Transcript Educator Preparation Division

No Child Left Behind
Preparing Program Completers for
Meeting NCLB (HiQ) Requirements
December 2, 2009
PSC Title II-A Team
David M. Hill, Ph.D.
Division Director
Educator Preparation
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Anne Marie Fenton
Program Director, Title II-A
Educator Preparation
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Pam Daniels
Title II-A Consultant
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Northeast GA RESA
Pioneer RESA
Oconee RESA
Dr. Leslie Morrison
Title II-A Consultant
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Coastal Plains RESA
Heart of Georgia RESA
Okefenokee RESA
Dr. Angelia Davis
Title II-A Consultant
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Southwest GA RESA
Chattahoochee Flint RESA
(Southern Systems)
Elizabeth Zipperer
Title II-A Consultant
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First District RESA
CSRA RESA
Gerri Heard
Title II-A Consultant
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METRO RESA
Skipper Stewart
Title II-A Consultant
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West GA RESA, Griffin RESA,
Middle GA RESA,
North GA RESA
Northwest GA RESA
Chattahoochee Flint RESA
(Northern Systems)
No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A:
Recruitment, Induction, and Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals
Title II, Part A Focus:
• Recruit, train, and retain highly qualified
teachers, paraprofessionals, and
principals
• Offer high quality professional learning
opportunities
No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A:
Recruitment, Induction, and Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals
Teacher Quality Goals
NCLB places a major emphasis on teacher quality as a factor in improving student
achievement. (Title I Section 1119)
• All teachers hired after the first day of the 2002-03 school year and
teaching in a program supported by Title I funds should have been “highly qualified.”
• All other teachers, including special education teachers, teaching core academic
subjects must be “highly qualified.”
• For all teachers not currently considered highly qualified, the school district must report
on the HiQ system a remediation method to be implemented during the school year.
No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A:
Recruitment, Induction, and Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals
Equity Goals
•
Ensure that poor and minority children are not taught by
inexperienced, unqualified, or mis-assigned teachers at
higher rates than other children.
•
Ensure that children in low performing schools in all
geographic regions of the state have access to
experienced, qualified and appropriately assigned teachers
on an equitable basis.
No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A:
Recruitment, Induction, and Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals
“Highly Qualified” Goal: (2006)
All core academic content teachers and paraprofessionals
“highly qualified"
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All teachers must be “highly qualified” to serve as the Teacher of
Record with the responsibility for instructing students in core
academic subjects;
Applies to all public K-12 teachers who teach core subjects only:
Core Academic Subject Areas:
Elementary (K-5) and Middle Grades (4-8):
Reading, Language Arts, Math, Broad-field Science, Broad-field Social
Studies, Foreign Language, Visual Arts, Music, Band
Secondary (6-12):
English, Reading, Math, Broad-field Science, History, Political Science,
Geography, Economics, Behavioral Sciences, Foreign language, Visual
Arts, Music, Band, Chorus
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“Highly Qualified” New Teachers from Traditional
Programs:
• Bachelor’s Degree, AND
• Valid PSC Teaching Certificate, AND
• Core Academic Major OR 15 semester hours in the subject(s)
for middle grades; 21 semester hours in the subject(s) for
secondary; AND
• Appropriate core academic content assessment (GACE)
and
Teachers must be assigned to teach in appropriate subject/content area(s)
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“Highly Qualified” New Teachers
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Alternative/Non-Traditional Programs or NonRenewable Non-Professional Certificates:
• Bachelor’s Degree, AND
• Valid PSC Teaching Certificate, AND
• Core Academic Major OR 15 semester hours in the subject(s)
for middle grades; 21 semester hours in the subject(s) for
secondary; OR
• Appropriate core academic content assessment (GACE)
and
Teachers must be assigned to teach in appropriate subject/content area(s) and
assume the functions of a classroom teacher for no more than three (3) years
“Highly Qualified” Teachers
Bachelor’s Degree
and
Valid PSC Certificate
and
Core Academic Major OR Concentration
or
and
New Teachers/Trad. Prog.
Appropriate Core
Academic Content
Assessment (GACE)
New Teachers/Alt-NT Prog.
Appropriate Core
Academic Content
Assessment (GACE)
and
3 year limit
Teachers must be assigned to teach in appropriate subject/content area(s)
No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A:
Recruitment, Induction, and Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals
Parents’ Right to Know and Notification (regarding “highly
qualified” status of teachers)
LEA notifies parents upon request of teachers’ qualifications:
• Licensing for grade level and subject
• Emergency or provisional status
• College major and graduate degrees
• Paraprofessional qualifications
LEA notifies parents if students are taught four (4) consecutive weeks by a
core academic content teacher not “highly qualified.”
No Child Left Behind
Increasing Marketability: What Your Candidates
Need to Know
• Need to pass appropriate GACE to be HiQ whether required
for program completion or not;
• For special education, need to be HiQ in multiple core
academic subject areas;
• Can add any teaching field to clear renewable certificate,
(except ECE/Sp.Ed.) by taking the GACE;
• Charter School teachers must be HiQ
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Increasing Marketability: What Your Candidates
Need to Know
Passing one of the following Special Education GACE
assessments does NOT make an educator HiQ to serve as the
TOR in a core academic subject area(s) in the special education
classroom:
•Special Education General Curriculum (081 & 082);
•Special Education Adapted Curriculum (083 & 084);
•Special Education Deaf Education (085 & 086)
Title II, Part A
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Resources
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Title II, Part A:
Recruitment, Induction, and Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals
Highly Qualified Teachers
For specific details on highly qualified teacher requirements
see the Georgia Implementation Guidelines
The most recent edition may be accessed at
http://www.gapsc.com/EducatorPreparation/NoChildLeftBehind/home.html
Web Site:
www.gapsc.com/nclb/home.html
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Anne Marie Fenton
Program Director, Assessment
404-232-2654
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