; and (4) recruit highly qualified individuals, including minorities and individuals from other occupations, into the educator workforce. 202. Partnership grants (a) Program authorized From amounts made available under section 209, the Secretary is authorized to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible partnerships, to enable the eligible partnerships to carry out the activities described in subsection (c). (b) Application Each eligible partnership desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may require. Each such application shall contain— (1) a needs assessment of the partners in the eligible partnership with respect to— (A) the preparation, ongoing training, professional development, and retention of, as applicable to the role, general education and special education teachers, teacher leaders, principals, other school leaders, and early childhood educators; and (B) the placement of such individuals in areas of high need, including rural and geographically isolated communities and school leader shortage areas; (2) a description of the extent to which the program to be carried out with grant funds, as described in subsection (c), will prepare prospective and new teachers with strong teaching skills or prepare prospective and new school leaders with strong school leadership skills; (3) a description of how such program will prepare prospective and new teachers or school leaders, or both, to understand and use research and data to modify and improve classroom instruction or support instructional leadership