NCLB Updates

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NCLBUpdates

• Cory Green, Senior Director
• Division of NCLB Program Coordination
• TEA

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Agenda

• Update on NCLB Division
• Implementing NCLB
• 2004-05 Funding
• 2004-05 Automated Consolidated SAS
• AYP Update
• Miscellaneous Updates
• Break

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Agenda

• Changes to Paraprofessional Guidance
• Highly Qualified
• HOUSE Flexibility
• Special Education
• DAEP / AEP
• Report for 2004-05
• Questions

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Division of NCLB Program Coordination

• Statewide program administration and
  implementation of all NCLB programs, except
• Title I, Part BReading First, Early Reading
  First, Even Start
• Title IV, Part B21st CCLC
• Office of Standards and Programs, Dr. Susan
  Barnes, Associate Commissioner
• Department of Standards and Alignment, Dr.
  Sharon Jackson, Deputy Associate Commissioner

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Standards and Alignment
Standards and Alignment
Curriculum
Student Assessment
Textbooks
NCLB Program Coordination
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Division of Formula Funding

• Ellsworth Schave, Senior Director
• 512-463-8525
• Funding
• NOGAs
• Expenditures

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Implementing NCLB

• USDE Flexibility
• New Face
• Dr. Raymond Simon, Assistant Secretary OESE
• Put a face on NCLB

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Put a face on NCLB

• all student groups proficient by 2013-2014

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2004-05 Preliminary Funding

• Planning Amounts posted to web on April 1st.
• Best information available.
• Updated annual Census data.
• Maximum entitlements may change, significantly in
  some cases.

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Title I, Part A
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• 8.3 expected increase.
• Not everyone will see an increase.
• Decrease in Basic formula
• Level funding in Concentration formula
• Increase in Target formula
• Increase in Incentive formula
• New LEAs ineligible due to new Census data.

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Title I, Part D
15

• Subpart 1State Agencies
• 1.6 decrease
• Subpart 2Local Agencies
• Applicable increase related to Title I, Part A

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Migrant
15

• 0.6 decrease
• Planning amounts calculated for all LEAs with
  identified Migrant students.

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Title II, Part A
15

• 0.8 increase

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Title II, Part D
15

• 5.6 increase

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Title III
15

• 14.3 increase
• LEP allotment increases.
• Immigrant allotment increases, but fewer LEAs are
  eligible in 2004-05.

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Title IV, Part A
15

• 5.8 decrease

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Title V, Part A
15

• 20.6 decrease

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Title VI, Part B
15

• SRSAP and RLISP
• Level funded

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Other Program Areas
15

• Reading First
• 6.2 increase
• Even Start
• 2.2 increase

• CSR
• 4.2 CSR
• 1.9 FIE
• 21st CCLC
• 86.9 increase

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• SAS-NCLB-AA05
• Consolidated Application for NCLB Federal Funding
• Title I, Part A Title I, Part D, Subpart 2
• Migrant Title II, Part A Title II, Part D
• Title III Title IV, Part A Title V, Part A
• Transferability and REAP-Flex

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SAS-NCLB-AA05 Timeline

• ADC form available to fiscal agentsMarch 25-30
• ADC available to all LEAsMarch 31
• Target date for web launchMay 15
• Submission DeadlineSeptember 1
• NOTE All fund sources must be included in
  original submission.
• Traininglate May and early June

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SAS-NCLB-AA05 TEA SE
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• TEA SE
• TEA Secure EnvironmentSecurity authorization
  needed for all LEA staff with SAS
  responsibilities
• LEA decision
• Email GrantsTEA-SE_at_tea.state.tx.us
• FAX [phone]

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SAS-NCLB-AA05 TEA SE
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• Complete TEA SE access form on line, print, have
  signed, and fax to TEA.
• Current TEA SE users must have eGrants
  authorization added.

