2014-15 Survey on the Use of Funds Under Title II, Part A OMB # 1810-0618

Survey on the Use of Funds Under

Title II, Part A 

(Improving Teacher Quality State Grants – Subgrants to LEAs)

DISTRICT

ADDRESS

CITY, ST ZIP

NCESID

Form completed by:

Name:

Position:

Phone:

E-mail:

Purpose of this survey: The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, provides

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

achievement. These funds are provided to districts through Title II, Part A (“Improving Teacher Quality 

State Grants – Subgrants to LEAs”). The purpose of this survey is for the U.S. Department of Education to 

have a better understanding of how districts are using these funds. Please provide your assistance by 

completing this survey. For more information on Title II, Part A and how LEAs can use these funds, see

http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherqual/guidance.doc.

Instructions: All respondents should complete Question 1. Complete Questions 2 through 7 if your 

district received program funds for the 2014-15 school year. You may complete and submit this survey 

online at [URL of system], by e-mail to shenlee@westat.com, by fax to (301) 294-4475, or use the 

enclosed envelope to send the hard copy to:

Shen Lee

Westat

1650 Research Blvd, Room RA 1245

Rockville, MD 20850

Question 1: Did your district receive Title II, Part A funding in 2014-15?

☐ Yes If you checked “yes,” continue to Question 2 on the next page.

☐ No If you checked “no,” you do not need to complete this survey. 

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection 

displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 1810-0618. Public reporting burden for 

this collection of information is estimated to average 6 hours per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data 

sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. The obligation to respond to 

this collection is voluntary. If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission of this survey, please contact 

Daphne Kaplan directly (U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, Rm. 3E106, Washington DC 20202, Daphne.Kaplan@ed.gov). 

[Note: Please do not return the completed survey to this address.]
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Question 2: Provide the dollar amount of 2014-15 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.

Activity Title II, Part A Funds 

a) Hiring highly-qualified teachers to reduce class size $ _______________

b) Professional development activities designed to improve the quality of 

principals $ _______________

c) Instructional professional development activities for teachers and 

paraprofessionals to improve content knowledge and classroom practices 

(if applicable, includes salaries for substitutes for teachers participating in 

professional development activities)

$ _______________

d) Professional development activities designed to improve the quality of 

superintendents $ _______________

e) Initiatives that promote professional growth and reward quality teaching 

(e.g. National Board Certification support, mentoring and induction 

programs, exemplary teacher programs)

$ _______________

f) Mechanisms and strategies to help schools recruit and retain highly 

qualified teachers, principals, and specialists in core academic areas (e.g. 

scholarships, loan forgiveness, signing bonuses, differential pay for 

teachers)

$ _______________

g) Teacher testing in academic areas $ _______________

h) Private school professional development activities $ _______________

i) Tenure reform $ _______________

j) Administrative expenditures (e.g. indirect costs, supplies, materials) $ _______________

k) Title II, Part A funds combined with other Federal program funds under 

the provisions of the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) $ _______________

l) Title II, Part A funds transferred to another title through the ESEA funding 

transferability provisions

 Which Title were funds transferred to? __________________

$ _______________

Total 2014-15 Title II, Part A funds allocated (the sum of lines a through l, this 

should equal the total amount of Title II, Part A funds allocated to your district 

in 2014-15, below)

$ _______________

Total Title II, Part A funds allocated to your district in 2014-2015 $ALLOCATION

 If your district allocated 2014-15 funds for class size reduction (2a), then complete Question 3. If your 

district allocated 2014-15 funds for professional development for principals (2b) or teachers (2c), then 
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complete Question 4. If your district did not allocate funds for either class size reduction or professional 

development, skip to Question 5. All districts should respond to Questions 5 through 9.

Question 3: How many classroom teachers were funded by 2014-15 Title II, Part A funds? Please report 

the information by type of teacher and by grade. Report total full-time equivalents (FTEs) funded with 

Title II, Part A program funds. If a teacher is hired on a part-time basis or is partially funded with 

program funds, report the appropriate FTEs. 

Example 1: A district received $10,000 in 2014-15 Title II, Part A program funding. A full-time teacher 

was hired, funded partially with Title II, Part A program funds, with the remaining portion of the salary 

made up with local funds. Complete the form to reflect the FTE portion of the teacher’s salary that was 

funded with Title II, Part A program funds. For example, if the teacher’s salary was $50,000 and all 

$10,000 of the district’s Title II, Part A were used for that teacher’s salary, the FTE portion of the 

teacher’s salary funded with Title II, Part A would be 0.2 FTE.

