Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) Grant Program CFDA Number 84.336S

Note:  Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at:http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements,application submission information, performance measures, priorities andprogram contact information.

For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education DiscretionaryGrant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/​content/​pkg/​FR-2019-02-13/​pdf/​2019-02206.pdf.

The purposes ofthe TQP program are to improve student achievement; improve the quality ofprospective and new teachers by improving the preparation of prospectiveteachers and enhancing professional development activities for new teachers;hold teacher preparation programs at institutions of higher education (IHEs) accountable for preparing teachers who meet applicable State certification andlicensure requirements; and recruit highly qualified individuals, includingminorities and individuals from other occupations, into the teaching force. 

 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.336S.