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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Sarani, Saeed</st1:PersonName> <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 27, 2009
8:45 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Sarani,
Saeed</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> FW: Technical Meeting</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:blue'>The 2010 NCLB Improving Teacher Quality
Grant Programs' Technical Assistance Meeting will be held on Thursday September
3, 2009, at the offices of the State Regents (OneNet room) from 10 a.m. to
noon. The OneNet room is located on the first floor of the <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">655 Research Parkway</st1:address></st1:Street> building. The
map is attached for your convenience. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:blue'>This meeting will serve as a
question-and-answer session for potential grant applicants. Please RSVP no
later than 2 p.m. on Aug. 28, 2009, and if you are planning to attend. If
you are participating via videoconference (VC), please complete the
attached VC form and email it back to me as soon as possible. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:blue'>I look forward to seeing you next
Thursday. Thanks!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:blue'>Saeed</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><i><font size=3 color=maroon face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:maroon;font-style:italic'>Saeed
Sarani, M.S., M.B.A.</span></font></i></b></strong><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Curriculum Advisor,
Teacher Education and </span></font></i></em><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><em><i><font
size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Teacher</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Recruitment</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></span></font></i></em></st1:place><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><em><i><font
size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:black'>Oklahoma</span></font></i></em></st1:PlaceName><em><i><font
color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></span></font></i></em></st1:place><em><i><font
color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'> Regents
for Higher Education</span></font></i></em><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><em><i><font
size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:black'>655 Research Parkway, Suite 200</span></font></i></em></st1:address></st1:Street><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:black'>Oklahoma City</span></font></i></em></st1:City><em><i><font
color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">OK</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">73104-3603</st1:PostalCode></span></font></i></em></st1:place><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>405-225-9192</span></font></i></em><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Sarani, Saeed</st1:PersonName> <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, August 05, 2009
9:38 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Sarani,
Saeed</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> FW: 2010 TQ Sate Grants
program RFP</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=maroon face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'>Good morning.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 color=maroon face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'>The Oklahoma State
Regents for Higher Education invites applications via a request for
proposal (RFP). The RFP is now posted on our websites: </span></font><font
color=maroon><span style='color:maroon'><a
href="http://www.okhighered.org/itq/2010.shtml"><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'>http://www.okhighered.org/itq/2010.shtml</span></font></a></span></font><font
color=maroon face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'>.
<em><i><font face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'>Title II, Part A</span></font></i></em>
of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), authorizes the Highly Qualified
Teachers and Improving Teacher Quality State Grants Program. The goal of the
program is to ensure that all students have highly qualified teachers; that is,
teachers with the subject-matter knowledge and teaching skills necessary to
help all children achieve high academic standards, regardless of individual
learning styles or needs. Also, as NCLB clearly states, the purpose of
teachers’ professional development is to design activities that increase
teacher content knowledge, teacher effectiveness, and teacher conceptual
understanding in the subject areas they are teaching. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 color=maroon face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'>Approximately
$900,000.00 will be awarded to eligible partnerships to support innovative and
effective continuing professional education that improves; (1) teacher content
knowledge in mathematics, science, or reading and language arts, (2) teacher
instructional practices designed to support effective teaching, and (3) teacher
knowledge about data-driven decision-making processes in the classroom.
Projects may also incorporate establishing peer-teaching or co-teaching among
project participants and strategies to help ELL, ESL, and low income students
integrating math, science and reading/language arts content and pedagogy. Two award
types will be available this year; Award A and Award B. The State Regents
intend to select multiple qualified proposals for <u>Award A</u> and <u>Award B</u>. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><a name="_Toc236639269"></a><a name="_Toc236646376"></a><a
name="_Toc236724119"></a><a name="_Toc236798146"></a><a name="_Toc236798871"></a><a
name="_Toc236799357"></a><a name="_Toc236799950"></a><a name="_Toc236800145"><strong><b><font
size=3 color=maroon face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:maroon'>Grant Program Eligible Partnerships:</span></font></b></strong></a><span
class=pointschemechar><font size=2 color=maroon><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:maroon'> </span></font></span><span class=pointschemechar><font
color=maroon face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'>The
partnerships will use the funds to conduct professional development activities
in reading/language arts, mathematics, or science.</span></font><font
color=maroon><span style='color:maroon'> </span></font></span><font
size=2 color=maroon face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:maroon'> </span></font><font size=2 color=maroon face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'>A partnership must
include, at a minimum: (1) a private or public institution of higher education
(IHE) and the division of the institution that prepares teachers and
principals; (2) a school of arts and sciences that awards baccalaureate
