Title II Part A involves teacher and principal training and recruiting. The purpose is to provide services to increase student academic achievement through strategies such as improving teacher and principal quality and increasing the number of highly qualified teachers in the classroom and highly qualified principals and assistant principals in schools.
State and local level activities include, but are not limited to:
improving teacher performance through professional development and training materials
improving teachers' instructional practices by providing instructional coaching
teacher retention programs
recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers and principals
increasing the number of highly qualified teachers in classrooms
class-size reduction programs
leadership programs for highly qualified administrators
supporting paraprofessional, teacher, and principal certification programs
Activities must be based on district's needs assessment, and be aligned with state academic content standards, student academic achievement standards, and state assessments.