A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Excellence and Accountability in Teaching - April 1997

Current or Upcoming Department of Education
Resource Competitions

(as of April 18, 1997)

The Department recently announced competitions for the following new research programs:

While the due date for applications for the Partnership for Excellence and Accountability in Teaching has passed, it is included here in order to highlight an important resource that will be available in the near future.

The Department will announce on its Website when new competitions for other research programs, technical assistance centers or information clearinghouses that can help to promote excellence and accountability in teaching will be scheduled.

Partnership for Excellence and Accountability in Teaching

The Office of Educational Research and Improvement will fund a Partnership for Excellence and Accountability in Teaching that will bring together elementary, secondary and postsecondary educational institutions, state and local entities, national professional associations and other stakeholders across this nation whose influence is crucial to improving teaching effectiveness. The new Partnership will be the support needed to launch a comprehensive national effort to promote, support, and sustain effective and efficient strategies to prepare, induct, and provide career-long professional development and support for K-12 teachers. Unlike previous efforts of lone researchers or groups of investigators with a narrow focus, the work of the Partnership will consider the entire spectrum of teacher professional development and tie knowledge-to- application-to-dissemination while continuing to "push the envelope" of professional development research.

Competition:
Application Due Date:April 29, 1997
Projected Award Date:mid-September, 1997
Duration:Five years
Anticipated Funding:$24 million over five years

For further information about the Partnership contact:

Ed Fuentes
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20208
Phone: (202) 219-1895
FAX: (202) 219-2030
e-mail: edward.fuentes@ed.gov

Any questions about the proposed contract should be addressed to:

Zelphia Wright
Contracting Specialist
U.S. Department of Education
Phone: (202) 708-8572
FAX: (202) 708-9964
e-mail: zelphia.wright@ed.gov

National Research and Development Center on Policy and Teaching Excellence

The Office of Educational Research and Improvement will award a cooperative agreement to operate a National Research and Development Center on Policy and Teaching Excellence. This national research and development center will carry out sustained research over 5 years that will lead to improvements in policy making and policies to support excellence in teaching. The Center will explore a wide range of policy issues that can lead to improved teaching, including policy formulation, implementation, coordination, alignment, costs and benefits, and evaluation processes. The Center will address the needs of decision makers at all levels of government and education. The Center will also assess the effects that various policies for fostering and sustaining teaching excellence have on continuous school improvement, teacher performance, and student learning.

Competition:
Application Due Date: June 6, 1997
Projected Award Date August 8, 1997
Duration: Five years
Anticipated Funding: $7.5 million over five years

For further information about the Research Center contact:

Ron Anson
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20208-5510
Phone: (202) 219-2214
FAX: (202) 219-2159
e-mail: ron.anson@ed.gov


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