PUBLIC LAW 107-110—JAN. 8, 2002 115 STAT. 1963 "(34) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—The term 'professional development'— "(A) includes activities that— "(i) improve and increase teachers' knowledge of the academic subjects the teachers teach, and enable teachers to become highly qualified; "(ii) are an integral part of broad schoolwide and districtwide educational improvement plans; "(iii) give teachers, principals, and administrators the knowledge and skills to provide students with the opportunity to meet challenging State academic content standards and student academic achievement standards; "(iv) improve classroom management skills; "(v)(I) 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 "(II) are not 1-day or short-term workshops or conferences; "(vi) support the recruiting, hiring, and training of highly qualified teachers, including teachers who became highly qualified through State and local alternative routes to certification; "(vii) advance teacher understanding of effective instructional strategies that are— "(I) based on scientifically based research (except that this subclause shall not apply to activities carried out under part D of title II); and "(II) strategies for improving student academic achievement or substantially increasing the knowledge and teaching skills of teachers; and "(viii) are aligned with and directly related to— "(I) State academic content standards, student academic achievement standards, and assessments; and "(II) the curricula and programs tied to the standards described in subclause (I) except that this subclause shall not apply to activities described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 2123(3)(B); "(ix) are developed with extensive participation of teachers, principals, parents, and administrators of schools to be served under this Act; "(x) are designed to give teachers of limited English proficient children, and other teachers and instructional staff, the knowledge and skills to provide instruction and appropriate language and academic support services to those children, including the appropriate use of curricula and assessments; "(xi) to the extent appropriate, provide training for teachers and principals in the use of technology so that technology and technology applications are effectively used in the classroom to improve teaching and learning in the curricula and core academic subjects in which the teachers teach;
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