
(20 points)**

In determining the quality of the services to be provided by the
proposed project, the Secretary considers the following **factors**:

1\. The extent to which the services to be provided by the proposed
project are appropriate to the needs of the intended recipients or
beneficiaries of those services.

2\. The extent to which the training or professional development
services to be provided by the proposed project are of sufficient
quality, intensity, and duration to lead to improvements in practice
among the recipients of those services.

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**Project Services**

3\. The extent to which the training or professional development
services to be provided by the proposed project are likely to alleviate
the personnel shortages that have been identified or are the focus of
the proposed project.

4\. The extent to which the services to be provided by the proposed
project involve the collaboration of appropriate partners for maximizing
the effectiveness of project services.

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**Project Services**\
**Questions to Consider\....**

-   What types of services will be offered through the project?

-   Who is the target audience?

-   What gains and by whom are expected as a result of the services?

-   Are the services aligned to the goals and objectives of the design?

-   What is different or innovative and why?

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Management Plan\
(20 points)

In determining the quality of the management plan for the proposed
project, the Secretary

considers the following **factors**:

1\. The adequacy of the management plan to achieve the objectives of the
proposed project on time and within budget, including clearly defined
responsibilities, timelines, and milestones for accomplishing project
tasks.

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**Management Plan**

2\. The extent to which the time commitments of the project director and
principal investigator and other key project personnel are appropriate
and adequate to meet the objectives of the proposed project.

3\. The adequacy of procedures for ensuring feedback and continuous
improvement in the operation of the proposed project.

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**Management Plan\
Questions to Consider\....**

-   How will the project be managed?

-   Who will manage the various components of the grant?

-   What is the time-line for the project?

-   How will you measure if benchmarks to ensure that the project is on
    time with meeting the goals and objectives?

-   What are the time commitments of those working on the delivery of
    the proposed project?

-   What will be the role and responsibility of the evaluator?

-   Who will oversee the project evaluation?

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**PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES**

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**Program Goal**

Project Objectives: What your project is doing to support the overall
program goal

Performance Measures: How can you measure your progress toward meeting
your objectives (GPRA, Program, Project)

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**Program Goal Reviewed**...

-   To increase the number of new, certified teachers and to retain them
    in the teaching profession in high need schools in high need LEAs
    for at least three years.

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**Program Measures: GPRA**

-   The percent of Transition to Teaching (TTT) participants who become
    teachers of record in high-need schools in high-need LEAs.

-   The percent of Transition to Teaching (TTT) participants receiving
    certification/licensure within three years.

-   The percent of Transition to Teaching (TTT) teachers of record who
    teach in high-need schools in high-need LEAs for three years.

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**Project Design: Project Goals and Objectives**

What are you trying to accomplish?

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**Project Objectives: Are they.....**

-   *Relevant*

-   *Applicable*

-   *Focus*

-   *Measurable*

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**Project Objectives**

-   RELEVANCE**:** How relevant is the project objective to the [overall
    goal]{.underline} of the program and/or the goal of your project?

    -   *Recruit highly qualified mid-career professionals and/or recent
        college graduates for teaching positions in the XXX School
        District*

    -   *Design and implement a plan to remove barriers and streamline
        the system by creating an efficient and timely hiring process.*

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#### Project Objectives

-   APPLICABILITY**:** How applicable is the project objective to the
    [specific activities]{.underline} that are being conducted through
    your particular project?

    -   *Provide ongoing support to lateral entry teachers*

    -   *Provide training to qualified Paraprofessionals to certify them
        as teachers*

    -   *Convert face-to-face alternative certification courses into
        on-line courses*

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#### Project Objectives

-   FOCUS: How focused is the project objective?

-   *Provide TTT teachers of record with ongoing mentoring and support
    throughout the program.*

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#### Project Objectives

-   MEASURABILITY**:** Are there concepts in the project objective that
    lend themselves to measurement? If so, is measurement feasible?

