English language proficiency; and

student academic achievement;

designed to improve the instruction and assessment of English learners;

designed to enhance the ability of such teachers, principals, and other school leaders to understand and implement curricula, assessment practices and measures, and instructional strategies for English learners;

effective in increasing children’s English language proficiency or substantially increasing the subject matter knowledge, teaching knowledge, and teaching skills of such teachers; and

of sufficient intensity and duration (which shall not include activities such as 1-day or short-term workshops and conferences) to have a positive and lasting impact on the teachers’ performance in the classroom, except that this subparagraph shall not apply to an activity that is one component of a long-term, comprehensive professional development plan established by a teacher and the teacher’s supervisor based on an assessment of the needs of the teacher, the supervisor, the students of the teacher, and any local educational agency employing the teacher, as appropriate; and

shall include parent, family, and community engagement activities; and

may include strategies that serve to coordinate and align related programs.

tutorials and academic or career and technical education; and

intensified instruction, which may include materials in a language that the student can understand, interpreters, and translators.

to improve the English language skills of English learners; and

to assist parents and families in helping their children to improve their academic achievement and becoming active participants in the education of their children.

the acquisition or development of educational technology or instructional materials;

access to, and participation in, electronic networks for materials, training, and communication; and

incorporation of the resources described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) into curricula and programs, such as those funded under this subpart.

family literacy, parent and family outreach, and training activities designed to assist parents and families to become active participants in the education of their children;

recruitment of, and support for, personnel, including teachers and paraprofessionals who have been specifically trained, or are being trained, to provide services to immigrant children and youth;

provision of tutorials, mentoring, and academic or career counseling for immigrant children and youth;

identification, development, and acquisition of curricular materials, educational software, and technologies to be used in the program carried out with awarded funds;

basic instructional services that are directly attributable to the presence of immigrant children and youth in the local educational agency involved, including the payment of costs of providing additional classroom supplies, costs of transportation, or such other costs as are directly attributable to such additional basic instructional services;

other instructional services that are designed to assist immigrant children and youth to achieve in elementary schools and secondary schools in the United States, such as programs of introduction to the educational system and civics education; and

activities, coordinated with community-based organizations, institutions of higher education, private sector entities, or other entities with expertise in working with immigrants, to assist parents and families of immigrant children and youth by offering comprehensive community services.