Implementation of NCLB

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Implementation of NCLBs Highly Qualified
Teacher RequirementsSecondary

• Presented by
• Kate Fenton
• September 2004

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Highly Qualified Teachers

• NCLB requires that all school districts must
  ensure that all students are taught by Highly
  Qualified teachers in the core academic subjects
  by the end of the 2005-2006 school year.
• The Highly Qualified teacher requirements apply
  to all core academic teachers employed by the
  school district, regardless of funding source.

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Core Academic Subjects

• English, Reading or Language Arts, Mathematics,
  Science, Foreign Languages, Civics and
  Government, Economics, the Arts, History, and
  Geography

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Demonstration of Subject Matter Competency

• A teacher must demonstrate Subject Matter
  Competency in each of the core academic subjects
  that the teacher is teaching.

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Highly Qualified Requirements

• In order to be considered Highly Qualified,
  teachers of the core academic subjects must
• possess a Bachelors Degree, and
• possess a Massachusetts teaching license.
• License can be at the Preliminary, Initial, or
  Professional level (Equivalent to Provisional,
  Provisional w/ Advanced Standing, and Standard
  certificates)

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Highly Qualified Status of Teachers

• All teachers that currently hold Highly Qualified
  status must fully document subject matter
  competency by 2006 to maintain their status.

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Options for Demonstrating Subject Matter
Competency

• Option 1
• Passing the MTEL Subject Matter Test
• Option 2
• Completion of an appropriate academic major,
  graduate degree, or coursework equivalent to an
  undergraduate academic major
• Option 3
• Completion of the Massachusetts HOUSSE (an
  approved Individual Professional Development Plan
  aligned with HOUSSE requirements)

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Highly Qualified Status

• Having a Bachelors or Masters Degree in the
  area in which you are teaching demonstrates
  Subject Matter Competency.

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Two Categories of Teachers

• Generalist
• Non-Generalist

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Generalist Teacher

• Generalist teachers licensed in a specific area,
  but are teaching more than one core academic
  subject (Elementary, Middle School Generalist,
  K-8 Generalist, ELL, Special Education
  Teachers).

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Non-Generalist Teachers

• Non-generalist teachers
• teachers who are licensed to teach a core
  academic subject or subjects and who are teaching
  those subjects.

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High Objective Uniform State Standard of
Evaluation

• NCLB allows States to define a High Objective
  Uniform State Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE) to
  provide educators with an additional option to
  demonstrate subject matter competency.

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HOUSSE LOG

• To meet HOUSSE requirements teachers must
• create a supplemental log that documents how
  they are meeting their HOUSSE requirements.
• Log will allow teachers to draw PDPs from
  multiple rounds of license renewal dating back to
  1999 through the end of 2006 to meet HOUSSE
  requirements.

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HOUSSE Requirements

• IPDPs must contain 120 PDPs in total.
• HOUSSE Log requires documentation of 80 of the
  120 PDPs (96 PDPs) which must focus on the
  content or pedagogy related to the core academic
  subject(s) that the teacher teaches.

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HOUSSE

• A teacher at any level of license renewal can use
  the HOUSSE IPDP to meet the Highly Qualified
  requirements.

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Out-of-Field Teaching

• Massachusetts allows teachers to teach
  out-of-field for up to 20 of their time.
• NCLB requires a teacher to demonstrate a high
  level of competency in each of the core
  academic subjects in which he or she teaches.
• A teacher who is teaching out-of-field will not
  be considered Highly Qualified in the
  out-of-field subject area until he/she has
  demonstrated subject matter competency in that
  area.

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Scenario

• An Art, Music Foreign Language, or Science
  teacher who is teaching a core academic subject
  for 20 of the day must be Highly Qualified in
  that core academic subject.

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Demonstration of Subject Matter Competency
Teaching Out-of- Field

• A teacher who is teaching a core academic subject
  20 Out-of-Field must document on the HOUSSE Log
  30 PDPs in that area by 2006 to be considered
  Highly Qualified.

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For Your Information
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Are License Renewal and Highly Qualified the same?

• No
• Completion of the 2004 license renewal
  requirements do not mean you are Highly
  Qualified.

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Self-Contained Classrooms

• If you are the primary teacher in a Special
  Education self contained class, you must be
  Highly Qualified in each subject area you teach.

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Generalist Teachers Teaching ELL Students

• If you are a generalist teacher having ELL
  students in your class and you are the primary
  instructor, you must hold an ESL, ELL, TBE, or
  ESOL license as well as demonstrate subject
  matter competency in the areas you teach.

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• Inclusion Models
• If you are a special education teacher and are in
  an inclusion model, you must have a SPED license,
  but you do not have to be designated as Highly
  Qualified in that content area.
• If you are a generalist teacher in a Bilingual or
  ELL inclusion model, you do not have to hold a
  license in ELL, TBE or ESOL, but you must be
  Highly Qualified in all subject areas you teach

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Parent Notification

• Districts that receive Title I, Part A funds are
  required to notify the parents of students
  attending any school that receives funds under
  Title I, Part A that a parent may request, and
  the district will provide the parent on request,
  information regarding the professional
  qualifications of the students classroom
  teacher(s).

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For More Information

• This Power Point presentation will be available
  on the SPS Intranet.
• A Frequently Asked Questions document will also
  be available on the SPS Intranet.
• The Professional Development Department and the
  Human Resources Department are available to
  answer your questions.