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SAS-NCLB-AA05 ADC Form
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• Application Designation and Certification Form
• Required before LEA can access the application
  forms
• Binding for the project year
• Email formulafunds_at_tea.state.tx.us
• Phone [phone]

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SAS-NCLB-AA05 ADC Form
16

• For PowerPoint presentation or QA document on
  the ADC form, email
• nclb_at_tea.state.tx.us

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SAS-NCLB-AA05 Training

• ESC staff receive training in May prior to
  eGrants launch date
• TEA training for LEAs
• Austin
• Late May and early June
• Overview of changes
• Paper and PowerPoint not on-line

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SAS-NCLB-AA05 Training

• ESCs may offer training
• TETNs with TEA staff
• Every Friday morning in June
• 9001030am
• Can continue in July and August if necessary

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AYP Update

• April 1 Proposal
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/ayp
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/ayp/usdeprop1.pdf

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Letters to the Administrator
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• Not all letters mailed
• TAA list serve
• NCLB list serve for NCLB

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Sign up for a list serve
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List serve options available
NCLB
TAA
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Ed-Flex Waiver Application
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• Individual Ed-Flex Programmatic Waiver
• SY 2004-05
• Due Dates
• May 15, 2004, for a July 1, 2004, start date
• Committee Review on June 8th
• August 15, 2004, for an October 1, 2004, start
  date
• Committee Review on September 14th

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TEA Email Name Change

• Effective May 1st
• firstname.lastname _at_ tea.state.tx.us
• Old address (first initial last name max 8
  characters) will work for about a year before
  being phased out.

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Highly Qualified Survey 2002-03

• Voluntary
• 6,373 campuses reported
• 201,120 teachers reported
• 661,479 classes reported

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Preliminary DataHighly Qualified Survey 2002-03

• 93.2 of CASA teachers HQ in all assignments
• 68.9 ExCET or TExES
• 7.4 College major (secondary)
• 13.8 Elementary HOUSE A
• 2.6 Elementary HOUSE B
• 7.3 Secondary HOUSE
• 91.1 CAS classes taught by HQ teacher

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Paraprofessional Guidance
2

• Updated USDE Guidance
• March 1, 2004 replaces November 15, 2002
• Changes to USDE guidance document

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Title I, Part A Paraprofessionals with
Instructional Duties in Core Academic Subject
Areas
Campus Receives Title I, Part A funds?
No
QualificationsNot Applicable
Yes
Targeted Assistance or Schoolwide Campus?
Targeted Assistance campus ONLY a
paraprofessional withinstructional duties in
core academic subject areas whose salary is paid
with Title I, Part A funds.
Schoolwide campus ALLparaprofessionals with
instructional duties in core academic subject
areas without regard to the source of funding of
the position.
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Paraprofessionals hired after January 8, 2002,
must meet ONE of these three criteria when hired
Paraprofessionals hired on or before January 8,
2002, must meet ONE of these three criteria by
January 8, 2006
Option 1 Two yearsof study at an institution
of higher education.
Option 2 An associates(or higher) degree.
Option 3 A rigorous standard of quality and can
demonstrate through a formal academic assessment,
knowledge of, and the ability to assist in
instruction, reading (or reading readiness),
writing (or writing readiness), and mathematics
(or mathematics readiness), as appropriate.
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Paraprofessional Guidance
2

• B-15 An LEA has discretion to define its
  policies for distinguishing new and existing
  paraprofessionals in the case of
  paraprofessionals hired before January 8, 2002,
  but laid off and subsequently rehired after
  January 8, 2002.

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Paraprofessional Guidance
2

• B-16 An LEA may, at its discretion, determine
  that a paraprofessional meets the Title I
  qualification requirements if the individual was
  previously determined to meet these requirements
  when employed by another LEA.

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Paraprofessional Guidance
2

• B-19 In general, the requirements do not apply
  to individuals working in 21st Century Community
  Learning Center Programs. However, the
  requirements would apply to paraprofessionals
  paid with Title I, Part A funds in a 21st Century
  afterschool program funded jointly with Title I
  funds in a targeted assistance school, and to
  paraprofessionals working in a 21st Century
  afterschool program that is part of a Title I
  schoolwide program. The requirements do not apply
  to staff of 21st Century programs who are not
  employees of the LEA.

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Paraprofessional Guidance
2

• B-20 In general, the requirements do not apply
  to paraprofessionals working in a Head Start
  program. However, the requirements would apply to
  paraprofessionals working in a Head Start program
  that is jointly funded with Title I, Part A,
  funds and the paraprofessional is paid with Title
  I funds for example, a program where Title I
  funds the instructional component and Head Start
  funds the remainder of the program activities.
  The requirements would also apply when a Head
  Start program is part of a Title I schoolwide
  program.

