Survey on the Use of Funds Under Title II, Part A (KA)

Survey on the Use of Funds Under Title II, Part A (“Improving Teacher Quality State Grants – Subgrants to LEAs”)
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Purpose of this survey: The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), which reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 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 and returning it in the envelope provided. For more information on Title II, Part A and how LEAs can use these funds, see www.ed.gov/programs/teacherqual/guidance.doc.

Instructions: All respondents should complete Question 1 below. Complete questions 2-6 if you received program funds for the 2006-07 school year. Use the enclosed envelope to return your completed form to:

Elizabeth Dabney, Westat

1650 Research Blvd, Room RA1227

Rockville, MD 20850

FAX (301) 294-4475

1. Did your district receive Title II, Part A funding in 2006-07?
Yes	If you checked “yes,” continue to question 2 (next page).
No	If you checked “no,” you do not need to complete this survey. Return this form in the enclosed envelope.

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 1810-0618 (expiration date: 05/31/08). The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 1 hour, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete the information collection. If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate or suggestions for improving this form, please contact: Robert Stonehill, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202, [email protected]. If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission of this form, e-mail directly to: [email protected].

2. Provide the dollar amount of 2006-07 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.	Title II, Part A Funds
Instructional professional development activities for teachers, paraprofessionals, and principals to improve content knowledge and classroom practices (if applicable, include salaries for substitutes for teachers participating in professional development activities):	$____________
Leadership development activities designed to improve the quality of principals and superintendents:	$____________
Hiring highly qualified teachers to reduce class size:	$____________
Initiatives that promote professional growth and reward quality teaching: (e.g., National Board Certification support, mentoring and induction programs, exemplary teacher programs)	$____________
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)	$____________
Teacher testing in academic areas:	$____________
Private school professional development activities:	$____________
Administrative expenditures (e.g., indirect costs, supplies, materials):	$____________
Title II, Part A funds combined with other Federal program funds under the provisions of the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP):	$____________
Title II, Part A funds transferred to another title through the NCLB funding transferability provisions:  Which Title were funds transferred to? ____________________	$____________
Total 2006-07 Title II, Part A funds allocated: (the sum of lines a through j should equal the total amount of Title II, Part A funds allocated to your district in 2006-07)	$_____________

3. Provide the dollar amount of 2006-07 Title II, Part A funds allocated for professional development for public school 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.

Subject Area	Title II, Part A Funds
Mathematics	$____________
Science	$____________
Reading/English/Language Arts	$____________
History/Social Studies	$____________
Technology	$____________
Other Academic Subjects (specify ________________________)	$____________
Other Non-Academic Subjects (specify_____________________)	$____________
Total 2006-07 Title II, Part A funds allocated	$____________

Please respond to questions 4 through 6 regarding all high quality professional development conducted last year, in 2005-06, not just high quality professional development funded by Title II, Part A.

4. Report the total number of teachers in your district in 2005-06 and, of those, the number of teachers who participated in high quality professional development, by highly qualified status of the teacher. Include only teachers in the core academic content areas.

Highly qualified status	Total number of teachers in core content areas	Number of teachers participating in any high quality professional development
Highly qualified	_______	_______
Not highly qualified	_______	_______
Total	_______	_______

5. Estimate the number of teachers in your district taking professional development for the reasons described below. This is potentially a duplicated count in that teachers may participate in professional development for multiple reasons.

Reason	Number of teachers taking professional development for this reason
To become highly qualified	______
To become highly qualified in a new subject	______
To meet district professional development requirement	______
To meet state requirement	______
For recertification/license renewal	______
Embedded in school day for all teachers	______
To improve teaching practices	______
To improve student performance	______
Towards an advanced academic degree	______
Other Specify: _____________________	______

6. For each type of professional development activity listed below, please estimate the number of teachers who participated for the 2005-06 school year (including summer 2006). This can be a duplicated count, in that a teacher who participated in multiple professional development activities would be counted more than once.

Duration/type of professional development	Number of teachers participating
Professional Development during the school day:
Daily learning team sessions	______
After-school activity (1-4 hours)	______
Weekly learning team sessions	______
Full-day workshops (6-8 hours) (in-service days or substitutes provided)	______
Professional Development outside of the school day:
One day workshops (8 hours)	______
Multi-day workshops (16-24 hours)	______
Local/National Conferences (8-24 hours)	______
Multi-Week (Summer) institutes, boot camps, etc. (5-10 days)	______
College coursework/ Semester long (9 weeks)	______

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