[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 101 (Thursday, May 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30999-31000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12608]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Submission for OMB Review; Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development; Case Studies of Current and Former 
Grantees under 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).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
June 25, 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 Acting 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

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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 
under 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: 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.
    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 
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: May 18, 2012.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-12608 Filed 5-23-12; 8:45 am]
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