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Paraprofessional Guidance
2

• B-22 Two years of study means the equivalent
  of two years of full-time study, as defined by
  the institution of higher education (IHE).
• Subject to COP recommendation.

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Paraprofessional Guidance
2

• B-25 A State or LEA, as appropriate, may count
  CECs toward the requirement that a
  paraprofessional complete at least two years of
  study at an institution of higher education if
  the CECs are part of an overall training and
  development program plan and an institution of
  higher education accepts or translates them to
  course credits.

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Paraprofessional Guidance
2

• C-5 May Title I funds be used to pay for the
  paraprofessional assessment?
• Yes.

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Paraprofessional Guidance
2

• D-1 A paraprofessional works under the direct
  supervision of a teacher if
• (1) the teacher prepares the lessons and plans
  the instructional support activities the
  paraprofessional carries out, and evaluates the
  achievement of the students with whom the
  paraprofessional is working, and
• (2) the paraprofessional works in close and
  frequent proximity with the teacher.

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Paraprofessional Guidance
2

• D-1 Examples of improper supervision
• A program where a paraprofessional provides
  instructional support and a teacher visits a site
  once or twice a week but otherwise is not in the
  classroom.
• A paraprofessional works with a group of students
  in another location while the teacher provides
  instruction to the rest of the class.

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Paraprofessional Guidance
2

• D-2 Paraprofessionals hired by a third-party
  contractor to work in a Title I program must work
  under the direct supervision of a teacher. That
  teacher does not have to meet the teacher
  qualification requirements if he/she is also
  employed by the third party connection.

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Highly Qualified

• A teacher meets NCLB definition if the teacher
  has
• Full State Certification, and a
• Bachelors Degree (or higher), and has
• Demonstrated Competency

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Who? When?

• End of SY 2005-2006All teachers in core
  academic subject areas
• When HiredTitle I, Part A Teachers
• Schoolwide Campus All teachers in core academic
  subject areas
• Targeted Assistance Campus All teachers whose
  salary is paid in whole or in part with Title I,
  Part A funds

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Core Academic Subject Areas

• English
• Reading/Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Science
• Foreign Languages

• Civics and Government
• Economics
• History
• Geography
• Arts

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NCLB Highly Qualified vs.State Certification
Structure

• The NCLB definition of highly qualified does
  not completely align to the current state
  certification structure and assignment rules.
• Teachers who are allowed to teach certain courses
  under state certification and assignment rules
  may not meet the definition of highly
  qualified.
• Teachers who do meet the definition of highly
  qualified may require a permit under the current
  state certification structure.

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NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher(Core Academic
Subject Areas)
All core academic subject teachers must be HQ by
end of SY 2005-2006.
Title I, Part A teachers must be HQ when hired.
Bachelors Degree
Full State Certification
Demonstrates Subject Competency
Secondary
Elementary
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Meet High, Objective, Uniform State Standard of
Evaluation
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Secondary
4
Existing
Pass ExCET or TExES
OR

• FOR ACADEMIC SUBJECT TAUGHT
• Academic Major or
• Graduate Degree or
• Coursework (Equivalent to an Undergraduate Major
  in Subject Area Taught)

• FOR ACADEMIC SUBJECT TAUGHT
• Academic Major or
• Graduate Degree or
• Coursework (Equivalent to an Undergraduate Major
  in Subject Area Taught)

OR
High, Objective, Uniform State Standard of
Evaluation
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High, Objective, Uniform State Standard of
Evaluation

• The state has the authority to develop a High,
  Objective, Uniform State Standard of Evaluation
  for existing elementary and secondary teachers.
• HOUSE is defined in Volume 1, Issue 2 of the NCLB
  Bulletin.

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HOUSE A for Elementary
5
Professional development in one of the four
subject areas.