-   *How much will change?*

    -   *90% of each cohort of paraprofessionals will attain
        certification after 3 years of course work.*

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**Performance Measures**

In general terms, a **performance measure** is a measurable indicator
used to determine how well objectives are being met.

-   What will your project measure that will evaluate the project design
    and implementation?

-   What is the project goal?

-   What are the project objectives?

-   What is the project proposing to change?

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**Performance Measure Criteria**

-   *Who* will achieve the change?

-   *What* will change?

-   *When* will the change take place?

-   *How much* change?

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**Who will change?**

-   Recent College Grads

-   Mid Career Professionals

-   Highly Qualified Paraprofessionals

-   Mentors

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**What will change?**

-   Career (non teacher to teacher)

-   Availability of qualified individuals to teach in high-need schools
    in high-need LEAs

-   Number of certified teachers

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**When will change take place?**

-   By the end of the project

-   Each year of the project

-   After two years

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**How much will change?**

-   By the end of the project

-   Each year of the project

-   After two years

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**Review....**

-   *Who* will achieve the change?

-   *What* will change?

-   *When* will the change take place?

-   *How much* change?

> 85% (how much) of mid-career professionals and recent college
> graduates (who) hired in the district high needs schools will continue
> to teach in the district (what) for at least 3 years (when).

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**Application Review Process**

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#### Total Score

-   Maximum total score for all selection criteria is 100 points.

-   Maximum total score for all criteria, priority 1 and priority 2 is
    115 points.

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How are applications selected for funding?

-   Panels will be convened February 2009.

-   Three independent peer reviewers read each application.

-   Applications are funded in rank order.

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**Application Dates**

-   Notice Inviting Applications published in *Federal Register* :
    November 13, 2008

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-   Intent to apply e-mail notification: December 15, 2008.

-   Applications deadline: January 21, 2009

-   Awards announced: May 2009

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**Grants.Gov**

Preparing the Application for Grants.Gov

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**Completing the Application**

Complete application package available online at Grants.gov

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**The Parts of the Application**

-   Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424)

-   Table of contents

-   Project abstract

-   Project narrative (maximum 50 pages)

-   Budget (ED 524) and budget narrative

-   Other attachments

-   Assurances and certifications

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SF 424:\
CFDA

The Department has established separate funding categories for projects
of a different scope based on the LEAs served:

-   84.350A Local

-   84.350B Statewide

-   84.350C National/Regional

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SF 424:\
Human Subjects

1\. Are any research activities involving human subjects planned at any
time during the proposed project period?

2\. Are all research activities proposed designated to be exempt from
the regulations?

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SF 424:\
DUNS Number

-   Receive from Dun and Bradstreet

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SF 424:\
Project Period

-   October 1, 2009-September 30, 2014

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**Project Abstract**

-   Limit the abstract to one page.

-   Include:

    -   Project title, LEAs to be served, summary of project goals and
        expected outcomes, participant goal, type of participant,
        high-need subjects for which recruiting, project activities, and
        any special features.

    -   Write after completing the narrative

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**Project Narrative --**\
**The Critical Piece**

-   Quality of Project Design (35 Points)

-   Quality of the Project Evaluation (25 Points)

-   Quality of Project Services (20 Points)

-   Quality of the Management Plan (20 Points)

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#### Budget and Budget Narrative

-   ED Form 524

-   Budget Narrative/Justification

    -   Basis for costs

    -   Indirect rate

    -   Cost of evaluation

    -   Explanation of financial incentives

> (not to exceed \$5000 per participant).

-   In-kind support

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#### Budget

-   Indirect costs

    -   Limited to 8% or negotiated cost rate agreement\-\--whichever is
        less.

    -   Exclude training stipends and contract amounts over \$25,000
        from base on which you calculate indirect costs.

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#### Administrative Costs

-   Statute imposes a limit of 5% that a grantee can charge to program
    funds.

-   ED has not defined the term "administrative costs."