Example 2: A district received $15,000 in 2014-15 Federal Title II, Part A program funds. The district 

uses these funds to fully pay the salary of a kindergarten teacher who works half time. This teacher 

would be reported as 0.5 FTE.

Teacher type

Number of Funded FTEs by Grade

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Ungraded Total

Regular 

classroom

Special 

Education

Other

Total Number 

of Funded FTEs

 If your district allocated 2014-15 funds for professional development for teachers (2c), then complete 

Question 4. Otherwise, skip to Question 5. All districts should respond to Questions 5 through 9.
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Question 4: Provide the dollar amount of 2014-15 Title II, Part A funds allocated for professional 

development for public school principals or teachers and paraprofessionals in each of the following 

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

Content Area

Title II, Part A Funds Allocated

Principals

Teachers and 

Paraprofessionals

Mathematics $ _______________ $ _______________

Science $ _______________ $ _______________

Reading/English/Language Arts $ _______________ $ _______________

History/Social Studies $ _______________ $ _______________

Foreign Languages $ _______________ $ _______________

Fine Arts $ _______________ $ _______________

Special Education $ _______________ $ _______________

English as a Second Language $ _______________ $ _______________

Technology $ _______________ $ _______________

Other Academic Subjects (please describe below) $ _______________ $ _______________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Other Non-Academic Subjects (please describe below) $ _______________ $ _______________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Total (for principals the total should equal the amount 

reported for Question 2b, and for teachers and 

paraprofessionals the total should equal the amount 

reported for Question 2c)

$ _______________ $ _______________

 Continue to Question 5. All districts should respond to Questions 5 through 9.
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Question 5: Are any of the allocations in Question 2 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 6.

Description of activities:

What amount of Title II, Part A funds have been allocated towards the 

activities described above? $ _____________________

Question 6: Are any of the allocations in Question 2 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 7.

Description of activities:

What amount of Title II, Part A funds have been allocated towards the 

activities described above? $ _____________________
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Please respond to Questions 7 through 9 regarding all high quality professional development, as 

defined by Section 9101(34) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act,1conducted last year, in 

2013-14, not just high quality professional development funded by Title II, Part A.

Question 7: Report the total number of teachers in your district in 2013-14 and, of those, the number of 

teachers who participated in high quality professional development, as defined by Section 9101(34) of 

the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Only include teachers in the core academic content 

areas.2

Number of teachers in core content areas

Number of core content area teachers 

participating in any high quality professional 

development

Question 8: For each type of professional development activity listed below, please estimate the 

number of teachers who participated for the 2013-14 school year (including summer 2014). This can be 

a duplicated count, in that a teacher can be counted more than once across the different types of 

professional development. However, teachers should not be counted more than once within the same 

type of professional development activity. 

Duration/type of professional development

Number of teachers 

participating

Professional development during the school day:

a. Daily learning team sessions

b. Weekly learning team sessions

c. Professional development provided by professional development coaches

d. Half-day workshops (2-5 hours)

e. Full-day workshops (6-8 hours) (in-service days or substitutes provided)

Professional development outside of the school day:

f. After-school activity (1-4 hours)

g. Multi-day workshops (16-24 hours)

h. Local/national conferences (8-24 hours)

i. Multi-week (summer) institutes, boot camps, etc. (5-10 days)

j. College coursework/semester long (9 weeks)

 

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Professional development that meets the statutory requirements, includes, but is not limited to, sustained, 

intensive, classroom-focused activities that give teachers the academic content knowledge and instructional 

strategies to help students meet state academic standards and are an integral part of broad schoolwide and 

district-wide educational improvement plans.

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English, reading, language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, 

history, geography.
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Question 9: For each professional development topic listed below, report the number of sessions 

offered by your district that covered the topic in 2013-14. Then, report the total number of teachers in 

your district participating. These are potentially duplicated counts in that one high quality professional 

development session may cover more than one topic and teachers may participate in multiple 

professional development sessions. For example, if a teacher participated in three professional 

development sessions on one topic, they would count three times in the total number of teachers 

participating across all sessions for that topic.

Topic

Number of 

professional 

development 

sessions offered

Total number of 

teachers 

participating 

across all sessions

a. Increasing core academic content area knowledge

b. Using effective instructional strategies and skills

c. Understanding state academic content standards

d. Understanding student academic achievement standards

e. Using data and assessments to improve teaching and 

learning

f. Addressing the learning needs of all students, including 

special education students and English language learners 

(e.g. differentiated instruction)

g. Improving student behavior and classroom management

h. Improving parental involvement

i. Using technology in the classroom

j. Helping teachers demonstrate subject matter competency 

to become highly qualified

k. Other

 Specify: _______________________________________