1. Abdallah Bendada Abdallah.bendada@dpi.wi.gov Phone:(608) 267-9270 Fax:(608) 266-1965 May 2012 11

2. 2 Title II-A funds should be used to increase the student achievement and close the achievement gap, by providing professional development in core academic areas and/or hiring highly qualified teachers.

3. 3 Allowed Activities: –Professional development in core academic areas –PI34 –Training teachers, administrators, and paraprofessionals to be highly qualified –Class size reduction http://www.dpi.wi.gov/tepdl/t2agrant.html www.ed.gov/programs/teacherqual/guidance.doc

4. 4 All spending must relate to teacher quality Only highly qualified teachers can be hired to reduce the class size Hiring special education teachers for the purpose of team teaching Hiring Teaching Specialists to increase individualized instruction

5. 5 Funds cannot be used to hire: paraprofessionals tutors Principals, and administrators any non-academic staff such as nurses and engineers physical education teachers

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7. 7 Title II, Part A: Teacher Quality Grant, formula: $39m Needs assessment: develop education programs in core academic areas only. HQT Plan PI-9550 II-C and PI-1202 Fall Staff Report Allowed under the law: 1.professional development in core academic areas 2.class size reduction. 3.Professional development material: calculators and photogates for training teachers 4.Mentoring and orientation material 5.Mailing, printing, copying, and dissemination material 6.technology purchases (application software used for core academic area alignment)

8. 8 Not allowed under the law: 1.Classroom instructional material (books, calculators, supplies, assessment and testing) 2.Technology purchases (application software (MSOffice, AutoCAD), system software) 3.development of teacher evaluation systems 4.Laptops, iPad, Ipod, IPhone, GPS, calculators for student use, Smartboards, Projectors, and cameras 5.Curriculum materials such as Read 180, Everyday Math, 6 Traits