The U.S. Department of Education Announces Transition To Teaching Grant Competition

The Office of Innovation and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education would like to announce the 2004 Transition to Teaching Grant Competition. Please share this announcement with anyone who may be interested in applying.

Transition to Teaching Grant Program: CFDA# 84.350
Discretionary Grant Application Packages Transition to Teaching Grant Program

CLOSING DATE
June 14, 2004

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Transition to Teaching program encourages (1) The development and expansion of alternative routes to full State teacher certification, as well as (2) the recruitment and retention of highly qualified mid-career professionals, recent college graduates who have not majored in education, and highly qualified paraprofessionals as teachers in high-need schools operated by high-need LEAs, including charter schools that operate as high-need LEAs.

CONTACT PERSONS
Thelma Leenhouts, Beatriz Ceja, Amy Wooten, Margarita Melendez, Peggi Zelinko, or Bill Mattocks, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5E114, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 260-0223 (Thelma Leenhouts); (202) 205-5009 (Beatriz Ceja); (202) 260-0464 (Amy Wooten); (202) 260- 3548 (Margarita Melendez); (202) 260-2614 (Peggi Zelinko); or (202) 260-2826 (Bill Mattocks). By e-mail: transitiontoteaching1@ed.gov

APPLICATION PACKAGE
Application Package: Downloadable version is not available online.
Applications must be submitted electronically through the e-GRANTS system at http://e-grants.ed.gov unless an applicant has received a waiver of the electronic submission requirement; see the Federal Register Notice Inviting Applications for more information. For printed applications contact: Education Publications Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398, Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-7827, fax (301) 470-1244. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) you may call (toll free) 1-877-576-7734. Web site: http://www.edpubs.org/webstore/Content/search.asp E-mail: edpubs@inet.ed.gov

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