Department of Grant Compliance and Administration
Competitive Grant Opportunity Published on the TEA Grant Opportunities Page
TEA is announcing the availability of grant funds for the 2024-2026 Texas Strategic Staffing Grant for Sustainable, Paid Teacher Residency Program grant program. Request for Application (RFA) #701-24-119 is authorized by the GAA, Article III, Rider 39, 88th Texas Legislature. The RFA is available on the TEA Grant Opportunities Page.
Eligibility
Independent school districts and charters are eligible for funding. All applicants must also produce a letter verifying partnership with a Texas vetted teacher residency program to be considered eligible for this grant award.
Grant Period
- June 1, 2024 through April 30, 2026.
- This is expected to be a one-time grant for the grant period listed above.
Funding
- A total of approximately $1,920,000 is available for this grant program.
- It is anticipated that approximately 24 grants will be awarded
- Grant awards are expected to range from $70,000 to $80,000.
Description
The Texas Strategic Staffing for Sustainable, Paid Teacher Residency Programs Grant is a two-year grant to districts and charters, designed to provide direct technical assistance and other supports to districts/charters and educator preparation program (EPP) partnerships to design and implement paid, year-long High-Quality, Sustainable Teacher Residencies across SY 2023-2024 and SY 2024-2025. Strategic Staffing supports will be provided by Education Service Centers through the Texas Strategic Staffing (TSS) technical assistance service. Districts/charters and EPPs will make informed decisions to develop paid teacher residencies that leverage reallocation and reinvestment of local funds to support teacher residents’ wages while they engage in other instructional responsibilities such as: substitute teaching, paraprofessional roles, tutoring, and more.
In addition to in-kind technical assistance service from an Education Service Center (ESC) technical assistance provider, each district/charter will receive funding to compensate and co-fund the salary for the district/charter employee who will project manage and lead the work in the district/charter across the two years of the grant in SY 2024-2025 and SY 2025-2026.
Application Deadline
Applications must be received by the Texas Education Agency by 11:59 p.m. (Central Time), April 2, 2024, to be considered for funding.
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