The Commission is designated by the federal government as the State Agency for Higher Education (SAHE). As a designated agency, certain federal competitive grant programs, particularly those that are best administered by an independent body not directly related to a particular system of higher education, may be conducted by the Commission. The Commission has administered the Dwight D. Eisenhower professional Development State Grant Program since 1989, which has now become the Improving Teacher Quality Program under Title II-A of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The primary focus of the grant programs is to enhance partnerships between institutions of higher education and schools to improve the teaching skills of K-12 teachers primarily in the subjects of mathematics and science, but also in the arts, foreign languages, civics and government, history, English, geography, and economics. Approximately $8 million in grants are awarded annually to partnerships that provide high quality teacher professional development in the state's high-need schools.


Number of Schools Participating: 276
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Last Updated on: 3/18/2008
Last Updated by: Karen Humphrey

School Program Information Last Updated: 3/18/2008 11:22:02 AM

California Postsecondary Education Commission


Karen Humphrey
770 L Street, Suite 1160
Sacramento CA 95814
916-445-1504
khumphrey@cpec.ca.gov


- University and local district partnerships
- Core content and pedagogy-focused
- Research-based professional development
- Focus on sustainable school-based models


- Federal