108 STAT. 3630 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 "(A) be tied to challenging State content standards or challenging local content standards, and challenging State student performance standards or challenging local student performance standards; "(B) take into account recent research on teaching and learning; "(C) provide professional development which incorporates effective strategies, techniques, methods, and practices for meeting the educational needs of diverse groups of students, including girls and women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, limited English proficient individuals, and economically disadvantaged individuals; "(D) include strong academic content and pedagogical components; and "(E) be of sufficient intensity and duration to have a positive and lasting impact on the teacher's performance in the classroom. "(3) ACTIVITIES. —Funds under this part may be used for professional development activities such as— "(A) professional development for teams of teachers, and, where appropriate, administrators, pupil services personnel, or other staff from individual schools, to support teaching consistent with challenging State content standards and challenging State student performance standards; "(B) support and time, which in the case of teachers may include release time with pay, for teachers, and, where appropriate, pupil services personnel and other school staff to enable such teachers, personnel, and staff to participate in professional development in the core academic subjects that are offered through professional associations, universities, community-based organizations, and other providers, such as educational partnership organizations, science centers, and museums; "(C) activities that provide followup for teachers who have participated in professional development activities that are designed to ensure that the knowledge and skills learned by the teacher are implemented in the classroom; "(D) support for partnerships between schools, consortia of schools, or local educational agencies, and institutions of higher education, including schools of education, which partnerships shall encourage— "(i) teachers to participate in intensive, ongoing professional development programs, both academic and pedagogical, at institutions of higher education; and "(ii) students at institutions of higher education studying to become teachers to have direct, practical experience at schools; "(E) the establishment and maintenance of local professional networks that provide a forum for interaction among teachers and that allow exchange of information on advances in content and pedagogy; "(F) preparing teachers in the effective use of educational technology and assistive technology as instructional tools for increasing student understanding of the core academic subjects; "(G) professional development to enable teachers, and, where appropriate, pupil services personnel and other
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