[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6889-6890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02369]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED-2013-ICCD-0132]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Evaluating the Retired Mentors for Teachers Program
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/National Center for Education
Statistics (IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a new information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
March 7, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
http://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number.
ED-2013-ICCD-0132 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand
delivery. Please note that comments submitted by fax or email and those
submitted after the comment period will not be accepted. Written
requests for information or comments submitted by postal mail or
delivery should be addressed to the Director of the Information
Collection Clearance Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400
Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Mailstop L-OM-2-2E319, Room 2E105,
Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions related to collection
activities or burden, please call Katrina Ingalls, 703-620-3655 or
electronically mail [email protected]. Please do not send comments
here. We will ONLY accept comments in this mailbox when the
regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The
Department of Education is especially interested in public comment
addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to
the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden
accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the
Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of information technology. Please note that
written comments received in response to this notice will be considered
public records.
Title of Collection: Evaluating the Retired Mentors for Teachers
Program.
OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
Type of Review: A new information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 148.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 92.
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Abstract: OMB clearance is requested for a comprehensive randomized
control trial study of the Retired Mentors for New Teachers program for
probationary teachers developed by the Aurora Public School District
(APS), in Aurora Colorado. The program uses recently retired master
teachers to provide one-on-one mentoring to probationary teachers in
high poverty elementary schools. The program was developed by APS over
a three year period from 2008-2011. The district has partnered with REL
Central to conduct an RCT study of the program because it desires to
understand program impacts on teacher retention, performance, and
teacher evaluations. The district has committed resources to pay for
the intervention as well as for teachers to participate in any data
gathering activities, such as surveys or focus groups. This OMB
clearance request is to collect data from 100 teachers and 8 teacher
mentors. It does not include data collection from students.
Dated: January 30, 2014.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
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