[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 21541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8576]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Submission for OMB Review; Office of Innovation and 
Improvement; Transition to Teaching Evaluation

SUMMARY: The Transition to Teaching (TTT) grant program provides five-
year grants to eligible applicants to develop and implement a 
comprehensive approach to recruit, select, prepare, place, certify, 
support, and retain mid-career professionals, including highly 
qualified paraprofessionals, and recent college graduates.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 10, 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 04794. 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: Transition to Teaching Evaluation.
    OMB Control Number: 1855-0018.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 42.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 42.
    Abstract: This is a request for approval to collect information 
from TTT grantees that will be used to describe the extent to which 
local education agencies that received TTT grant funds have met the 
goals relating to teacher recruitment and retention described in their 
application. TTT grantees are funded for a period of five years. 
Currently, grantees are required by statute to submit an interim 
project evaluation to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) at the end 
of the third project year and a final project evaluation at the 
project's end. In turn, the TTT program is required to prepare and 
submit to the Secretary and to Congress interim and final program 
evaluations containing the results of these grantee project evaluation 
reports. An analysis of these reports has provided some data on grantee 
activities, prior to the usage of the TTT survey, missing or incomplete 
data made it difficult to aggregate data across grantees in order to 
accurately describe to Congress the extent of program implementation. 
This data collection allows ED to gather data on a common set of 
indicators across grantees in order to describe and improve program 
inplementation with the end goal of improving program performance.

    Dated: April 4, 2012.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-8576 Filed 4-9-12; 8:45 am]
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