[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16541-16542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6793]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests; Office of 
Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development; Case Studies of Current 
and Former Grantees of the Title III National Professional Development 
Program (NPDP)

SUMMARY: The purpose of the National Professional Development Program, 
which is administered by the Office of English Language Acquisition, is 
to support pre-service education and professional development 
activities intended to improve instruction for English Learners (ELs). 
Grants are made to Institutions of Higher Education that have entered 
into consortium arrangements with states or school districts. Funded 
projects are designed to increase the pool of highly-qualified teachers 
prepared to serve EL students and increase the skills of teachers 
already serving them.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 21, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Written comments regarding burden and/or the collection 
activity requirements should be electronically mailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 
Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Copies of the 
proposed information collection request may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link 
and by clicking on link number 04823. When you access the information 
collection, click on ``Download Attachments'' to view. Written requests 
for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Requests may 
also be electronically mailed to [email protected] or faxed to 202-
401-0920. Please specify the complete title of the information 
collection and OMB Control Number when making your request.
    Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) 
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-
8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that Federal agencies provide 
interested parties an early opportunity to comment on information 
collection requests. The Director, Information Collection Clearance 
Division, Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office 
of Management, publishes this notice containing proposed information 
collection requests at the beginning of the Departmental review of the 
information collection. The Department of Education is especially 
interested in public comment addressing the following issues: (1) Is 
this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department; 
(2) will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) 
is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this 
collection on the respondents, including through the use of information 
technology. Please note that written comments received in response to 
this notice will be considered public records.
    Title of Collection: Case Studies of Current and Former Grantees of 
the Title III National Professional Development Program (NPDP)
    OMB Control Number: Pending.
    Type of Review: New.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 438.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 450.
    Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine how a sample of 
grantees is implementing their grants with respect to four areas: (1) 
The content and structure of the education they provide to current and 
prospective teachers of English Learners; (2) the nature of changes 
they attempt to make to the full teacher education program at their 
institutions; (3) the efforts grantees make to institutionalize their 
projects so that they can be sustained after the grant ends; and (4) 
their efforts to track former program participants. Information 
gathered on these four topics will be used to identify issues that 
could be investigated in a larger, more representative study.
    This study will consist of 15 purposively-selected current grantees

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and nine purposively-selected former grantees. The case study sites 
will be selected from among the grantees in the 2007 cohort (``current 
grantees'') and those in the 2002 and 2004 cohorts (``former 
grantees''), and will provide information on some of the pre-service 
and in-service teacher training models and approaches that current 
grantees are using, as well as strategies that former grantees have 
used to track newly-minted teachers after program completion and to 
plan for continuing program services after the federal grant period.
    The study will collect data from the current grantees through site 
visits and from the former grantees through telephone interviews.

    Dated: March 15, 2012.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-6793 Filed 3-20-12; 8:45 am]
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