THE APSUNM PARTNERSHIP

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HIGHLY QUALIFIED
REGULAR EDUCATION TEACHERS
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THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENT IN REGULAR EDUCATION
By June 30, 2006, all public school teachers,
except those in qualifying rural school
districts, who teach the core academic subjects
must be highly qualified to teach those
subjects. Teachers in rural school districts
must be highly qualified by June 30, 2007.
THE CORE ACADEMIC SUBJECTS ARE Language arts
(including English, bilingual education, and
TESOL), reading, mathematics, science, social
studies (including civics, government, economics,
history and geography), fine arts (including
music and visual arts), and modern and classical
languages, except Native American languages and
cultures of New Mexico tribes and pueblos.
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NM Regular Education Teachers Are Highly
Qualified By Virtue of Their NM License(s) AND
Class Assignment(s) IF
The teacher holds a NM secondary 7-12 license and
teaches in his/her endorsement area(s).
The teacher holds a NM early childhood b- grade 3
license and teaches b-grade 3.
The teacher holds a K-12 NM specialty area
license and teaches in his/her endorsement
area(s).
The teacher holds a NM middle level 5- 9 license
and teaches in his/her endorsement area(s).
The teacher holds a K-8 NM elementary license, is
teaching in an elementary school or in a
self-contained classroom in a middle school and
has passed an elementary content knowledge or
teacher proficiency licensure test.
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• TWO SCENARIOS FOR REVIEW
• A TEACHER WHO HAS NEVER PASSED A CONTENT AREA OR
  TEACHER PROFICIENCY TEST FOR LICENSURE
• 2) A K-8 ELEMENTARY LICENSED TEACHER WHO TEACHES
  THE CORE SUBJECTS IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL

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SCENARIO 1 ESTABLISHING THAT AN EXPERIENCED K-8
ELEMENTARY TEACHER WHO HAS NEVER TAKEN A
LICENSURE TEST IS HIGHLY QUALIFIED
YES
DISTRICT enters information on licensure database
to report data to PED.
Passed Test
PED enters information on licensure database
for data purposes.
Completed c
NO
Completed a or b
Teacher must establish he/she is highly
qualified through one of the Options for
Establishing Highly Qualified a.) Pass the
elementary teacher proficiency or elementary
content knowledge NMTA test, OR b.) Earn or hold
National Board Certification in Elementary
Education, OR c.) Complete Subject Area
Competency HOUSSE in elementary education. See
Slides 7-8.
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SCENARIO 2 ESTABLISHING THAT AN EXPERIENCED
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER with a K-8 LICENSE IS
HIGHLY QUALIFIED

See Typical Coursework Categories for Academic
Areas and Endorsements
Guidance
Teacher holds a NM elementary k-8 license and
specializes in teaching language arts, social
studies, math, or science at the middle school or
junior high school level.
YES
DISTRICT enters information on licensure database
to report data to PED.
YES
PED enters information on
licensure database for data purposes.
Has Credit Hours
NO
Teacher is highly qualified in each of the
core content areas in which he/she teaches.
Completed b or d
Completed a or c
Teacher must establish he/she is highly
qualified, for each core content area he/she
teaches, through one of the Options for
Establishing Highly Qualified a.) Pass the
middle school level content knowledge NMTA for
each core content areas the teacher teaches,
OR b.) Complete an undergraduate academic major
of 24 semester hours, upper or lower division, or
a graduate degree in each of the core content
areas the teacher teaches, OR c.) Earn National
Board Certification in each core content area the
teacher teaches, OR d.) Complete Subject Area
Competency HOUSSE in each core content area the
teacher teaches. See slides 7-8.
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SUBJECT AREA COMPETENCY HOUSSE (NCLB HIGH
OBJECTIVE UNIFORM STATEWIDE STANDARD OF
EVALUATION)
Path One
1) Teacher has successful annual evaluations for
past two school years. 2) Teacher has two
complete school years of teaching experience.
3) Complete credit hours in the core academic
subjects as follows a) For K-8 teacher in
an elementary school, 24 hrs lower or
upper division in the elementary content
curriculum with at least 6 hrs each in language
arts, social studies, math, and science.
b) For K-8 teacher in middle school, 18 hrs
lower or upper division, in each core
subject the teacher teaches. ---------------------
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-------- c) For 7-12, 5-9, K-12 teacher, 18
hrs in each subject the teacher teaches,
12 of which must be upper division
coursework.
DISTRICT enters information on licensure
database to report data to PED.
Apply for licensure endorsement from the PED
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SUBJECT AREA COMPETENCY HOUSSE (NCLB HIGH
OBJECTIVE UNIFORM STATEWIDE STANDARD OF
EVALUATION)
Path Two
1) Teacher has successful annual evaluations for
past two school years. 2) Teacher has two
complete school years of teaching experience.
3) Complete credit hours in the core academic
subjects as follows a) For K-8 teacher in
an elementary school, 12 hrs, lower or
upper division, across the elementary
content curriculum in language arts, social
studies, math, science. b) For K-8
teacher in middle school 12 hrs in any single
subject, 15 hrs in two subjects (at least 6
in each one),18 hrs in three subjects
(6 in each one), or 24 hrs in four
subjects (6 in each one), lower or upper
division. c) For 7-12, 5-9, K-12 teacher,
same a (b) above, but all credit hrs must
be upper division coursework.
4) Demonstrate competence in the content areas
to a local panel of highly qualified teachers
following the rules in 6.69.4.9 D (4) NMAC.
DISTRICT enters information on licensure
database to report data to PED.
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NCLB IMPLEMENTATION FLEXIBILITY FOR RURAL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS

