cation, State higher education agency, and State 
educational agency, as appropriate. 
‘‘(3) MANAGERIAL AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS.—
Developing and implementing professional develop-
ment programs for principals and superintendents 
that enable them to be effective school leaders and 
prepare all students to meet challenging State aca-
demic content and student academic achievement 
standards. 
‘‘(4) TEACHER RECRUITMENT.—Activities—
‘‘(A) to encourage students to become 
highly qualified teachers, such as extra-
curricular enrichment activities; and 
‘‘(B) activities described in section 204(d). 
‘‘(5) CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IN SCIENCE, MATH-
EMATICS, AND TECHNOLOGY.—Creating opportuni-
ties for clinical experience and training, by participa-
tion in the business, research, and work environ-
ments with professionals, in areas relating to 
science, mathematics, and technology for teachers 
and prospective teachers, including opportunities for 
use of laboratory equipment, in order for the teacher 
to return to the classroom for at least 2 years and 
provide instruction that will raise student academic 
achievement.
‘‘(6) COORDINATION
WITH
COMMUNITY
COL-
LEGES.—Coordinating with community colleges to 
implement teacher preparation programs, including 
through distance learning or articulation agree-
ments, for the purposes of allowing prospective 
teachers—
‘‘(A) to attain a bachelor’s degree and 
State certification or licensure; and 
‘‘(B) to become highly qualified teachers. 
‘‘(7) TEACHER
MENTORING.—Establishing or 
implementing a teacher mentoring program that—
‘‘(A) includes minimum qualifications for 
mentors; 
‘‘(B) provides training and stipends for 
mentors; 
‘‘(C) provides mentoring programs for 
teachers in their first 3 years of teaching; 
‘‘(D) provides regular and ongoing oppor-
tunities for mentors and mentees to observe 
each other’s teaching methods in classroom set-
tings during the school day; 
‘‘(E) establishes an evaluation and ac-
countability plan for activities conducted under 
this paragraph that includes rigorous objectives 
to measure the impact of such activities; and
‘‘(F) provides for a report to the Secretary 
on an annual basis regarding the partnership’s 
progress in meeting the objectives described in 
subparagraph (E). 
‘‘(8) 
COMPUTER
SOFTWARE
FOR
MULTI-
LINGUAL
EDUCATION.—Training teachers to use 
computer software for multilingual education to ad-
dress the needs of limited English proficient stu-
dents. 
‘‘(9) GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS.—In-
creasing the knowledge and skills of preservice 
teachers participating in activities under subsection 
(d) in the educational and related needs of gifted 
and talented students by, among other strategies, in-
fusing teacher coursework with units on the charac-
teristics of high-ability learners, using assessments 
to identify preexisting knowledge and skills among 
students, and developing teaching strategies that are 
driven by the learner’s progress. 
‘‘(10) REDUCING THE SHORTAGE OF HIGHLY 
QUALIFIED
SPECIAL
EDUCATION, 
MATH, 
AND 
SCIENCE
TEACHERS.—Increasing the number of 
highly qualified special education, math, and science 
teachers (as defined by section 9101 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 or sec-