Other Programs Funded under Title II

School Leadership (Title II, Part A, Subpart 5, Section 2151-b)
This competitive grant program assists “high need” school districts in recruiting and training principals and assist principals through a number of activities. Activities could include financial incentives for new principals; stipends for principals who serve as mentors do new principals; professional development programs in instructional leadership and management; and incentive programs or teachers and other individuals who seek to become principals. Eligible applicants include “high need” school districts, or a consortia of such school districts, nonprofit organizations and college and universities.

Advanced Credentialing (Title II, Part A, Subpart 5, Section 2151-c)
Competitive grants are awarded to develop teacher standards that include measures tied to increased student academic achievement, and to promote outreach, teacher recruitment, or teacher support related to the credentialing by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTA).

Early Childhood Educator Professional Development (Title II, Part A, Subpart 5, Section 2151-e)
This program supports professional development programs to improve the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators who work in urban or rural high-poverty communities and who are primarily children from low-income families. Eligible applicants include state education agencies, colleges and universities, and organizations with experience in providing training to educators in early childhood education programs such as Head Start.

Mathematics and Science Partnerships (Title II, Part B)
This is a new program that funds partnerships between states, higher education institutions, districts and schools to improve teacher education, training of existing teachers, and quality of curricula. Eligible partnerships include the state education agency; the engineering, math, or science department of an institution of higher education; and a “high need” school district. The partnership could also include additional school districts; public charter schools, or public or private schools; a business; or a nonprofit or for profit organization with demonstrated effectiveness in improving the quality of math and science teachers.

Troops to Teachers (Title II, Part C, Subpart 1, Chapter A)
This program assists retired military personnel in obtaining certification as teachers in exchange for agreement to teach for three years in a “high need” school district or charter school. The Secretary of Education may use some of the funds to support state education activities in conjunction with colleges and universities in developing alternative education routes for former military personnel, but the Defense Department will continue to administer most of the program.

Transition to Teaching (Title II, Part C, Subpart 1, Chapter B)
This competitive grant program supports recruitment and training of mid-career professionals into the field of teaching, especially for “high need” school districts. School districts can partner with colleges and universities, with other “high need” school districts, the state education agency, or organizations that have a proven record of effectively recruiting and retaining high qualified teachers.

Teaching of Traditional American History (Title II, Part C, Subpart 4)
The program supports partnerships between one or more school districts and colleges and universities, non profit history or humanities organizations, libraries or museums that aim to help teachers develop the skills necessary to teach traditional American history.