• Competency is demonstrated by meeting all three
  of the following criteria
• At least one creditable year of teaching
  experience.
• A minimum of 24 points derived from experience
  teaching at the elementary level college
  coursework in English/Language Arts, Math,
  Science, and/or Social Studies and/or
  professional development that meets the standards
  for Continuing Professional Education (CPE)
  credit established by SBEC rules.
• Each of the subjects (English/Language Arts,
  Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies) is
  represented in the 24 points, whether through
  experience, college coursework, or professional
  development.

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HOUSE B for Elementary
5

• Competency is demonstrated by meeting both of the
  following criteria
• The teacher has at least one creditable year of
  teaching experience.
• The teacher has college coursework equivalent to
  a college major in the subject to be taught.

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HOUSE for Secondary
6

• Competency is demonstrated by meeting both of the
  following criteria
• At least one creditable year of teaching
  experience in the subject to be taught or in a
  closely related field and
• A minimum of 24 points (at least 6 of which
  represent the subject to be taught) derived from
  experience teaching at the secondary level in the
  subject to be taught or in a closely related
  field college coursework in the subject to be
  taught or in a closely related field and/or
  professional development in the subject to be
  taught or in a closely related field that meets
  the standards for Continuing Professional
  Education (CPE) credit established by SBEC rules.

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Professional Development CPE

• Institutes, workshops, seminars, conferences,
  in-service or staff development
• Interactive distance learning, video
  conferencing, or on-line activities or
  conferences
• Independent study (20 max) including authoring
  a published work

• Development of curriculum or CPE training
  materials
• Teaching or presenting a CPE activity, (10 max)
• Serving as a mentor educator, (30 max) and
• Serving as an assessor under TAC 241.35 relating
  to the Principal Certificate (10 max).

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Closely Related Fields for Secondary HOUSE
6
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HOUSE Flexibility re Assessments
7

• In efforts to provide flexibility to experienced
  teachers, TEA will allow the campus and LEA to
  count other state certification examinations or
  national assessment instruments for teacher
  licensing as professional development points
  toward meeting the Elementary HOUSE A or
  Secondary HOUSE procedures.

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HOUSE Flexibility
7

• The flexibility only exists to allow a teacher to
  count an examination or assessment instrument for
  teacher licensing for points toward professional
  development in the applicable HOUSE procedures
  and in no way relates to a teacher becoming
  certified in Texas.
• The campus/LEA must maintain proper documentation
  in order to implement this flexibility.

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HOUSE Flexibility
7

• Flexibility Options for use within Elementary
  HOUSE A
• For each Elementary examination or assessment
  instrument for teacher licensing taken by an
  elementary teacher, the campus/LEA may count 2
  points toward the 24 point requirement.
• Flexibility Options for use within Secondary
  HOUSE
• For each secondary examination or assessment for
  teacher licensing taken, in the core academic
  subject or closely related field, by a secondary
  teacher, the campus/LEA may count 2 points toward
  the 24 point requirement.

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International Teacher Exchange Programs

• Teachers who come to teach in Texas schools and
  who will be employed for no more than three years
  meet the definition of highly qualified if a
  foreign credential evaluation service verifies
  that

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International Teacher Exchange Programs

• the degree held is at least equivalent to a
  Bachelors degree offered by an American
  institution of higher education
• the teacher holds valid teaching credentials in
  his/her country and
• the teacher demonstrates competency.

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HOUSE Flexibility re International Teacher
Programs
7

• In efforts to provide flexibility to LEAs wishing
  to hire visiting international teachers who
  participate in foreign teacher exchange programs
  officially recognized by the State Board for
  Educator Certification/Texas Education Agency for
  periods not to exceed three years, TEA will allow
  the campus and LEA the following flexibility
  toward meeting the Elementary HOUSE A or
  Secondary HOUSE procedures.

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Elementary HOUSE A Flexibility
7

• Teaching experience may be in the teachers home
  country or Texas or a combination.
• Subject-specific coursework successfully
  completed at the middle-upper secondary level
  or college-preparatory level in English, Language
  Arts, Mathematics, Science, or Social Studies may
  count toward the 24 point requirement.
• College coursework in a foreign language (such
  as English as a Second Language, Spanish
  Language Arts and Literature Spanish as a Second
  Language) or other specialized area in Liberal
  Arts related to Elementary education may count
  toward the 24 point requirement.
• Professional development in the teachers home
  country may count toward the 24 point requirement
  as long as it is core academic subject area
  specific.

