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nation Demonstration Program under section 941(j) of the Edu-
cational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improve-
ment Act of 1994, that provide a forum for interaction among
teachers of the core academic subjects and that allow the
exchange of information on advances in content and pedagogy;
‘‘(4) efforts to train teachers in the innovative uses and
applications of technology to enhance student learning;
‘‘(5) the development and dissemination of model teaching
standards in the core academic subjects;
‘‘(6) disseminating standards in the core academic subjects,
including information on voluntary national content standards
and voluntary national student performance standards and
related models of high-quality professional development;
‘‘(7) the dissemination of information about voluntary
national content standards, State content standards, voluntary
national student performance standards and State student
performance standards, and related models of high-quality
professional development;
‘‘(8) efforts to train teachers in innovative instructional
methodologies designed to meet the diverse learning needs
of individual students, including methodologies which integrate
academic and vocational learning and applied learning, inter-
active, interdisciplinary team teaching, and other alternative
teaching strategies, such as service learning, experiential learn-
ing, career-related education, and environmental education,
that integrate real world applications into the core academic
subjects;
‘‘(9) disseminating models of high-quality professional
development activities that train educators in strategies, tech-
niques, methods, and practices for meeting the educational
needs of historically underserved populations, including
females, minorities, individuals with disabilities, limited-Eng-
lish-proficient individuals, and economically disadvantaged
individuals, in order to ensure that all students have the oppor-
tunity to achieve challenging State student performance stand-
ards;
‘‘(10) promoting the transferability of licensure and certifi-
cation of teachers and administrators among State and local
jurisdictions;
‘‘(11) supporting the National Board for Professional Teach-
ing Standards;
‘‘(12) developing activities to prepare teachers, and, where
appropriate, paraprofessionals, pupil services personnel, and
other staff in the collaborative skills needed to appropriately
teach children with disabilities in the core academic subjects;
‘‘(13) encouraging the development of innovative models
for recruitment, induction, retention, and assessment of new,
highly qualified teachers, especially such teachers from histori-
cally underrepresented groups; and
‘‘(14) joint activities with other Federal agencies and enti-
ties engaged in or supporting similar professional development
efforts.
‘‘SEC. 2103. NATIONAL TEACHER TRAINING PROJECT.
‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS; DEFINITIONS.—
‘‘(1) SHORT
TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘National Teacher Training Project Act of 1994’.
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‘‘(2) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
‘‘(A) teachers must be major players in educational
reform in the United States;
‘‘(B) teachers are isolated from their peers and have
virtually no time during the school day to consult with
other teachers;
‘‘(C) there is a shortage of sustained, year-round profes-
sional development programs for teachers;
‘‘(D) successful teaching methods are not adequately
shared among teachers;
‘‘(E) teachers are the best teachers of other teachers
because practicing classroom teachers have experience that
no outside consultant can match;
‘‘(F) it is important for universities and schools to
collaborate on teacher development programs if teaching
and learning are to be improved;
‘‘(G) pertinent research is not shared among teachers
in a professional setting;
‘‘(H) exemplary teachers should be recognized for their
abilities and contributions and encouraged to refine their
teaching methods;
‘‘(I) each State should support a nationally based
teacher training program, that is modeled after the
National Writing Project, for teachers of early childhood
education, and for teachers of core academic subjects
including teachers of mathematics, science, English, civics
and government, foreign languages, and arts;
‘‘(J) the National Writing Project is a nationally recog-
nized and honored nonprofit organization that recognizes
there are teachers in every region of the United States
who have developed successful methods for teaching writing
and that such teachers can be trained and encouraged
to train other teachers;
‘‘(K) the National Writing Project is a collaborative
university-school program which offers summer and school
year inservice teacher training programs and a dissemina-
tion network to inform and teach teachers regarding devel-
opments in the field of writing;
‘‘(L) each year, over 125,000 teachers voluntarily seek
training in National Writing Project intensive summer
institutes and workshops and school year inservice pro-
grams through one of the 155 sites located within the
United States, and in 18 sites located outside of the United
States;
‘‘(M) in the 20 years of its existence, over 1,100,000
teachers, administrators, and parents have participated in
National Writing Project programs;
‘‘(N) less than $16 per teacher was the average cost
in Federal dollars for all teacher training at writing projects
in academic year 1991–1992;
‘‘(O) for every dollar in Federal support, the National
Writing Project provides over $5 in matching funds from
States, local universities and schools, and the private sec-
tor;
‘‘(P) private foundation resources, although generous
in the past concerning National Writing Project programs,
are inadequate to fund all of the National Teacher Training
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Project sites needed, and the future of the program is
in jeopardy without secure financial support;
‘‘(Q) the National Writing Project has become a model
for programs in other fields, such as science, mathematics,
history, literature, foreign languages, and the performing
arts, and the development of programs in other fields
should continue with the support of Federal funds; and
‘‘(R) each of the 50 States should participate in the
National Teacher Training Project by establishing regional
teacher training sites in early childhood development,
mathematics, science, English, civics and government, for-
eign languages, and arts to serve all teachers within the
State.
