Using ARRA Stimulus Funds

The federal government has released $44 billion of the education funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Recipients are charged with spending the funds quickly to create jobs; ensuring transparency, reporting, and accountability; investing in commitments that are sustainable after the funding expires; and improving student achievement.

SEDL staff are working closely with schools and districts to help them use their stimulus funds in ways that have the greatest impact on student learning.

• We created a new ARRA section on SEDL’s Web site to help educators determine how to use these funds most effectively.
  
  
• We provide 1- or 2-year technical assistance plans that focus on selected content areas. Our content specialists can focus on a subject identified in a school improvement plan and show your staff how to lead and participate in ongoing, on-site professional development that will continue to support school improvement long after you have spent your stimulus funds.
  
  
• We offer professional development sessions at our Center for Professional Learning in Austin, Texas.
  
  
• We have highly qualified evaluators who can help you determine how ARRA funds have affected student learning.

SEDL Summer Professional Development

For Education Leaders

• Introduction to Courage to Lead
  June 12–14
• Leadership for Changing Schools
  June 2–4, Sept. 29–30
• The Professional Teaching and Learning Cycle
  August 10–13

For Teachers and Administrators

• Active Learning With Technology II
  July 14–15
• Adolescent Literacy
  June 10–12
• Recognizing Deep Mathematical Learning
  July 20–22
• Beyond ELL: Addressing Language-Based Problems in Mathematics Instruction
  June 16–18
• The Professional Teaching and Learning Cycle
  August 10–13
• What Does It Mean to Teach Reading Explicitly?
  June 8–10

For those who make decisions based on data

• Program Evaluation 101
  October 19–21