• A new hire who teaches in the core academic
  subjects in a rural school district
• may have up to three years from the date of hire
  to become highly qualified
• in all subjects the teacher teaches if he/she is
  highly qualified in at least one subject.
• Current teachers who teach the core academic
  subjects in a rural school
• district have until June 30, 2007 to demonstrate
  they are highly qualified.

DISTRICTS THAT QUALIFY FOR RURAL DISTRICT
IMPLEMENTATION FELXIBILITY ANIMAS ELIDA LAKE
ARTHUR PENASCO CAPITAN ESTANCIA LOGAN QUEMADO C
ARRIZOZO FLOYD LOVING QUESTA CHAMA VALLEY FORT
SUMNER MAGDALENA RESERVE CIMARRON GRADY MAXWELL
ROY CLAYTON HAGERMAN MELROSE SAN
JON CLOUDCROFT HONDO VALLEY MESA
VISTA SPRINGER CORONA HOUSE MORA TATUM CUBA JA
L MOSQUERO TEXICO DES MOINES JEMEZ
MOUNTAIN MOUNTAINAIR VAUGHN DORA JEMEZ
VALLEY PECOS WAGON MOUND DULCE
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IMPACT ON REGULAR EDUCATION LICENSURE WAIVERS

• The Public Education Department cannot issue
  licensure waivers in the core academic subjects
  for regular education teachers except
• TESOL for elementary teachers and other teachers
  endorsed in language arts.
• Teachers in rural school districts qualified in
  one core subject, but teaching others, up to
  three years.

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IMPACT ON REGULAR EDUCATION LICENSURE WAIVERS

• PED is moving from waivers to internship licenses
  for candidates who do not meet requirements for
  K-8, 7-12, and K-12 licenses. PED will issue
  internship licenses to qualifying alternative
  licensure candidates, but not for core subject
  area endorsements.
• Internship licenses require
• A bachelors degree and 30 hours in a content
  area or
• A masters degree and 12 graduate hours in a
  content area or
• A doctorate with degree/graduate work in the
  content area.

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• NEW MEXICO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS MUST DETERMINE
  IF THEIR REGULAR EDUCATION TEACHERS ARE HIGHLY
  QUALIFIED IF THEY FALL INTO SCENARIOS ONE OR
  TWO ABOVE.
• DISTRICTS MUST REPORT THEIR HIGHLY QUALIFIED
  DETERMINATIONS IN SCENARIOS ONE AND TWO TO THE
  PED THROUGH THE LICENSURE DATABASE F7 SCREEN SO
  THAT THE STATE CAN MEET ESTABLISHED NCLB TARGETS
  LEADING UP TO 2006/2007.

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• Use the highly qualified print-out from the PED
  based on 40th, 80th, 120th day ADS data to
  identify regular education teachers who may not
  meet the standards of NCLB.
• Review transcripts looking for credit hours.
• Does the teacher have a test score on file?
• Can the teacher qualify under HOUSSE?
• Enter your findings on Licensure Database.

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DOES THE DISTRICT NEED HELP ON HIGHLY
QUALIFIED?

• Do not call the Professional Licensure Bureau.
• Do not have teachers call or come to the
  Professional Licensure Bureau.
• Send an e-mail with your question to the Educator
  Quality Question and Answer Help Center
  eqqa_at_unm.edu

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SCHOOL DISTRICTS DETERMINE ANNUALLY WHO IS
HIGHLY QUALIFIED