Implementation of NCLB

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Implementation of NCLBs Highly Qualified
Teacher Requirements

• Chicopee Public Schools
• August 2008

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State vs. Federal Requirements

• STATE licensure educators must hold the
  appropriate license for the area they are
  teaching.
• Teachers need to be appropriately licensed in
  order to be legally employable. Teachers can
  teach out-of-field for up to 20 of their time
  without their employment being affected.
• STATE renewal (Recertification) educators with a
  Professional (Standard) license need to renew
  their license every 5 years through an individual
  professional development plan.
• FEDERAL NCLB requires all teachers of the core
  academic subjects to be highly qualified by the
  end of the 2006-2007 school year. Title I
  teachers hired after January 2002 need to be
  highly qualified upon being hired.

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Types of Licenses

• Which type are you?

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You May Be Here

• Temporary License
• Valid for 1 calendar year
• For experienced teachers from another state
• Requires
• 3 Years teaching under Valid Out-of-State License
  
• Possession of a valid educator license/certificate
  from another state/jurisdiction that is
  comparable to at least an Initial license in
  Massachusetts
• Met the terms of our interstate agreements

• Preliminary License
• Valid for 5 years of employment
• For people who have not completed Approved
  Educator Preparation Program
• Requires
• A Bachelor's Degree
• Passing Score(s) on MTEL
• Additional Coursework for Some Licenses

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Or, You Be Here

• Initial License 
• Valid for 5 years of employment
• (May be extended one time for 5 additional years
  of employment)
• Requires
• A Bachelor's Degree
• Passing score(s) on MTEL
• Completion of a Educator Preparation Program

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Routes to Initial License
Route 1 UNDERGRADUATE/ BACCALAUREATE
ROUTES 2 - 5 ARE ALL POST-BACCALAUREATE
Route 2 HIGHER EDUCATION
OR
Route 3 DISTRICT APPRENTICE OR TEACHER OF RECORD
Route 4 PRPIL Performance Review Program for
Initial License
Route 5 OUT-OF-STATE
In a state with which MA has interstate
agreement MA Department of
Education 4/06
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Then Again, You May Be Here

• Professional License 
• Valid for 5 calendar years
• Requires
• 3 Years of Employment Under an Initial License
• Completion of a Teacher Induction Program
• One of the Options for the Professional License

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Options for the Professional License

3 Years of Employment under Initial License
50 Additional Hours of Mentoring Beyond Induction
Year
Initial License Valid for 5 Years of Employment
Mentor Induction Program In Year One of
Employment
Requirements for All Options in 7.04 (2)(c)5.

One of the Following
a. APPROVED DISTRICT PROGRAM
Approved Program for the Professional License1
1At least 50 contact hours of content-based
seminars
2Usually, but not necessarily, a masters
degree in education half the credits are in
arts/sciences or professional schools other
than education and are appropriate to the field
of the license
i.
Approved Program for the Professional License2
b. MASTERS OR HIGHER LEVEL PROGRAM
?
ii.
Masters Degree in Discipline or Other Advanced
Graduate Program3
3Other than in education, in an accredited
college or university
License Renewal Every 5 Years, based on
Professional Development
Professional License (Valid for 5 Years)
i.
4At least nine credits in the academic
discipline appropriate to the instructional
field of the license
Approved 12-Credit Program for the Professional
License4
c. FOR THOSE WHO ALREADY HOLD AT LEAST A
MASTERS DEGREE IN ANY FIELD
ii.
12 Graduate Level Credits in the Academic
Discipline5
5These may include credits earned prior to
application for the license
d. MASTER TEACHER STATUS
National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards6
6And others accepted by the Commissioner
e. STATE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM
State Performance Assessment Program7
7When available
MA Department of Education 4/06
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Lastly, You May Be Here

• Relicensure 
• Continuing Professional Development required to
  renew Professional licenses every 5 calendar
  years

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ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL LICENSE

• Primary Area A minimum of 150 PDPs. Of the 150,
  a minimum of 120 points must be in
  content/pedagogy of the Primary Area. Of these
  120, a minimum of 90 points must be in content
  30 may be in pedagogy. The remaining 30 points
  from the 150 may be in any educational elective.
• Each Additional Area (Field or Grade level) A
  minimum of 30 PDPs must be in content. To renew
  an Additional Area that is in an Invalid status
  requires 150 PDPs.
• Chapter 71 Renewal Guidelines www.doe.mass.edu/re
  cert

