Dear County and District Superintendents and Charter School Administrators:
RELEASE OF 2011 AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009
STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION FUND
GREAT TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS SURVEY DATA
In June 2011, the California Department of Education (CDE) began collecting data for the 2011 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF), Great Teachers and Principals Survey. In accordance with the SFSF assurances, eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) were required to submit data regarding:
- The systems used to evaluate the performance of teachers and principals, and the use of results from those systems in decisions regarding teacher development, compensation, promotion, retention, and removal
- Whether the systems used to evaluate the performance of teachers and principals include student achievement outcomes or student growth data as an evaluation criterion
- The number of teachers and principals rated at each performance rating or level
As required by the SFSF, the reported survey data collected via the Great Teachers and Principals Survey was posted online; the data may be viewed on the CDE School Staffing Report Web page athttp://www.cde.ca.gov/nclb/sr/tq/schlstfrpt.asp. LEAs may review and update this information through December 1, 2011. Beginning this year, the CDE is required to submit this data to the U.S. Department of Education.
If you have any questions regarding the Great Teacher and Principal Survey, please contact the Title II Leadership Office, by phone at 916-445-7331 or by e-mail at GTPSurvey@cde.ca.gov.
Sincerely,
Tom Torlakson
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Dear County and District Superintendents and Charter School Administrators:
2011–12 CALIFORNIA PARTNERSHIP ACADEMIES
CLEAN TECHNOLOGY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY GRANTS
The California Department of Education (CDE) is pleased to announce the availability of funds through the California Partnership Academies (CPA) Program. This funding opportunity is provided through Proposition 98 General Funds, legislated through Senate Bill 1 (Chapter 2, Statues of 2011, First Extraordinary Session), and is available for up to 21 grants in Clean Technology and Renewable Energy.
Application materials are available on the CDE Funding Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/. For background information about the CPA model, please visit the CDE CPA Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/hs/cpagen.asp.
Please follow the guidelines below when responding to the Request for Application (RFA):
- This RFA is only for comprehensive high schools serving at least grades nine through twelve, with a student population of sufficient size to accommodate a fully-implemented school-within-a-school of at least 150 students.
- There are two options for this application:
- Existing “green” academies currently funded through Assembly Bill 519 or SB 70, whose funding is scheduled to expire in 2011–12 or 2012–13, and who wish to continue to operate a CPA program, may apply as “continuing” academies.
- Schools wishing to start a new academy in 2012–13, starting with grades nine and ten in the first year of implementation, may apply as “new” academies.
- Existing “green” academies currently funded through Assembly Bill 519 or SB 70, whose funding is scheduled to expire in 2011–12 or 2012–13, and who wish to continue to operate a CPA program, may apply as “continuing” academies.
- All successful applicants will receive a planning grant in 2011–12 for $15,000.
- Planning grantees showing evidence of substantial progress towards successful implementation of a CPA for fall 2012, based on a Planning Grant Progress Report to be submitted by May 18, 2012, will qualify for CPA implementation funding in 2012–13.
If you have any questions regarding this RFA, please contact Karen Shores, Education Programs Consultant, High School Innovations and Initiatives Office, by phone at 916-319-0478 or by e-mail at kshores@cde.ca.gov.
Sincerely,
Tom Torlakson
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