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The document provides information about the 2005 School Leadership Grant Competition run by the U.S. Department of Education. It outlines that the grant program aims to assist high-need local education agencies in developing innovative principal and assistant principal recruitment and training programs. Eligible applicants include high-need LEAs, consortia of LEAs, and partnerships between LEAs and nonprofit organizations or universities. Applicants will be evaluated based on criteria including need, project quality, significance, management plan, and evaluation. The estimated $12 million in available funding will support around 24 grants ranging from $250,000 to $750,000 each.

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The document provides information about the 2005 School Leadership Grant Competition run by the U.S. Department of Education. It outlines that the grant program aims to assist high-need local education agencies in developing innovative principal and assistant principal recruitment and training programs. Eligible applicants include high-need LEAs, consortia of LEAs, and partnerships between LEAs and nonprofit organizations or universities. Applicants will be evaluated based on criteria including need, project quality, significance, management plan, and evaluation. The estimated $12 million in available funding will support around 24 grants ranging from $250,000 to $750,000 each.

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Program Information for Applicants

Slide 1:
Program Information for Applicants
School Leadership Program
U.S. Department of Education
2005

Slide 2:
This presentation provides an overview of the 2005 School Leadership Grant
Competition, including information regarding:
Background
Purpose
Funding
Eligibility
Priorities
Selection Criteria

Slide 3:
Background
This program was authorized under Title II, Part A, Subpart 5 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001 (P. L. 107.110).

Slide 4:
Background
Over the next five years, the number of vacancies among principals and other
school leaders is expected to grow by 20 percent.
Filling these positions will be particularly challenging for rural and urban
districts that tend to receive fewer applications for open positions.

Slide 5:
Purpose
The School Leadership Program is designed to assist high-need local education
agencies (LEAs) in the development, enhancement, or expansion of innovative
programs to recruit, train, and mentor principals and assistant principles to
serve in high-need schools.
Slide 6:
Funding
2005 Competition:
Estimated Available Funds: $12 Million
Estimated Number of Awards: 24
Estimated Range of Awards:
$250,000 - $750,000
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$500,000/year
(Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice)

Slide 7:
Funding
Funds will be available for up to three years.
Applicants will be required to submit annual performance reports in order to
receive continuation funding.

Slide 8:
Selection for Funding
Review panels will be convened April - May 2005.
Three independent peer reviewers will read and score each application.
Applications are funded in rank order.

Slide 9:
Eligible Applicants
High-need local educational agencies (LEA)
Consortia of high-need LEAs
Partnerships of at least one high-need LEA and at least one nonprofit
organization or institution of higher education that has a proven record of
effectively recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers

Slide 10:
Eligible LEAs
Each applicant must provide data confirming that all LEAs involved in the project
are high-need.
Provide required data for both components:
Component A: Poverty
Component B: Teacher quality

Slide 11:
High-Need LEA
Component A:
(a) Serves not fewer than 10,000 children from families with incomes below the
poverty line, OR
(b) for which not less than 20 percent of the children served by the LEA are
from families with incomes below the poverty line,
AND 
Slide 12:
High-Need LEA
Component B:
For which there is:
(a) a high percentage of teachers not teaching in the academic subjects or
grade levels the teachers were trained to teach, OR
(b) a high percentage of teachers with emergency, provisional, or temporary
certification or licensing.
See additional information in the Notice of Final Priorities and Requirements and
the instructions in the application package.

Slide 13:
Priorities
For FY 2005, there are two invitational priorities:
Commitment from the Local Educational Agency (LEA)
Innovative approaches to recruiting and preparing school leaders through
alternative routes.
Applications that meet these invitational priorities are not given a competitive or
absolute preference over other applications.

Slide 14:
Selection Criteria
Need for project
(20 points)
Quality of the project design
(25 points)
Significance of the project
(20 points)
Quality of the management plan
(15 points)
Quality of the project evaluation
(20 points)

Slide 15:
Fiscal Year 2005 Competition Timeline
Application available:
February 22, 2005
Intent to apply e-mail notification:
March 24, 2005
Applications due:
April 15, 2005
Slide 16:
Intent to Apply
Applicants are encouraged to notify the Department of their intent to apply by
sending a short e-mail message. The e-mail need not include information
regarding the content of the proposed application, only the applicant’s intent to
submit it.
This e-mail notification should be sent to Peggi Zelinko at [email protected].
Applicants that do not provide this e-mail notification may still apply for funding.

Slide 17:
Questions?
For complete information on any of the topics covered in this presentation refer to
the Notice Inviting Applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY)2005.
Contact the School Leadership Program Staff at [email protected].

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