The Quality Teacher Recruitment Program supports efforts to recruit, select, train, and retain highly qualified teachers to teach in Colorado public schools, including charter schools, and school districts. Funding is available for providers to partner with one or more school districts and Board of Cooperative Services (BOCES)* over a two-year period to place and support highly qualified teachers in areas of the state that demonstrate historic difficulty in recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers (as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act). A third-party evaluator will also be selected to evaluate these efforts.
Providers that are selected to receive funding will use grant funding to recruit, select, train, place, and retain highly qualified teachers to be placed in one or more districts, BOCES, or charter schools by the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year.
Funding may be used for salaries of program staff, but grant recipients may not use any grant funding for administrative services to operate their program. Highly qualified teachers must be placed in one or more districts, charter schools, or BOCES by the beginning of the 2020-21 academic school year.