-   Applicants use own agency's fiscal rules to determine costs
    attributable to these costs.

-   Examples of administrative costs might include: gathering data for
    annual performance reports, ensuring use of funds are properly
    documented, general monitoring, etc.

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**Budget**

-   Financial Incentives

    -   Limited to \$5000 per participant for the life of the project.

    -   Examples: scholarship, stipend allowance, bonus, tuition and
        fees

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**Use of funds**\
Funds may be used for a wide range of activities, so long as the
activities are:

-   Reasonable

-   Allowable

-   Allocable

-   Legal

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**Funds may NOT be used for:**

-   Lobbying activities

-   Construction

-   Religious activities

-   Other generally impermissible activities (e.g., entertainment)

\[See EDGAR for additional information\]
www.ed.gov/policy/fund/reg/**edgar**Reg/**edgar**.html

#### 

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**Required Assurances and Certifications**

-   All required forms MUST be completed.

-   All forms are available online.

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#### Other Attachments 

-   What to include:

    -   Data supporting high-need LEA eligibility

    -   Resumes or Curriculum Vitae for key project personnel

    -   LEA and high-need subject commitment optional form or other form
        of commitment such as letters from participating LEAs

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# Grant Application Tips

-   Get the application as soon as possible

-   Register with Grants.gov

    -   [[http://www.Grants.gov/]{.underline}](http://www.grants.gov/)

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# Application Review

Are you ready to submit?

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#### Make sure you are eligible

-   Eligible Applicant

-   Eligible high-need LEA

-   Eligible participants

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#### Intent to Apply

-   Submit your intent to apply by December 15, 2008 to:

Thelma Leenhouts at:transitiontoteaching@ed.gov

-   Applicants that fail to provide this e-mail notification may still
    apply for funding.

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#### Readability

Create your proposal with the reader in mind:

-   Write using clear sentences

-   Highlight and bold key sections

-   Use format that is easy to follow

-   Address the selection criteria

-   Avoid jargon

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#### Think about \$\$\$\$\$\$

-   Ask for enough money to meet objectives over five-year period of
    performance.

-   Remember to include funds for costs associated with personnel,
    recruitment, preparation, participant support, supplies, and
    financial incentives, tracking participants, if appropriate.

-   Consider sustainability of the project after the grant ends.

-   Be realistic, but do NOT shortchange your project.

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#### Review the Application

-   Complete the application checklist.

-   Review the entire application once completed before final
    submission.

-   Have someone read the proposal that did not work extensively on the
    application.

-   Look for omissions, mistakes and typographical errors.

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**Meet the Deadline --January 21, 2009 by 4:30 PM (EST)!**

-   Submit electronically through Grants.gov

-   Submit on or before January 21, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Eastern Standard
    Time.

-   Consider submitting several days prior to the closing date. (This
    will give you a chance to deal with any unforeseen problems).

-   Do NOT send supplemental or revised information once you have
    submitted your proposal.

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**www.Grants.gov!**

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**Using Grants.gov**

-   Start NOW and Submit EARLY!

-   Complete a 3-step registration process Allow 3-5 business days for
    the entire registration process.

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#### Get Registered

The Grants.gov registration process involves three basic steps.

1\. Register your Organization (LEA)

2\. Register yourself as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR)

3\. Get authorized as an AOR by your organization

The Grants.gov registration process takes 3-5 business days to complete.

You do not have to register with Grants.gov if you only want to find
grant opportunities.

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#### Get Your Organization Registered

1\. To register, your organization will need to obtain a DUNS Number. If
your organization doesn't have one, you can call 1-800-386-6820.

2\. Your organization must register with the Central Contractor Registry
(CCR) at [http://www.ccr.gov](http://www.ccr.gov/). Your organization
must have a DUNS number to register with CCR.

3\. Your organization must register with the credential service
provider, Operational Research Consultants (ORC). You will need a DUNS
number to establish a username and password at the ORC website at
<http://apply.grants.gov/OrcRegister>.

