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 115 STAT. 1638 PUBLIC LAW 107-110-^AN. 8, 2002 an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. "(B) CONTENTS.— Each such application shall include— "(i) a description of the high-need community to be served by the project proposed to be carried out through the grant, including such demographic and socioeconomic information as the Secretary may request; "(ii) information on the quality of the early childhood educator professional development program currently conducted (as of the date of the submission of the application) by the institution of higher education or another provider in the partnership; "(iii) the results of a needs assessment that the entities in the partnership have undertaken to determine the most critical professional development needs of the early childhood educators to be served by the partnership and in the broader community, and a description of how the proposed project will address those needs; "(iv) a description of how the proposed project will be carried out, including a description of— "(I) how individuals will be selected to participate; "(II) the types of professional development activities, based on scientifically based research, that will be carried out; "(III) how research on effective professional development and on adult learning will be used to design and deliver project activities; "(IV) how the project will be coordinated with and build on, and will not supplant or duplicate, early childhood education professional development activities in the high-need community; "(V) how the project will train early childhood educators to provide developmentally appropriate school-readiness services that are based on the best available research on early childhood pedagogy and child development and learning domains; "(VI) how the project will train early childhood educators to meet the diverse educational needs of children in the community, including children who have limited English proficiency, children with disabilities, or children with other special needs; and "(VII) how the project will train early childhood educators in identifying and preventing behavioral problems in children or working with children identified as or suspected to be victims of abuse; "(v) a description of— "(I) the specific objectives that the partnership will seek to attain through the project, and the methods that the partnership will use to measure progress toward attainment of those objectives; and

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