Federal Fiscal Year 2012 Survey on the Use of Funds Under Title II, Part A OMB # xxxx-xxxx

Survey on the Use of Funds Under

Title II, Part A 

(Improving Teacher Quality State Grants)

Form completed by:

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Purpose of this survey:

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), provides funds to States and 

districts to improve the quality of their teaching and principal force and raise student achievement. 

These funds are provided to States and districts through Title II, Part A (Improving Teacher Quality State 

Grants). The purpose of this survey is for the U.S. Department of Education to gain a better 

understanding of how States are using their Title II, Part A funds. We welcome your input and appreciate 

your completing this survey and returning it in the envelope provided.

Instructions:

Please complete all questions. When you are finished, please use the enclosed envelope to return your 

completed survey to:

Shen Lee

Westat

1650 Research Blvd, Room RA 1245

Rockville, MD 20850

Alternatively, you may fax the completed survey to (301) 294-4475.

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Federal Fiscal Year 2012 Survey on the Use of Funds Under Title II, Part A OMB # xxxx-xxxx

Question 1: Provide the dollar amount of 2012 Title II, Part A funds allocated for the following activities. 

Do not include carryover funds. You can estimate if you do not have exact figures.

Total Title II, Part A State activities funds available to your State in federal 

fiscal year 2012 $ PRE-POPULATED

Activity Title II, Part A Funds 

(1) Reforming teacher and principal certification (including recertification) and 

licensure to ensure that teachers have the necessary subject-matter 

knowledge and teaching skills in subjects in which they teach, that 

certification or licensing requirements are aligned with challenging State 

academic content standards, and that principals have instructional 

leadership skills to help teachers teach and students learn

$ _______________

(2) Providing support for teachers new and not new to the profession and for 

principals through such activities as mentoring, team teaching, reduced 

class schedules, intensive professional development, and using standards 

or assessments to guide beginning teachers

$ _______________

(3) Carrying out programs to establish, expand, or improve alternative routes 

for State certification for teachers and principals (especially in the areas of 

mathematics and science) that will encourage entry into the teaching 

profession for highly qualified individuals with at least a baccalaureate 

degree, including mid-career professionals, military personnel, 

paraprofessionals, and recent college graduates with records of academic 

distinction

$ _______________

(4) Developing and implementing effective mechanisms for helping LEAs and 

schools to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers, principals, and pupil 

services personnel

$ _______________

(5) Reforming tenure systems, implementing teacher testing for subjectmatter knowledge, and implementing teacher testing for State certification 

or licensure, consistent with Title II of the Higher Education Act (HEA) 

$ _______________

(6) Providing professional development for teachers and principals (and for 

pupil services personnel when the SEA determines their participation to be 

appropriate)

$ _______________

(7) Developing systems to measure the effectiveness of specific professional 

development programs and activities in order to document gains in 

student academic achievement or increases in teacher mastery of 

academic subjects teachers teach

$ _______________

(8) Fulfilling the SEA’s responsibilities for proper and efficient administration 

of Title II, Part A, including provision of technical assistance to LEAs. (This 

figure should include ONLY administrative costs paid for out of State-level 

activity funds, not those paid for with funds set aside by statute for 

administrative purposes)

$ _______________

(9) Funding projects to promote interstate certification or licensing reciprocity 

for teachers and principals, provided that the reciprocity agreement does 

not lead to a weakening of State certification or licensing requirements

$ _______________
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Activity Title II, Part A Funds 

(10) Developing or assisting LEAs in the development of proven, innovative 

strategies to deliver intensive professional development activities that are 

both cost-effective and easily accessible, such as strategies that involve 

delivery through the use of technology, peer networks, and distance 

learning

$ _______________

(11) Supporting the training of teachers and administrators in effectively 

integrating technology into curricula and instruction $ _______________

(12) Developing, or assisting LEAs in developing, merit-based performance 

systems and strategies that provide differential and bonus pay for teachers 

in high-need academic subjects and for teachers in high-poverty areas.

$ _______________

(13) Assisting LEAs in developing and implementing professional development 

programs for principals that enable them to be effective school leaders and 

to prepare all students to meet challenging State content and student 

academic achievement standards, which may include the development and 

support of school leadership academies

$ _______________

(14) Developing, or assisting LEAs in developing, teacher advancement 

initiatives that promote professional growth and that emphasize multiple 

career paths and pay differentiation

$ _______________

(15) Providing assistance to teachers to enable them to meet certification, 

licensing, or other requirements in order to become highly qualified $ _______________

(16) Supporting activities to ensure that teachers are able to use State 

academic content and achievement standards and State assessments to 

improve instructional practices and student academic achievement

$ _______________

(17) Funding projects and carrying out programs to encourage men to become 

elementary school teachers $ _______________

(18) Establishing and operating a center that serves as a statewide 

clearinghouse for the recruitment and placement of K-12 teachers and 

establishes and carries out programs to improve teacher recruitment

$ _______________

(19) Title II, Part A funds transferred to Title I, Part A under ESEA funding 

transferability provisions (or under your State’s ESEA Flexibility Waiver) $ _______________

(20) Title II, Part A funds transferred (other than to Title I, Part A)

Which program(s) were the funds transferred to? ____________________

$ _______________

Funds not yet obligated $ _______________

Total 2012-13 Title II, Part A State activities funds allocated $ _______________
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Question 2: SEA employees paid with Title II, Part A funds 

Provide the number of State education agency (SEA) employees whose salaries are fully funded by Title 

II, Part A State activities and/or administrative funds and the number of SEA employees whose salaries 

are partially funded by Title II, Part A State activities funds and/or administrative funds. Please count 

numbers of people paid, not FTEs paid.

Fully funded Partially funded

__________ __________

How many FTEs are accounted for in the previous chart? _______________________________

Question 3: Are any of the expenditures described in the table in Question 1 specifically associated with 

allowable activities designed to prepare educators to implement new college- and career-ready 

standards?

☐ Yes If you checked “yes,” please provide a short description of the activities in the space below.

☐ No If you checked “no,” please continue to Question 4.

Description of activities:

What number of Title II, Part A State-level activity dollars have been obligated towards the activities

described above?

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Question 4: Are any of the expenditures described in the table in Question 1 specifically associated with 

allowable activities designed to develop, implement, or support educator evaluation systems?

☐ Yes If you checked “yes,” please provide a short description of the activities in the space below.

☐ No If you checked “no,” please continue to Question 5.

Description of activities:

What number of Title II, Part A State-level activity dollars have been obligated towards the activities 

described above?

Question 5: Are any of the expenditures described in the table in Question 1 specifically associated with 

assisting LEAs or schools in ensuring the equitable distribution of effective or highly qualified teachers?

☐ Yes If you checked “yes,” please provide a short description of the activities in the space below.

☐ No If you checked “no,” the survey is complete. Please return the survey in the enclosed envelope.

Description of activities:

The survey is complete. Please return the survey in the enclosed envelope.