Preparing Program Completers for Meeting NCLB (HiQ) Requirements

1. Preparing Program Completers for Meeting NCLB (HiQ) Requirements No Child Left Behind December 2, 2009

3. PSC Title II-A Team David M. Hill, Ph.D. Division Director Educator Preparation david.hill@gapsc.com Anne Marie Fenton Program Director, Title II-A Educator Preparation annemarie.fenton@gapsc.com Pam Daniels Title II-A Consultant danielsph@bellsouth.net Northeast GA RESA Pioneer RESA Oconee RESA Dr. Angelia Davis Title II-A Consultant angiebdavis.@bellsouth.net Southwest GA RESA Chattahoochee Flint RESA (Southern Systems) Gerri Heard Title II-A Consultant gerri.heard@gapsc.com METRO RESA Dr. Leslie Morrison Title II-A Consultant morrisondrl@bellsouth.net Coastal Plains RESA Heart of Georgia RESA Okefenokee RESA Elizabeth Zipperer Title II-A Consultant ezipperer@planters.net First District RESA CSRA RESA Skipper Stewart Title II-A Consultant fstewart@bellsouth.net West GA RESA, Griffin RESA, Middle GA RESA, North GA RESA Northwest GA RESA Chattahoochee Flint RESA (Northern Systems)

4. Title II, Part A: Recruitment, Induction, and Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals No Child Left Behind • Title II, Part A Focus: • Recruit, train, and retain highly qualified • teachers, paraprofessionals, and principals • Offer high quality professional learning opportunities

5. Title II, Part A: Recruitment, Induction, and Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals No Child Left Behind • 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.

6. No Child Left Behind 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. Title II, Part A: Recruitment, Induction, and Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals

7. 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"

8. No Child Left Behind • 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 teachcore 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

9. No Child Left Behind • “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)

10. No Child Left Behind • “Highly Qualified” New Teachers from Alternative/Non-Traditional Programs or Non-Renewable 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

11. “Highly Qualified” Teachers Bachelor’s Degree Valid PSC Certificate and 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)

12. 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.”

13. 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

14. No Child Left Behind • 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)

15. Title II, Part A No Child Left Behind Resources

16. No Child Left Behind 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

17. Web Site: www.gapsc.com/nclb/home.html Title II-A Resources TABS Scrolling Message Center Helpful Links

18. Contact Information How Can We Assist You? Anne Marie Fenton Program Director, Assessment 404-232-2654 annemarie.fenton@gapsc.com