Improving Teacher Quality Grant
The MDHEWD receives, and the Academic Affairs group administers, approximately $1.2 million each year in federal funds for the professional development of K-12 teachers. The staff develops and distributes an annual Request for Proposals (RFP), manages the evaluation of proposals, makes awards, and monitors/evaluates the professional development activities.
A list of funded projects, technical Assistance Workshop information, the most recent RFP and reimbursement forms are available below.
ITQG Final Report Guidelines
Cycle-15 Request for Proposals
Cycle-15 Forms
Please review the Cycle-15 Grant Renewal Process document carefully.
- Form C100 - Intent to Renew
- Form C103 - Budget
- Form C104 - Collaborative Planning Team Document
- Form C105 - Joint Effort Document
- Form C106 - Letter of Commitment: K-12 Partner
- Form C107 - Letter of Commitment: Higher Education Partner
- Form C108 - Certificate of Assurances
- Form C110 - Fiscal Agent Higher Education Partner
- Cycle - 15 50% Certification Form
- Cycle - 15 Participant Data Form Sheets
- Cycle - 15 Reimbursement Request Form
- Cycle - 15 Example Reimbursement Request Form
- Cycle - 15 Example Schedule of Receipts
- Cycle - 15 U.S. Department of Education Statement on Funding for Meals
Cycle-14 Forms
Form 1 is due no later than December 30, 2015.- Cycle - 14 Excel Spreadsheet for Reimbursement Requests
- Cycle - 14 Participant Data Form
- Cycle - 14 EXAMPLE Schedule of Receipts Form
- Cycle - 14 Schedule of Receipts Form
- Cycle - 14 Final Report Guidelines
External Evaluator Request for Proposals
The external evaluator request for proposal for Cycle 14 is coming soon. Once issued, the Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted on the Division of Purchasing’s MissouriBUYS Statewide eProcurement System Bid Board at https://missouribuys.mo.gov/bidboard.
The pre-proposal conference time, date and location will be announced soon.
Cycle-13 Awarded Project Abstracts
- Getting It WRITE
- Making Mathematicians
- Science and Technology for Elementary Educators
- STEM-Based Literacy
Request for Proposals
Letters of intent are due by 5 p.m., Friday, October 24, 2014.
Proposals are due by 5 p.m., Wednesday, December 31, 2014.
Cycle-13 Forms
- Form C100 - Intent to Apply
- Form C103 - Budget
- Form C104 - Collaborative Planning Team Document
- Form C105 - Joint Effort Document
- Form C106 - Letter of Commitment: K-12 Partner
- Form C107 - Letter of Commitment: Higher Education Partner
- Form C108 - Certificate of Assurances
- Form C109 - Previous Project Outcomes
- Form C110 - Fiscal Agent Higher Education Partner
- Cycle - 13 50% Certification Form
- Cycle - 13 Participant Data Form Sheets
- Cycle - 13 Reimbursement Request Form
- Cycle - 13 Example Reimbursement Request Form
- Cycle - 13 Example Schedule of Receipts
- Cycle - 13 U.S. Department of Education Statement on Funding for Meals
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- Cycle-12 RFP
- Sign up form for Cycle-12 Technical Assistance Workshop
- List of High-Need School Districts
Letters of intent (required) were due October 18, 2013
Proposals were due December 31, 2013.
Cycle-12 Forms
- Form C100- Intent to Apply
- Form C104-Collaborative Planning Team Document
- Form C105-Joint Effort Document
- Form C106-Letter of Commitment: K-12 Partner
- Form C107-Letter of Commitment: Higher Education Partner
- Form C108-Certificate of Assurances
- Cycle-12 50% Certification Form
- Cycle-12 Compliance Audit Checklist
- Cycle-12 Guidelines for Submitting Final Project Report
- Cycle-12 Participant Data Form Data sheets
- Cycle-12 Reimbursement Request Form
- Cycle-12 Example Reimbursement Request Form
- Cycle-12 Example Final Budget to use for RR Form
- Cycle-12 Example Schedule of Receipts
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Letters of intent (required) were due November 30, 2012.
Proposals were due December 31, 2012.
Cycle-11 Forms
- Form C100 - Intent to Apply
- Form C101- Proposal Cover Page
- Form C102 - Project Abstract
- Form C103 - Budget Summary
- Form C104 - Collaborative Planning Team Document
- Form C105 - Joint Effort Document
- Form C106 - Letter of Commitment-K-12 Partner
- Form C107 - Letter of Commitment-Higher Education Partner
- Form C108 - Certificate of Assurance
- Form C109 - Previous Project Outcomes
- Cycle-11 50% Certification Form
- Cycle-11 Compliance Audit Checklist
- Cycle-11 Reimbursement Request Form
- Cycle-11 Participant Data Form
- NEW- Example of Final Budget
- NEW - Example of Reimbursement Request Form
- NEW - Example of Schedule of Receipts
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Forms - * Forms are provided in Microsoft Word (word), Microsoft Excel (xls), or Adobe Acrobat (pdf).The following links provide access to free software you can use to view these tables, if you do not have the complete software program installed on your computer.
Evaluation
A promising undertaking in evaluation was established beginning with the first cycle of the MDHEWD Improving Teacher Quality Grant. An external evaluation team, selected for each cycle through a competitive process, will evaluate projects individually and collectively and will measure the effect of the projects on student learning and higher education in Missouri.
- Cycles 1-8 Project Evaluation Data
- Cycle 9 Project Evaluation Data
- Cycle 10 Project Evaluation Data
- Cycle 11 Project Evaluation Data
Funded Projects
- List of Cycle-12 Awarded Projects
- List of Cycle-11 Awarded Projects
- List of Cycle-10 Awarded Projects