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December 03, 2018
December 3, 2018
LANSING — Seventy-two school districts statewide are receiving nearly $4.5 million in grants to increase academic achievement through high-quality educator instruction and administrator leadership, the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) announced today.
Under the Teacher and Leader Instruction Support Competitive Grant Program, $4,482,842 in federal Title II, Part A funding is being dispersed to 72 local districts and public school academies (PSAs) across Michigan.
“I’m very pleased that this funding will help improve the skills of our state’s teachers and administrators and support our plan to make Michigan a Top 10 education state in 10 years,” Interim State Superintendent Sheila Alles said. “Ultimately, it is the students who will benefit from our goal of growing a workforce of highly-qualified teachers and administrators.”
Specifically, Alles said, one of the plan’s strategic goals supports efforts to develop, support, and sustain a high-quality, prepared, and collaborative education workforce.
Title II, Part A allows grant recipients to use the federal funds creatively to address challenges to teacher quality, whether they concern teacher preparation and qualifications of new teachers; recruitment and hiring; professional development; teacher retention; or the need for more capable principals and assistant principals to serve as effective school leaders.
In return, the districts are expected to see improvements in student academic achievement.
“High-quality professional development” meets the criteria contained in the definition of professional development in Title IX, Section 9101(34) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
Professional development includes activities that:
According to MDE’s Office of Educator Excellence, the 72 grant-receiving districts were chosen in three rounds from a pool of 182 applicants. The grant review protocol was based on an application rubric resulting in scores of 0-63.
The three rounds were funded by carry-over dollars from 2017-19 State-Wide Activities Funds. The first round was prioritized for academically-struggling Partnership Districts.
Grant recipients are:
Round 1:
Round 2:
Round 3:
