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PUBLIC LAW 109–270—AUG. 12, 2006 ‘‘(1) an assessment of the career and technical education programs carried out with funds under this title, including an assessment of how the needs of special populations are being met and how the career and technical education programs are designed to enable special populations to meet State adjusted levels of performance and prepare the special populations for further education, further training, or for high skill, high wage, or high demand occupations; ‘‘(2) developing, improving, or expanding the use of technology in career and technical education that may include— ‘‘(A) training of career and technical education teachers, faculty, career guidance and academic counselors, and administrators to use technology, including distance learning; ‘‘(B) providing career and technical education students with the academic and career and technical skills (including the mathematics and science knowledge that provides a strong basis for such skills) that lead to entry into technology fields, including non-traditional fields; or ‘‘(C) encouraging schools to collaborate with technology industries to offer voluntary internships and mentoring programs; ‘‘(3) professional development programs, including providing comprehensive professional development (including initial teacher preparation) for career and technical education teachers, faculty, administrators, and career guidance and academic counselors at the secondary and postsecondary levels, that support activities described in section 122 and— ‘‘(A) provide in-service and preservice training in career and technical education programs— ‘‘(i) on effective integration and use of challenging academic and career and technical education provided jointly with academic teachers to the extent practicable; ‘‘(ii) on effective teaching skills based on research that includes promising practices; ‘‘(iii) on effective practices to improve parental and community involvement; and ‘‘(iv) on effective use of scientifically based research and data to improve instruction; ‘‘(B) are high quality, sustained, intensive, and classroom-focused in order to have a positive and lasting impact on classroom instruction and the teacher’s performance in the classroom, and are not 1-day or short-term workshops or conferences; ‘‘(C) will help teachers and personnel to improve student achievement in order to meet the State adjusted levels of performance established under section 113; ‘‘(D) will support education programs for teachers of career and technical education in public schools and other public school personnel who are involved in the direct delivery of educational services to career and technical education students to ensure that teachers and personnel— ‘‘(i) stay current with the needs, expectations, and methods of industry; ‘‘(ii) can effectively develop rigorous and challenging, integrated academic and career and technical

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