"Highly Qualified Teacher"—NCLB
One of the key goals of the federal legislation is that all students be taught by
"highly qualified teachers" by the end of the 2005-06 school year. Each state was
required to develop a statewide plan for achieving this goal; in September, the
California State Board of Education approved its plan for certifying teachers as
“highly qualified” under the act. Now, each local district must develop a plan to
ensure that all elementary, middle, and high school teachers who are assigned to teach
core academic subjects meet the NCLB requirements to ensure they are highly qualified.
In compliance with the federal law and state board directives, the California Commission
on Teacher Credentialing has issued an advisory on new regulations for credential
requirements. See links below.
The U.S. Department of Education has indicated that Title II, Part A, funds may be
used to pay the costs associated with having teachers . . . attend one-day or short-term
workshops or conferences if they are part of, and integral to, professional development
activities that meet the other requirements of the law, and if the participation in such
a professional development activity is used to reinforce or lay the groundwork as part
of a larger, systemic, professional development plan.
Teachers may meet HQT requirments by attending the CSTA California
Science Education Conference. See
http://www.cascience.org/csta/conf_home.asp for more information.
For complete information, visit the CDE website: http://www.cde.ca.gov/nclb/sr/tq/.
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