Orientation Workshop Newly Appointed Title IIA Coordinators Brief Overview

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Orientation WorkshopNewly Appointed Title II-A
CoordinatorsBrief Overview
No Child Left Behind
Gerri Heard, Title II-A Coordinator Orlando
Phillips, Data Specialist
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Section I, Page 3
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PSC Title II-A Team
Dr. David M. Hill Division Director Educator
Preparation david.hill_at_gapsc.com
Pam Daniels Title II-A Consultant danielsph_at_bellso
uth.net Northeast GA RESA Pioneer RESA Oconee RESA
Dr. Angelia Davis Title II-A Consultant angiebdavi
s_at_bellsouth.net Southwest GA RESA Chattahoochee
Flint RESA (Southern Systems)
Gerri Heard Title II-A Consultant gerri.heard_at_gaps
c.com METRO RESA
Dr. Leslie Morrison Title II-A Consultant morrison
drl_at_bellsouth.net Coastal Plains RESA Heart of
Georgia RESA Okefenokee RESA
Elizabeth Zipperer Title II-A Consultant ezipperer
_at_planters.net First District RESA CSRA RESA
Skipper Stewart Title II-A Consultant fstewart_at_bel
lsouth.net West GA RESA, Griffin RESA, Middle GA
RESA, North GA RESA Northwest GA RESA
Chattahoochee Flint RESA (Northern Systems)
Section I, Page 4
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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 and principals
• High quality professional development

Section I, Pages 5-8 and Section II, Page 8
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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 upon 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.

Section I, Page 6 Section II, Page 41 Section
V, Pages 3 and 35
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No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A Recruitment, Induction, and
Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals

• Teacher Quality Goals
• All teachers must be highly qualified.
• Applies to all public K-12 teachers who teach
  core subjects

Section II, Page 11
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Highly Qualified Teachers

• Certified by the PSC

plus
Major/ Concentration in Subject/ Content Area(s)
Veteran Teachers Content Test (GACE or Other
State Certification Test) Or HOUSSE (to
establish content expertise for limited number of
teachers)
New Teachers Content Test (GACE or Other State
Certification Test)
or
plus
Teachers must be assigned to teach in appropriate
subject/content area(s)
Section II and Section III
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No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A Recruitment, Induction, and
Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals

• Highly Qualified Veteran Teachers
• Bachelors Degree
• Professional Teaching Certificate
• Major/Concentration in Subject / Content
  Area(s)
• Passing Test Score in Subject / Content Area(s)
  (GACE) or,
• HOUSSE (100 points for multi-subjects special
  education
• teachers, returning retired teachers, and
  teachers holding
• life certificates)

and
Teachers must be assigned to teach in appropriate
subject/content area(s)
Section II and Section III
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No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A Recruitment, Induction, and
Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals

• Highly Qualified New Teachers
• Bachelors Degree
• PSC Teaching Certificate
• Major/Concentration in Subject / Content
  Area(s)
• Passing Test Score in Subject / Content Area(s)
  (GACE)

and
Teachers must be assigned to teach in appropriate
subject/content area(s)
Section II and Section III
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No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A Recruitment, Induction, and
Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals
HOUSSEHigh Objective Uniform State Standard of
Evaluation

• HOUSSE is designed to assess and document
  competency of eligible veteran teachers only
• Eligible veteran teachers are
• multi-subjects special education teachers,
• returning retired teachers
• teachers holding life certificates
• Requires 100 points (points in at least 3
  categories)

(Veteran teachers have completed a total of 3 or
more full years of successful teaching.)
Section III
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No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A Recruitment, Induction, and
Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals
Two HOUSSE Rubrics HOUSSE Rubric for Regular
Education Teachers to assess teachers as
highly qualified HOUSSE Rubric for Special
Education Teachers to assess teachers as
highly qualified and to add core academic
content concentration areas to certificates. www
.gapsc.com/nclb/admin/files/IIA_HOUSSE.pdf
Section III, Pages 2-3
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No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A Recruitment, Induction, and
Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals
HOUSSE

• The GA Content Rubric has been developed to
  evaluate eligible
• veteran teachers

• Years of Teaching Experience
• College Course/SDUs/PLUs
• School/System/State/Regional or National
  Activities or Service
• Scholarship
• Teacher Effectiveness

Section III
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No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A Recruitment, Induction, and
Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals
HOUSSEHigh Objective Uniform State Standard of
Evaluation

• HOUSSE is limited to eligible veteran teachers
• multi-subjects special education teachers,
• returning retired teachers
• teachers holding life certificates
• Requires 100 points (points in at least 3
  categories)

(Veteran teachers have completed a total of 3 or
more full years of successful teaching.)
Section III
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No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A Recruitment, Induction, and
Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals

• Highly Qualified Goal
• All core academic content teachers highly
  qualified"

Sections I, II, III, and V
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No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A Recruitment, Induction, and
Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals

• Paraprofessional Requirements
• Two years of college, or
• Associates Degree, or
• Formal state or local assessment

Section II, Pages 34-36
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No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A Recruitment, Induction, and
Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals
Paraprofessional Requirements apply
to Paraprofessionals in Title I Schools or
Targeted Assisted Programs working with
instruction, regardless of funding source, must
be highly qualified.
Section II, Pages 34-36
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No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A Recruitment, Induction, and
Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals

• Paraprofessional Requirements do not apply to
• Paraprofessionals whose major duties are to
  serve as a translator
• Paraprofessionals whose duties consist solely
  of conducting parental
• involvement activities
• Paraprofessionals performing non-instructional
  duties such as
• assisting with mobility and bodily functions
• Individuals who are hired as aides

Section II, Pages 34-36
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No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A Recruitment, Induction, and
Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals

• Equity Goals
• Ensure that poor and minority children are not
  taught by inexperienced, unqualified, or
  mis-assigned teachers at higher rates than are
  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.

Section VI, Pages 8-13
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No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A Recruitment, Induction, and
Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals

• Section 2141
• LEAs must meet annual goals. Failure to meet
  goals for two
• consecutive years will result in the
  development of a comprehensive
• improvement plan.
• GAPSC is required to provide LEAs with
  technical assistance.
• If after three consecutive years LEAs cannot
  increase the
• percentage of highly qualified teachers and
  meet Adequate Yearly
• Performance (AYP), the state must enter into
  an agreement on the
• use of Title II-A funds.

Section V, Pages 22-34
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No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A Recruitment, Induction, and
Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals

• Parent Notification (regarding highly qualified
  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.

Section II, Pages 8-9 and Section V, Pages 44-49
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No Child Left Behind
Title II, Part A Recruitment, Induction, and
Retention of High Quality Teachers and Principals

• Parents Right to Know
• Paraprofessionals
• Is the paraprofessional certified?
• Is the paraprofessional highly qualified?
• How many years experience does the
  paraprofessional have in education
• and related fields?
• Section 1111 (h)(6)

Section II, Pages 8-9
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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/nclb/home. html.
Section II
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• Section 4
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• Section 5
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• Secondary Teachers
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