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VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL PROFESSIONAL LICENSE

• Primary Area (Teachers) A minimum of 150 PDPs.
  10 points must be in subject matter, knowledge
  and skills 10 points must be in pedagogy 10
  points must be in academic and technical
  curriculum integration and 10 points must be in
  safety and health. Current state and/or national
  license, if required, for the particular teacher
  license.
• Primary Area (Administrators) A minimum of 150
  PDPs in the following areas supervision school
  law school finance labor relations safety and
  health curriculum labor laws.
• Each Additional Area (Teachers) 30 PDPs in any
  of the four areas (subject matter, knowledge and
  skills pedagogy academic and technical
  curriculum integration and safety and health).
  Current state and/or national license, if
  required, for the particular teacher license.
• Each Additional Area (Administrators) 30 PDPs in
  any of the following areas specific to your
  license supervision, school law, school finance,
  labor relations, safety health curriculum,
  labor laws.

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Responsibility for HQ

• NCLB requires the highly qualified designation to
  be made at the school/district level and not at
  the state level.
• Principals should attest in writing to the HQ
  status of the teachers within their schools.
• School district central administration and school
  principals should work together to
• Inform teachers of the requirements.
• Make the highly qualified determination for their
  teachers.
• Inform teachers of their current status with
  regard to HQ and help those that still need to
  meet the requirements.
• Assist teachers in understanding the differences
  between the federal HQ requirements and the state
  licensure requirements.

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Who Must Meet the HQ Requirements?

• The highly qualified teacher requirements apply
  to all core academic teachers employed by the
  school district, regardless of funding source.
• Core academic subjects
• English, reading or language arts, mathematics,
  science, foreign languages, civics and
  government, economics, arts, history, geography.

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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
• 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)
• Demonstrate Subject Matter Competency in each of
  the core academic subjects that the teacher is
  teaching.

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Options for Demonstrating Subject Matter
Competency

• NCLB legislation outlines options for
  demonstrating subject matter competency.
• Elementary School Teachers
• Passing the MTEL Elementary Subject Matter Test
  OR
• Completion of the Massachusetts HOUSSE (an
  approved Individual Professional Development Plan
  aligned with HOUSSE requirements). Only
  available to educators licensed in SPED and ELL

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Options for Demonstrating Subject Matter
Competency

• Middle and Secondary School Teachers
• Passing the MTEL appropriate Subject Matter
  Test
• Completion of an appropriate academic major,
  graduate degree, or coursework equivalent to an
  undergraduate academic major
• Advanced certification or credentialing OR
• Completion of the Massachusetts HOUSSE (an
  approved Individual Professional Development Plan
  aligned with HOUSSE requirements). Only
  available to educators licensed SPED ELL

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HOUSSE

• 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.
• In MA, HOUSSE allows educators to obtain PDPs for
  purposes of meeting the NCLB highly qualified
  subject matter competency requirements. Only for
  teachers holding SPED and/or ELL Licensure

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HOUSSE Requirements For ELL SPED Teachers

• HOUSSE must contain 120 PDPs in total.
• 80 of 120 PDPs (96 PDPs) must focus on the
  content or pedagogy related to the core academic
  subject(s) that the teacher teaches.
• Implicit expectation is that the content PDPs
  (96) will be completed by the end of June 2007.

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Modifications to the MA HOUSSE FYI SPED ELL
Teachers Only

• Effective July 1, 2007, HOUSSE will be
  completely phased out for all teachers except the
  specific population of teachers in the shortage
  areas of English Language Learners and Special
  Education teachers. The HOUSSE option will
  enable teachers from these categories to meet the
  HQT subject matter competency requirements so
  long as they are highly qualified in language
  arts, mathematics, or science at the time of
  hire.

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Parent Notification District Responsibility

• 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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Parent Notification School Responsibility

• Schools that receive Title I funding shall
  provide each individual parent timely notice that
  the parents child has been assigned, or has been
  taught for four or more consecutive weeks, by a
  teacher who is not highly qualified.

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Additional Policy Guidance

• NCLB
• http//www.doe.mass.edu/nclb/hq

• DESE
• HQTHelp_at_doe.mass.edu

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Contact Information

• Chicopee Public Schools
• Jill Chapdelaine
• Assistant for Curriculum and Instructional
  Support
• jchapdelaine_at_chicopee.mec.edu
• 413-594-3458