Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) Grant Competition Overview

Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) Grant Competition FY 2019 U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Closing Date: May 20, 2019 @ 11:59:59 PM Eastern time

Note About These Slides The slides presented on this webinar are available for download on the TQP webpage. Applicants are strongly encouraged to download the TQP TQP Application Instructions Package from the TQP webpage and review it in its entirety. The TQP Application Instructions Package provides instructions needed to apply for this TQP grant. http://innovation.ed.gov/what-we-do/teacher-quality/teacher-quality-partnership/ Note: These slides are intended as guidance only and do not impose any requirements beyond those included in the language of 20 U.S.C. 1021 1022h, the NIA, and any other applicable provisions established in rules for this competition. Please refer to the official documents published in the Federal Register. 2

General TQP Competition Q&A Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the TQP Notice Inviting Applications in its entirety. Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the TQP Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document in its entirety. If your questions are not answered in the TQP FAQs document, you may email them to the TQP program inbox at TQPartnership@ed.gov. Please do not wait until the last minute to email your questions. 3

Agenda for This Webinar I. TQP Program Purpose and Overview II. Eligibility Requirements III. TQP Program Requirements IV. FY 19 Program Priorities V. Selection Criteria & Scoring VI. Competition Reminders and Resources VII. Budget and Matching Requirements 4

FY 19 TQP Program Priorities Projects designed to improve student achievement or other educational outcomes in computer science (0-5 points) Spurring Investment in Opportunity Zones (No additional points) Partnership Grants for the Establishment of Effective Teaching Residency Programs (Residency Model) Novice Applicants (5 points) Applicants may address this Invitational Priority Applicants may address any of these Competitive Preference Priorities Applicants MUST address the Absolute Priority 5

Absolute Priority Applicants should read the TQP NIA for full Absolute Priority language. Applicants must address ALL Absolute Priority requirements or may be deemed ineligible. Applicants are strongly encouraged to use the Optional Absolute Priority Checklist found on the TQP webpage and in the TQP Application Instructions Package. 6

Absolute Priority: Residency Model Highlights Residency models establish/design new teaching residency programs Residency models must have a rigorous selection criteria for residents and mentor teachers Residency models may provide a one-year Living Wage Stipend using federal funds Residency model graduates must teach for 3 years in the partner high-need LEA Repayment of Living Wage Stipend is required if service obligation is not met Residency models must provide a 2-year Induction Program Residency models must provide training and support for teaching residents (See Section 202(e) of the HEA for full Absolute Priority language) 7

Residency Model Highlights (cont.) Residency models must offer a 18-month Master s degree and teacher certification program NOTE: 18 Month Residency Models: The statute requires that Teaching Residency programs offer all residents a program that would lead to completion of a Master s degree and teacher certification in 18 months. However, this does not mean that each resident necessarily needs to obtain his or her degree in 18 months; rather the program must be designed to permit them to do so in 18 months. Grantees may consider the individual circumstances of each teaching resident, and determine whether to allow more time to complete the degree and/or teacher certification within the project period. 8

Competitive Preference Priorities (CPPs) Applicants should read the TQP NIA for full language of the two CPPs. The CPPs are optional; applicants are not required to address these priorities. Applicants should clearly identify if they have addressed one or both CPPs and where the responses can be found in the application. The CPPs are worth up to an additional 10 points. 9

Competitive Preference Priority 1 (0-5 points) Projects designed to improve student achievement or other educational outcomes in computer science by increasing the number of educators adequately prepared to deliver rigorous instruction in STEM fields, including computer science, through recruitment, evidence-based professional development strategies for current STEM educators, or evidence-based retraining strategies for current educators seeking to transition from other subjects to STEM fields. 10

Competitive Preference Priority 1 How does an applicant, in addressing CPP 1, demonstrate that its proposed strategy to improve student achievement or other educational outcomes in computer science is evidence-based? Applicants must demonstrate, in order to meet CPP 1, that their proposed professional development or retraining strategies are Evidence-Based, as defined in 34 CFR 77.1. Applicants may do so by: Submitting a Logic Model (as defined in 34 CFR 77.1) that (1) identifies the STEM professional development or retraining strategy of the project; and (2) is informed by research or evaluation findings that suggest the project component is likely to improve Relevant Outcomes as defined in 34 CFR 77.1.; OR Submitting a citation of a study that is (1) focused on a STEM-focused professional development or retraining strategies, (2) relevant to the proposed project, and (3) meets at least the design standards set forth in the Promising Evidence definition in 34 CFR 77.1. 11

Competitive Preference Priority 2 (5 pts) Novice Applicants Projects submitted by applicants that meet the definition of novice applicant at the time of they submit their application. Has never received a grant or sub-grant under the TQP program; Has never been a member of a group application (i.e., in a TQP eligible partnership); and Has not had an active discretionary grant from the Federal government in the five years before the deadline date for applications under the program. 12

Invitational Priority Spurring Investment in Opportunity Zones. (1) Propose to serve children or students who reside, or attend TQP project schools, in a qualified opportunity zone as designated by the Secretary of the Treasury under section 1400Z-1 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 115-97). OR (2) Demonstrate in its application that it has received or will receive financial assistance from a qualified opportunity fund under section 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, for a purpose directly related to its proposed project. In addressing this priority, an applicant must identify the qualified opportunity fund from which it has received or will receive financial assistance. 13

Priority Questions If you have questions about TQP program priorities, please first review the TQP FAQs document on the TQP webpage. If your question is not answered in the FAQs document, you may email your questions to TQPartnership@ed.gov. 14

TQP Competition Reminders Closing Date: May 20, 2019 at 11:59:59 p.m., Eastern time. Late applications WILL NOT be reviewed. FY 19 Intent to Apply Due Date: May 1, 2019 Send Intents to: TQPartnership@ed.gov All applications must be submitted electronically using Grants.gov. Grants.gov Help Desk: 1-800-519-4726. 15

Thank you for your interest in the TQP Grant Program. Best wishes on a successful TQP application submission. Closing Date: May 20, 2019 @ 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern time