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 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 108 STAT. 3631 school staff, to ensure that girls and young women, minorities, limited English proficient students, individuals with disabilities, and the economically disadvantaged have full opportunity to achieve the challenging State content standards and challenging State student performance standards in the core academic subjects; "(H) professional development and recruitment activities designed— "(i) to increase the number of minorities, individuals with disabilities, and females teaching in the core academic subjects in which such individuals are underrepresented; and "(ii) to increase the numbers of women and members of other underrepresented groups who are science and mathematics teachers, through such programs as career ladder programs that assist educational paraprofessionals to obtain teaching credentials in the core academic subjects; "(I) providing financial or other incentives for teachers to become certified by nationally recognized professional teacher enhancement programs; "(J) support and time for teachers, and, where appropriate, pupil services personnel, and other school staff to ^ learn and implement effective collaboration for the instruction of children with disabilities in the core academic subject areas; "(K) preparing teachers, and, where appropriate, pupil services personnel to work with parents and families on fostering student achievement in the core academic subjects; "(L) professional development activities and other support for new teachers as such teachers move into the classroom to provide such teachers with practical support and to increase the retention of such teachers; "(M) professional development for teachers, parents, early childhood educators, administrators, and other staff to support activities and services related to preschool transition programs to raise student performance in the core academic subjects; "(N) professional development activities to train teachers in innovative instructional methodologies designed to meet the diverse learning needs of individual students, including methodologies which integrate academic and vocational learning and applied learning, interactive and interdisciplinary team teaching, and other alternative teaching strategies such as service learning, experiential learning, career-related education, and environmental education, that integrate real world applications into the core academic subjects; "(O) developing professional development strategies and programs to more effectively involve parents in helping their children achieve in the core academic subjects; "(P) professional development activities designed to increase the number of women and other underrepresented groups in the administration of schools; and "(Q) release time with pay for teachers.

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