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this section—
‘‘(A) the term ‘contractor’ means—
‘‘(i) a local educational agency;
‘‘(ii) an educational service agency; or
‘‘(iii) an institution of higher education that awards
a bachelor’s degree; and
‘‘(B) the term ‘eligible recipient’ means a nonprofit
educational organization which has as its primary purpose
the improvement of student learning in one of the core
academic subjects described in subsection (b)(2).
‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—
‘‘(1) GRANTS
TO
ELIGIBLE
RECIPIENTS.—The Secretary is
authorized to award a grant to an eligible recipient to enable
such recipient—
‘‘(A) to support and promote the establishment of
teacher training programs in early childhood development
and one of the nine core subject areas described in para-
graph (2), including the dissemination of effective practices
and research findings regarding teacher training, and
administrative activities;
‘‘(B) to support classroom research on effective teaching
practices in such area; and
‘‘(C) to pay the Federal share of the cost of such pro-
grams and research.
‘‘(2) CORE SUBJECT AREAS.—To the extent feasible, the Sec-
retary shall award a grant under paragraph (1) for the
establishment of a National Teacher Training Project in early
childhood development and each of the following core subject
areas:
‘‘(A) Mathematics.
‘‘(B) Science.
‘‘(C) English.
‘‘(D) Civics and government.
‘‘(E) Foreign languages.
‘‘(F) Arts.
‘‘(G) Geography.
‘‘(H) History.
‘‘(I) Economics.
‘‘(3) NUMBER OF GRANTS AND ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—The
Secretary shall award not more than ten grants under para-
graph (1) to ten different eligible recipients.
‘‘(4) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall award
grants under paragraph (1) to eligible recipients from different
geographic areas of the United States.
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‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE.—Each grant under paragraph (1) shall
be of sufficient size, scope, and quality to be effective.
‘‘(6) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—
Each eligible recipient receiving a grant under paragraph (1)
may use not more than a total of 5 percent of the grant
funds for administrative costs and the costs of providing tech-
nical assistance to a contractor.
‘‘(c) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—Each eligible recipient receiving
a grant under subsection (b) shall—
‘‘(1) enter into a contract with a contractor under which
such contractor agrees—
‘‘(A) to establish, operate, and provide the non-Federal
share of the cost of teacher training programs in effective
approaches and processes for the teaching of the core aca-
demic subjects for which such eligible recipient was
awarded a grant, including approaches and processes to
obtain parental involvement in a child’s education; and
‘‘(B) to use funds received from the eligible recipient
to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing and
operating teacher training programs described in subpara-
graph (A);
‘‘(2) to submit annual reports to the Secretary and be
responsible for oversight of the funds expended at each teacher
training program described in subparagraph (A); and
‘‘(3) meet such other conditions and standards as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary to ensure compliance with
this section and provide such technical assistance as may be
necessary to carry out this section.
‘‘(d) TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The teacher training pro-
grams described in subsection (b) shall—
‘‘(1) be conducted during the school year and during the
summer months;
‘‘(2) train teachers who teach grades kindergarten through
college;
‘‘(3) select teachers to become members of a National
Teacher Training Project, which members shall conduct
inservice workshops for other teachers in the area subject mat-
ter served by the National Teacher Training Project site;
‘‘(4) use teacher training principles and receive technical
assistance from the National Writing Project; and
‘‘(5) encourage teachers from all disciplines to participate
in such teacher training programs.
‘‘(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—The term ‘Federal share’ means, with
respect to the costs of teacher training programs described in sub-
section (b), 50 percent of such costs to the contractor.
‘‘(f) APPLICATION.—Each eligible recipient desiring a grant
under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary
at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information
as the Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘(g) PARTICIPANTS
AND SELECTION PROCESS.—The selection
process for participation in a teacher training program described
in subsection (b) shall—
‘‘(1) reward exemplary teachers with varying levels of teach-
ing experience who are nominated by other teachers and
administrators;
‘‘(2) involve an application process to select participants
for a summer program;