[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66905-66906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26694]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2013-ICCD-0132]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Evaluating the Retired Mentors for Teachers Program

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Department of Education 
(ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a new information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
January 6, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be 
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
http://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED-2013-ICCD-
0132 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Please 
note that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after 
the comment period will not be accepted. Written requests for 
information or comments submitted by postal mail or delivery should be 
addressed to the Acting Director of the Information Collection 
Clearance Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue 
SW., LBJ, Room 2E105, Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions related to collection 
activities or burden, please call Katrina Ingalls at 703-620-3655 or 
electronically mail [email protected]. Please do not send comments 
here.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with 
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing 
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact 
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's 
information collection

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requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format. ED 
is soliciting comments on the proposed information collection request 
(ICR) that is described below. 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: Evaluating the Retired Mentors for Teachers 
Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-New.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 442.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 274.
    Abstract: OMB clearance is requested for a comprehensive randomized 
control trial study of the Retired Mentors for New Teachers program for 
probationary teachers developed by the Aurora Public School District 
(APS), in Aurora Colorado. The program uses recently retired master 
teachers to provide one-on-one mentoring to probationary teachers in 
high poverty elementary schools. The program was developed by APS over 
a three year period from 2008-2011. The district has partnered with REL 
Central to conduct a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) study of the 
program because it desires to understand program impacts on teacher 
retention, performance, and teacher evaluations. The district has 
committed resources to pay for the intervention as well as for teachers 
to participate in any data gathering activities, such as surveys or 
focus groups. This OMB clearance request is to collect data from 100 
teachers and 8 teacher mentors. It does not include data collection 
from students.

    Dated: November 4, 2013.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-26694 Filed 11-6-13; 8:45 am]
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