Transition to Teaching Program

The summary for the Transition to Teaching Program Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Transition to Teaching Program
	CFDA Number:	84.350
	CFDA Description:	Transition to Teaching
	Federal Agency Name:	Department of Education
	Category of Funding Activity:	Education
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	ED-GRANTS-012606-001
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Jan 31, 2006
	Creation Date:	Jan 31, 2006
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Mar 20, 2006 Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: February 21, 2006. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 20, 2006. The Department will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if it has a better understanding of the number of entities that intend to apply for funding under this competition. Therefore, the Secretary strongly encourages each potential applicant to notify the Department by sending a short e-mail message indicating the applicant's intent to submit an application for funding. The e-mail need not include information regarding the content of the proposed application, only the applicant's intent to submit it. The Secretary requests that this e-mail notification be sent to Thelma Leenhouts at: transitiontoteaching@ed.gov. Applicants that fail to provide this e-mail notification may still apply for funding.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Apr 19, 2006
	Expected Number of Awards:	17
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$5,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible Applicants: A State educational agency (SEA); a high-need local educational agency (LEA); a for-profit or nonprofit organization that has a proven record of effectively recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers, in a partnership with a high-need LEA or an SEA; an institution of higher education (IHE), in a partnership with a high-need LEA or an SEA; a regional consortium of SEAs; or a consortium of high-need LEAs. For further information on whether an LEA qualifies as a ``high-need LEA,'' see section III. 1. Eligible Applicants in this notice.
Grant Description: Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Purpose of Program: 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. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.350A, 84.350B, and 84.350C. Applications for grants under the Transition to Teaching Competition-CFDA Number 84.350A, 84.350B, and 84.350C must be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site at: http://www.grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for Transition to Teaching at: http://www.grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search. The telephone number for the Grants.gov Helpdesk is 1-800-518-4726.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Transition to Teaching Grant Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-763.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Julius Cotton
ED Grants.gov FIND System Admin.
Phone (202) 245-6140
Program Managers:
Thelma Leenhouts, Gillian Cohen-Boyer, Beatriz Ceja, or Anthony Sepulveda, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4W318, W
Similar Government Grants: • Transition to Teaching Grant Program CFDA 84.350C; • Transition to Teaching Grant Program CFDA 84.350B; • Transition to Teaching Grant Program CFDA 84.350A; • Opportunity ED-GRANTS-111308-004; • Opportunity ED-GRANTS-111308-003; • Transition to Teaching Grant Program; • Transition to Teaching Grant Program--Local Projects CFDA 84.350A; • Transition to Teaching Grant Program--Statewide Projects CFDA 84.350B; • Transition to Teaching Grant Program--National/Regional Projects CFDA 84.350C; • Opportunity ED-GRANTS-111308-002