degrees; AND (3) a </span></font><u><font color=maroon face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'>high-need</span></font></u><font
size=2 color=maroon face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:maroon'> local education agency (LEA).<i><span style='font-style:
italic'> </span></i>The education department (Partner #1) and the school of
arts and sciences (Partner #2) may be housed within the same IHE. A
high-need LEA </span></font><a name="_Toc236724120"></a><a name="_Toc236646377"></a><a
name="_Toc203549825"></a><a name="_Toc236639270"></a><a name="_Toc236798147"></a><a
name="_Toc236798872"></a><a name="_Toc236799358"></a><a name="_Toc236799951"></a><a
name="_Toc236800146"></a><span class=pointschemechar><font size=2 color=maroon
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'>is
defined by the U.S. Department of Education as:</span></font></span><span
class=pointschemechar><font size=2 color=maroon><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:maroon'> </span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><a name="_Toc236798148"></a><a
name="_Toc236798873"></a><a name="_Toc236799359"></a><a
name="_Toc236799952"></a><a name="_Toc236800147"><span
class=pointschemechar><font size=3 color=maroon face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'>(A) a LEA that
serves not fewer than 10,000 children from families with incomes below the
poverty line OR for which not less than 20 percent of the children served
by the agency are from families with incomes below the poverty line, </span></font></span></a><span
class=pointschemechar><font size=2 color=maroon><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;color:maroon'> </span></font></span><o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><a name="_Toc204161926"></a><a
name="_Toc205011340"></a><a name="_Toc236639271"></a><a name="_Toc236798149"></a><a
name="_Toc236798874"></a><a name="_Toc236799360"></a><a name="_Toc236799953"></a><a
name="_Toc236800148"><strong><b><u><font size=3 color=maroon face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'>AND</span></font></u></b></strong></a><strong><b><u><font
color=maroon face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'> </span></font></u></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><a name="_Toc204161927"></a><a
name="_Toc205011341"></a><a name="_Toc236639272"></a><a
name="_Toc236798150"></a><a name="_Toc236798875"></a><a
name="_Toc236799361"></a><a name="_Toc236799954"></a><a
name="_Toc236800149"><span class=pointschemechar><font size=3
color=maroon face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:maroon'>(B) a LEA for which there is a high percentage of teachers not
teaching in the academic subjects or grade levels that the teachers were
trained to teach, </span></font></span></a><strong><b><font color=maroon
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'>OR</span></font></b></strong><span
class=pointschemechar><font size=2 color=maroon><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;color:maroon'> </span></font></span><span class=pointschemechar><font
color=maroon face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'>for
which there is a high percentage of teachers with emergency, provisional,
or temporary</span></font></span><span class=pointschemechar><font size=2
color=maroon><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:maroon'> </span></font></span><span
class=pointschemechar><font color=maroon face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'>certification or licensing</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><a name="_Toc204161928"></a><a
name="_Toc205011342"></a><a name="_Toc236639273"></a><a name="_Toc236646378"></a><a
name="_Toc236724121"></a><a name="_Toc236798151"></a><a name="_Toc236798876"></a><a
name="_Toc236799362"></a><a name="_Toc236799955"></a><a name="_Toc236800150"><font
size=3 color=maroon face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:maroon'>A Technical Assistance Meeting will be held on Sept. 3,
2009, at the offices of the State Regents in </span></font></a><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><font color=maroon face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri;
color:maroon'>Oklahoma City</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
color=maroon face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'> from
10 a.m. to noon. </span></font><font size=2 color=maroon face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'>We look forward to
reviewing your applications. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=maroon
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'>Feel
free to forward this email to others in your department who might be
interested to apply. Please let me know if you
have any questions. Good luck!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=maroon
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'>Saeed</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color=maroon face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:maroon'>Saeed Sarani, M.S.,
M.B.A.</span></font></b></strong><font size=2 face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-style:normal'>Curriculum
Advisor, Teacher Education and </span></font></i></em><font size=2
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size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:black;font-style:normal'>Minority</span></font></i></em></st1:PlaceName><em><i><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:black;font-style:normal'> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Teacher</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Recruitment</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></span></font></i></em></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:black;font-style:normal'>Oklahoma</span></font></i></em></st1:PlaceName><em><i><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:black;font-style:normal'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></span></font></i></em></st1:place><em><i><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black;font-style:normal'> Regents for Higher Education</span></font></i></em><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><em><i><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:black;font-style:normal'>655 Research Parkway, Suite 200</span></font></i></em></st1:address></st1:Street><font
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size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:black;font-style:normal'>Oklahoma City</span></font></i></em></st1:City><em><i><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:black;font-style:normal'>, <st1:State w:st="on">OK</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">73104-3603</st1:PostalCode></span></font></i></em></st1:place><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-style:normal'>405-225-9192</span></font></i></em><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'><a
href="mailto:73104-3603405-225-919ssarani@osrhe.du">ssarani@osrhe.du</a></span></font><font
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