East St. Louis, IL. School District has been informed by the Department of Education that they have been awarded the 2009 Transition to Teaching Program Grant. This grant centers on recruiting and retaining highly qualified mid-career professionals as teachers in high needs schools. ESL will be awarded over $400K per year for five years to implement this program.

DWA sponsored this grant for East St. Louis and helped provide the grant writing services. During the implementation of this grant DWA will provide web site design and hosting for ESL, as well as use of the DWA ERGO product which provides reporting tools required for this grant