Assistance program
Supporting Effective Educator Development Program
$536.7 Million committed in FY2018–FY2025
- Agency
- Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Education, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 84.423
- What it does
- The purpose of the SEED program is to (1) Support pathways that allow teachers, principals, or other school leaders with nontraditional preparation and certification to obtain employment in traditionally underserved local educational agencies (LEAs); (2) Provide evidence-based professional development activities that address literacy, numeracy, remedial, or other needs of LEAs and the students they serve; (3) Provide professional development that enhances or enables student opportunities in dual enrollment programs or early college high school settings; (4) Make services and learning opportunities freely available to LEAs, including through publicly accessible electronic means; or (5) Provide teachers, principals, or other school leaders with evidence-based professional enhancement activities, which may include activities that lead to an advanced credential.
- Who benefits
- Educators and prospective educators benefit from this program.
- Who applies
- The only eligible applicants are institutions of higher education and nonprofit entities meeting specific statutory requirements, the Bureau of Indian Education, and partnerships of one or more of those entities and a for-profit entity.
- Authorized by
- Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended
Committed by fiscal year
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- Committed through this program
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- How it's paid
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments