Highly Qualified Teacher Overview

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Highly Qualified Teacher Overview

• New Hampshire Department of Education
• June 2006

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Who needs to meet HQT?

• All public school teachers in grades K-12 who
  provide direct instruction in core content
  subjects including special education teachers and
  English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
  teachers
• direct instruction means directly teaching the
  content of the course (the curriculum)
  
  

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Who else may become HQT in NH?

• New Hampshire certified teachers who are NOT
  currently employed in a public school. (Those
  who have who have completed at least one year of
  teaching may also use the HOUSSE process to
  demonstrate content knowledge.)
• Teachers from other states who have become
  certified in NH. (Those who have at least one
  year of teaching experience may also use HOUSSE.)

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How do I meet HQT?

• There are three components to HQT (next slide).
• You must document that you met the three
  components by using the appropriate forms from
  the HQT page www.ed.state.nh.us/education/hqt ).
  
• Teachers who are NOT currently working in a NH
  public school will have their documentation
  reviewed through the Bureau of Credentialing.
  HOUSSE forms are on the HQT page and Review forms
  are on the Credentialing page (www.ed.state.nh.us
  and then becoming a NH educator).

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Three (3) Components of HQT

• 1.Holds a minimum of a bachelors degree
• 2.Has obtained State certification
• 3. Has demonstrated subject matter competency in
  each of the core content subjects in which the
  teacher teaches, in a manner determined by the
  State and in compliance with Section 9101 (23) of
  ESEA.

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What are the Core Content Subjects?

• English/
• Reading/or language arts
• Mathematics
• Sciences
• Foreign languages
• Civics and government
• Economics
• Arts (art, music, theater)
• History, and
• Geography

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Core Content subjects in multi-discipline areas

• Elementary teachers teach reading/ELA,
  mathematics, science, and social studies
  
• Social studies teachers often teach several areas
  of social studies including geography,
  civics/government, history, and economics
  

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What about Special education teachers and English
Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teachers?

• Must meet the same HQT requirements as the
  general education teachers when providing direct
  instruction
  
• Setting of instruction does not matter

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What if special education teachers and ESOL
teachers DO NOT provide Direct Instruction?

• What activities may special education teachers
  carry out if they are not highly qualified in the
  core academic content area being taught? (Many,
  but not all of these activities also apply to
  ESOL teachers.)

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There are many activities that special education
teachers may carry out that would not, by
themselves, require those teachers to be highly
qualified in a particular subject-matter.

• Special educators who do not directly
  instruct students in any core academic subjects
  or who provide only consultation to highly
  qualified teachers of core academic subjects in
  adapting curricula, using behavioral supports and
  interventions, or selecting appropriate
  accommodations do not need to demonstrate
  subject-matter competency in those subjects.
  These special educators could also assist
  students with study skills or organizational
  skills and reinforce instruction that the child
  has already received from a highly qualified
  teacher in that core academic subject.
  (A-33Title IIA Federal Non-Regulatory Guidance p.
  15)

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Specialists in elementary schools

• Music and art teachers have met HQT (grades K-12)
  through a content major or equivalence if they
  are certified (documentation needed)
  
• Physical education, Library skills, Media,
  Health, and Guidance are not on the core content
  subject list. They DO NOT need to meet HQT in
  these subjects.
• Certified Reading Specialists are HQT in reading
  grades K-12 (documentation needed)

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Teachers who are new to the profession in grades
k-6?

• All new elementary teachers in grades K-6(who
  have not completed one entire year of teaching)
  must test.
  
• Praxis II elementary content knowledge test
  10014 passing score 148
  
• www.ets.org/praxis

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How do experienced teachers in grades K-6
demonstrate the content knowledge?

• Bulletin2 Elementary Education HQT for teachers
  in grades K-6 (test or HOUSSE)
  
• Special Education teachers and ESOL teachers will
  also refer to Bulletin 2
  
• (page 2) (test or HOUSSE)
• Please note HOUSSE is for experienced teachers.
  
  

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How do experienced teachers in middle and
secondary grades demonstrate content knowledge?
(documentation is required)

• Middle and Secondary School teachers who have a
  year or more of teaching experience can satisfy
  the HQT requirements of NCLB by
  
• Taking the Praxis II or other tests in their
  subject (e.g. GRE subject area tests or other
  tests taken in other states for certification in
  the content area), or
• Demonstration of an advanced degree in the
  content area, or
  
• National Board Certification, American Board
  Certification, or Master Teacher certification in
  the content area, or
  
• Transcript review (equivalence of a major in the
  content area)- 30 credits (exception for social
  studies areas), or
  
• Completing a HOUSSE portfolio.
• Please note HOUSSE is for experienced teachers.
  

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On the subject of Social Studies (geography,
civics/government, economics, history)

• See Bulletin 3 HQT Social Studies
• Transcript review will require 5 courses in each
  area of the social studies that a teacher
  teaches
  
• HOUSSE for social studies areas has been
  streamlined. Complete only the standards for the
  areas of the teaching assignment.
  
• Please note HOUSSE is for experienced teachers.
  
  
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Summary

• NCLB requires that all public school teachers in
  grades K-12 demonstrate content knowledge by
  
• June 30, 2006.

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Summary continued

• Teachers in middle grades who are 1811 certified
  and who have already completed the HQT
  requirements for middle school are not required
  to complete the elementary HOUSSE as well
• Teachers who hold additional endorsements may
  become HQT in those areas through the LEA by
  submitting the forms and appropriate
  documentation.

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Summary continued

• Teachers who hold NH certification and ARE NOT
  currently teaching in a public school may submit
  their HQT documentation to
  
• Robin Warner, Administrator, Bureau of
  Credentialing, Department of Education
  
• 101 Pleasant Street
• Concord, NH 03301
• rwarner_at_ed.state.nh.us

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Resources for teachers who are currently employed
in a NH public School

• State HQT webpage http//www.ed.state.nh.us/educa
  tion/hqt
  
• Building Principal
• Superintendent

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More resources for teachers

• Certification questions Robin Warner
  rwarner_at_ed.state.nh.us
  
• Anne Davis adavis_at_ed.state.nh.us