Federal Grant Opportunity

Name: Transition to Teaching

Administering Office: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation & Improvement (OII)

Program Description: The program provides grants: To recruit and retain highly qualified mid-career professionals (including highly qualified paraprofessionals) and recent graduates of institutions of higher education, as teachers in high-need schools. The program also supports alternative routes to teacher certification. To encourage the development and expansion of alternative routes to certification under state-approved programs that enable individuals to be eligible for teacher certification within a reduced period of time, relying on the experience, expertise, and academic qualifications of an individual, or other factors in lieu of traditional course work in the field of education.

Deadline: The Request for Proposal (RFP) is scheduled to be released on April 20, 2004 with a grant deadline of June 7, 2004.

Contact: Thelma Leenhouts
U.S. Department of Education, OII
Teacher Quality Programs
400 Maryland, Ave. S.W., Rm. 3C102, FB-6
Washington, DC 20202-6100
Telephone: (202) 260-0223
Fax: (202) 205-5630
Email: thelma.leenhouts@ed.gov

Application: The 2004 Request for Proposal (RFP) is not yet available; however you can get more information by going to http://www.ed.gov/programs/transitionteach/index.html.