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#### Get Yourself Registered

1\. Use your organization's ORC username and password to register
yourself on grants.gov as the Authorized Organization Representative.
(AOR)

2\. The E-Business Point of Contact at your organization will receive
your registration from Grants.gov. The E-Business Point of Contact will
then authorize your as and AOR.

3\. You are now ready to submit your application.

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#### Pure Edge Viewer

-   Applicants must have the Pure Edge Viewer software to view
    information on Grants.gov.

-   This software is FREE and can be downloaded from the Grants.gov
    website.

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#### FIND the Application

-   Use the following steps to find the Transition to Teaching
    Application

-   Grants.gov

-   Find Grant Opportunities (on the left)

-   Search Grant Opportunities

-   Advanced Search

-   In the key word search, type Transition to Teaching. There will be
    three application (Local, Statewide, or National/Regional)

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#### FIND the Application

-   How to Apply ( across the top of the page)

-   Download

-   At the bottom of the page, you will find the Application Package AND
    the Application Instructions. These are two separate folders and you
    should download BOTH folders. The application Package is a complete
    PDF file of the entire package. The Application Instructions contain
    all the mandatory forms you will need to submit and the forms you
    will use to upload your application narrative.

-   You may download both folders to your desktop or some place on your
    computer. You may then work offline and save and submit the
    application when you are finished.

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#### Picture of the Grants.Gov grant application package web page

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**Picture of Grants.Gov abstract web page**

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U**sing Grants.gov\
**Helpful Hints

-   Start NOW, Preparing your application so you can and submit before
    the closing date

-   Avoid delays by submitting EARLY

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**Using Grants.gov\
Helpful Hints**

-   KNOW YOUR COMPUTER!!!

-   Slow internet connectivity or dial-up connections could lead to
    longer than normal download or uploads

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**Using Grants.gov\
Helpful Hints**

-   Applicants MUST submit electronically before 4:30 pm, Washington, DC
    time on January 21, 2009.

-   There is no grace period for late submission. WE DO NOT ACCEPT LATE
    APPLICATIONS!!

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**Using Grants.gov\
Helpful Hints**

> IMPORTANT:: Grants.gov TIME and DATE stamps all applications when the
> upload is FINSHED! The time it takes to upload an application will
> vary. Submit Early!

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**Using Grants.gov**\
**Helpful Hints**

-   Applicants will receive a time and date stamped email notification
    confirming receipt of application with an assigned tracking number
    from Grants.gov.

-   Applicants will receive a second email from Grants.gov notifying
    them that the application has been validated and is ready for the
    Department's interface to receive it.

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**Using Grants.gov**\
**Helpful Hints**

-   If the application is successfully received and validated by the
    Department, the applicant receives an email with the assigned PR
    Award No.

-   If the application is received after **4:30** pm on the closing date
    or validation is not successful, the applicant will receive an email
    message stating that the application will not be processed.

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On-line support is available at:\
http://www.grants.gov/CustomerSupport**\
\
**For phone assistance call:

1-800-518-4726

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Resources for Preparing the Application

-   U.S. Department of Education Transition to Teaching

-   [[www.ed.gov/programs/transitionteach]{.underline}](http://www.ed.gov/programs/transitionteach)

(applicant information)

-   www.Grants.gov

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#### IMPORTANT!

-   Submit applications electronically through the Grants.gov system.

> [http://www.grants.gov]{.underline}

-   Submit application through Grants.gov no later than [4:30 p.m.
    EASTERN]{.underline} time

-   Do not mail hard copies of materials to the Application Control
    Center or to the program office!

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#### QUESTIONS???

-   Technical questions about using Grants.gov:

    -   [[http://www.grants.gov]{.underline}](http://www.grants.gov/)

-   Program-specific questions:

    -   Email: [[transitiontoteaching@ed.gov]{.underline}]()