FACT SHEET ON HIGHLY
QUALIFIED OPTIONS
FOR
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
(NCLB) ACT
NCLB Highly Qualified Requirements:
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All “core academic”
teachers must be “highly qualified” by the end of school year 2005-2006.
Teachers of core
academic subjects newly hired after the first day of school in the 2002-03
school year to teach in a program supported by Title I funds (school-wide
or targeted assistance), must meet the requirements upon employment.
All other
teachers of core academic subjects (new hires in non-Title I
schools/programs and all existing teachers), must meet the requirements by
the end of the 2005-06 school year.
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“NCLB Core academic”
subject areas include English, reading or language arts, mathematics, science,
foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, and
geography.
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A “highly qualified”
teacher must meet all three of the following conditions:
Bachelor’s
Degree; and
Teacher’s
License (no requirements waived); and
Demonstrate
competency for grade/subject area(s) being taught.
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Elementary (K-6)
Subject
knowledge in reading, writing, math, and other areas of basic elementary
curriculum.
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Middle (7-8) and High
School (9-12)
Content
knowledge in each core academic subject assigned to teach.
Options for Meeting NCLB Highly Qualified
Requirements:
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The Tennessee-defined
teacher quality requirements are outlined in detail in the
o Academic Major: The major must be in the
academic content area.
o Coursework Equivalent: Twenty-four
(24) semester hours in the academic content area (excluding methodology
courses).
o Graduate Degree: The graduate degree must be in
the academic content area.
o National Board Certification (NBC): NBC must be
at the grade level being taught (K-6) or in the academic content area (7-12).
o Test: The applicable NTE or Praxis tests are listed
in Appendix A of the State Plan.
o Framework for Evaluation & Professional Growth: Revised
classroom observation component under development.
o Teacher Effect Data: The teacher vs
state gain comparison level must be Not
Detectably Different (NDD) from the mean or Above
the mean for the state.
o Professional Matrix: Teachers must accumulate 100
points on the Matrix to achieve highly qualified status.
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Only one option is
necessary to achieve the federal highly qualified status. The following chart shows the options
available to
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Options |
Elementary (K-6) |
Middle or HS (7-12) |
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General Options: |
New |
Existing |
New |
Existing |
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Academic Major |
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Coursework Equivalent of Major |
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√ |
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Graduate Degree |
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√ |
√ |
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National Board Certification (NBC) |
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√ |
√ |
√ |
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Test |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
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HOUSSE Options: |
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Framework for Evaluation & |
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Professional Growth* |
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Teacher Effect Data |
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Professional Matrix |
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HOUSSE Option: Highly Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE)—additional options
available only for existing teachers.
*Option
currently under development.
Source:
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Tennessee State Department of
Education, No Child Left Behind Resources
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U.S. Department of Education No Child
Left Behind Resources