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STATE CERTIFICATION NCLB HIGHLY QUALIFIED. Made Easy. STATE CERTIFICATION. R7-2-606.B
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STATE CERTIFICATIONNCLB HIGHLY QUALIFIED Made Easy Amator 3/13/06b
STATE CERTIFICATION R7-2-606.B “The subject knowledge portion of the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Assessment shall assess proficiency as described in R7-2-602.H as a requirement for certification of elementary and secondary teachers and in R7-2-602.H and R7-2-602.J as a requirement for certification of special education teachers.” Amator 3/13/06b
STATE CERTIFICATION R7-2-607.J “Teachers in grades 7 through 12 whose primary assignment is in an academic subject required pursuant to R7-2-302 shall demonstrate proficiency by passing the appropriate subject area portion of the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Assessment. The subject areas of demonstrated proficiency shall be specified on the certificate. If a proficiency assessment is not offered in a subject area, an approved area shall consist of a minimum of 24 semester hours of courses in the subject.” Amator 3/13/06b
CURRENT AEPA SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE TESTS Art Biology Business Chemistry Economics Elementary Education English French Geography German Health History Library/Ed. Media Mathematics M. S. Mathematics* Music Physics Poly Sci/Government Social Studies** Spanish SpEd/Cross-Category SpEd/Early Childhood SpEd/ED SpEd/Hearing Impaired SpEd/LD SpEd/MR SpEd/OI/Other Health SpEd/Severe-Profound Sp/Ed VI *available April 8, 2006 **this test will make a teacher appropriately certified in all core academic social studies classes. It will not make a teacher NCLB highly qualified. NOTE: Middle School Social Studies, Language Arts, and General Science will be available in April, 2007 Amator 3/13/06b
FEDERAL NCLB HIGHLY QUALIFIED HIGHLY QUALIFIED: • Hold a bachelor’s degree, AND • Hold a valid Arizona state certificate—intern, provisional, or standard (charter school teachers are exempt from this requirement)—Special Education teachers must be appropriately certified for the Special Education area in which they teach, AND Amator 3/13/06b
HIGHLY QUALIFIEDcontinued • Passed the AEPA Subject Knowledge Test (AEPA Social Studies exam excluded), OR • Hold an advanced degree in the core academic subject area, OR • Hold National Board Certification in the core academic subject area, OR • Have at least 24 credit hours in the core academic subject area, OR • Earned a minimum of 100 points on the AZ HOUSSE rubric for this core academic subject—all teaching, coursework, and professional development must be in the core academic subject area. Amator 3/13/06b
OUT-OF-FIELD TEACHING: The term ‘out-of-field teacher' means a teacher who is teaching an academic subject or a grade level for which the teacher is not highly qualified.” CORE ACADEMIC SUBJECTS: Elementary content, English, reading/ language arts, math, science (including biology, chemistry, earth science, general science, and physics), foreign languages, civics/government, economics, visual arts, music, history, and geography. Amator 3/13/06b
NOTE: Special Education teachers who are teacher of record in a core academic area must be highly qualified for that subject area. If their students are assessed by non-standard AIMS, they must be highly qualified in “Elementary Content Area” Amator 3/13/06b
SCENARIO Teacher A: • Holds a secondary certificate with social studies as an approved area • Has 24 semester hours of history on transcript • Is highly qualified by the HOUSSE rubric for government • Is teaching 2 sections of history, 2 sections of government, and 1 section of economics Amator 3/13/06b
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SCENARIO Teacher B: • Holds an elementary certificate with the approved area of elementary content area • Is highly qualified by the HOUSSE for mathematics • Is teaching middle school math as their primary assignment Amator 3/13/06b
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SCENARIO Teacher C: • Holds a secondary certificate with mathematics as an approved area • Is highly qualified in mathematics, but not in science • Teaches 3 sections of mathematics and 1 section of general science in middle school Amator 3/13/06b
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Questions? Contact Information: Jan Amator Deputy Associate Superintendent-HQP 602-364-2294 Jan Pentek Director of Certification 602-542-3132 Patty Hardy, Director of Highly Qualified Educators and Advanced Certification 602-542-3626 Vicki Walters Ed. Specialist for Title IIA 602-364-3552 Amator 3/13/06b