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Secondary HOUSE Flexibility
7

• Teaching experience may be in the teachers home
  country or Texas or a combination.
• Subject-specific coursework successfully
  completed at the middle-upper secondary level
  or college-preparatory level in English, Language
  Arts, Mathematics, Science, or Social Studies may
  count toward the 24 point requirement.
• Professional development in the teachers home
  country may count toward the 24 point requirement
  as long as it is core academic subject area
  specific.

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HQ for Special Ed Teachers
10

• Still waiting USDE Guidance.
• IDEA reauthorization could come up in Senate this
  week or end of the month.
• USDE issue guidance after IDEA reauthorization.
• TEA must collect HQ data on Special Ed teachers
  for the end of SY 2003-04.

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HQ for Special Ed Teachers
10

• For reporting on HQ survey in 2003-04
• Teacher of record strategy.
• Supplementary instruction by Special Ed teacher.
• LEA/campus must document teacher of record.

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Elementary DAEPs and AEPs
11

• At the elementary school level, teachers who
  provide instruction in DAEPs or AEPs must meet
  the same highly qualified requirements as all
  elementary school teachers.

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Secondary DAEPs and AEPs
11

• The teacher of record strategy may be implemented
  at secondary DAEP or AEP campuses.
• The teacher of record must meet the definition of
  highly qualified for elementary or secondary,
  as appropriate.
• NOTE This strategy may not meet the new state
  requirements under TEC 37.008(a)(7-8).

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Long-Term Substitutes

• An individual that is hired to substitute for a
  teacher while the teacher is out sick or on leave
  is not considered the teacher of record and is
  not required to meet the requirements of highly
  qualified.

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Long-Term Substitutes

• However, if an individual is hired to substitute
  for a teacher who has not been hired, the
  substitute becomes the teacher of record and must
  meet the requirements of a highly qualified
  teacher.
• Parent notification requirements apply.

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2003-04 HQ Reporting
12

• Required of all campuses.
• Automated in eGrants.
• Changes
• 2primary teaching assignment.
• 4will allow decimals (i.e., 0.5)
• 6-15classes broken out by CASA.

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PERMITS?
Temporary Credentials?
Waivers?
In general permits, waivers, and other temporary
credentials do not meet the federal intent of
highly qualified. However, there are exceptions.
TEA continues to work with USDE to determine any
flexibility available in this area.
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Teachers of Limited-English Proficient (LEP)
Students

• Teachers of limited-English proficient (LEP)
  students must meet the highly qualified
  requirements that apply to elementary teachers or
  secondary teachers, as appropriate, in addition
  to the State-required English as a Second
  Language (ESL) or Bilingual certification.

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Teachers Certified Outside of Texas

• Teachers who are certified in another State meet
  the requirements of highly qualified if they
  have a valid out-of-state teaching certificate, a
  Bachelors degree, can demonstrate subject area
  competency, and hold a valid Texas One-Year
  Certificate.

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Teachers Certified Outside of Texas

• Prior to or during the validity of the one-year
  certificate, the teacher must meet the states
  certification testing requirements otherwise,
  the teacher will not be considered highly
  qualified after the One-Year Certificate has
  expired.

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Alternative Certification Programs

• In order to be considered highly qualified
  during their internship, elementary and secondary
  teachers who are enrolled in an SBEC-approved
  alternative certification program or
  post-baccalaureate program must have a bachelors
  degree and have demonstrated competency before
  being placed in the classroom.

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Implementation

• The LEA should always place the best-qualified
  teacher available in the classroom.
• In addition, each LEA must have a recruitment and
  retention plan that demonstrates that the LEA has
  strategies and a timeline for attracting and
  retaining highly qualified staff, with the
  ultimate goal being that all teachers in the core
  academic subjects will be highly qualified by
  the end of the 2005-2006 school year.

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Implementation

• LEAs are advised to make adjustments to teacher
  assignments and hiring procedures that are
  prudent and manageable for school year 2003-04 in
  order to be in compliance in 2004-05.

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Questions?

• nclb_at_tea.state.tx.us
• www.tea.state.tx.us/nclb/