Program Components
- District-wide cohesive and instructional program
- Trained and knowledgeable staff
- High-quality professional development to classroom teachers, principals, administrators, and other school or community-based personnel that is:
- Designed to improve the instruction and assessment of English learners (20 USC 6825[c][2][A])
- Designed to enhance the teacher's ability to understand and use curricula, assessment measures, and instructional strategies for English learners (20 USC 6825[c][2][B])
- Based on research demonstrating the effectiveness of the professional development in increasing the pupil's English proficiency or the teacher's subject matter knowledge, teaching knowledge, and teaching skills (20 USC 6825[c][2][C])
- Of sufficient intensity and duration to have a positive and lasting impact on the teacher's performance in the classroom (20 USC 6825[c][2][D])