Program coursework must assist participants in meeting State and local certification requirements. Career Ladder Program Provides grants to IHEs which are in consortia arrangements with LEAs or SEAs to upgrade the skills and qualifications of noncertified educational personnel, especially paraprofessionals. Program coursework must assist participants in meeting State and Local certification requirements. These grants support activities to improve preservice and inservice professional development coursework to better reflect the instructional and assessment needs of LEP students. Program coursework must be developed to assist participants in meeting State and local certification requirements.
Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education.
Individuals must apply to an IHE approved for participation in this program, not to the U.S. Department of Education. In addition to improving the instructional program for LEP students, grantees may use funds to implement professional development and family education programs. Any school served by these grants must have an enrollment of LEP students that equals at least 25 percent of the total student enrollment of the school. Grant funds may be used to upgrade curriculum, instructional materials, educational technology, standards and assessments, staff development, and family education programs. These LEAs must have either an enrollment of at least 1000 LEP students or an enrollment of LEP students that equals at least 25 percent of the total district student enrollment.