New Issues

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New Issues

• Highly Qualified Teachers the Implication for
  Administrators, Teachers, School Districts and
  the State
• Beverly Williams
• Assistant Commissioner
• Arkansas Department of Education
• AAEA July 31, 2006

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History

• October 21, 2005 Sec. Spelling
• must show good faith
• March 21, 2006 Henry Johnson
• USDOE will review where AR is
• May 15, 2006 Henry Johnson
• AR is making an effort, but needs a revised
  plan.
• July 7, 2006 Dr. James
• Revised plan submitted

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USDOE - HQT Definition 1

• Q Has the State completed review of all
  teachers who are not new to the profession with
  HOUSSE ?
• A NO !!

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Why AR still needs HOUSSE !!

• School districts did not have all teachers
  determine HQT status for ALL eligible areas, only
  for the academic areas they taught last year.
• Retired teachers who return to districts will
  need to use HOUSSE for HQT.
• 3. Others ??

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USDOE Public Reporting 2a

• Q Does the State Annual Report Card contain
  the required information on the
  qualification of teachers, including the of
  classes, by schools and by district not
  taught by HQT.
• A NO, it will in the future

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USDOE Public Reporting 2d

• Q Does the state assure that the
  principals in all Title I schools send the
  required notification to parents when
  taught by teachers who are not HQ?
• Do we have Evidence?

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USDOE Public Reporting 2d cont.

• A
• By Implementing Act 1623 of 2001 AR has been
  reporting to parents on licensure
• Created a Sample Parent Letter for BOTH
• Standards will Monitor

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USDOE Data Reporting 3

• Q Data Reporting
• By classroom
• Disaggregated Elementary / Secondary
• High and low- Poverty
• Reasons why teachers are not highly qualified
• A Discussion

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Am I Highly Qualified ?

• 1- Yes, Passed Praxis
• 2- Yes, HOUSSE 100 pts
• 3- Yes, Middle Level/Secondary with
  major/equivalent or NBPTS
• 4- Yes, Multi-Subject HOUSSE
• 5- No
• 6- Not applicable for this course

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Administrators Comments re 100 HQT when had a
Waiver !

• Doesnt Licensure HQT ?
• 2. It was an error.
• 3. HQT in English with 103 on HOUSSE therefore
  HQT in Math.
• Good Question ! (multiple times)
• 5. My Admin. Assistant does that.
• H- - - arent they suppose to be ?

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Reasons Why Teachers not HQT?

• 51 of those identified were in Mathematics,
  Science, Art or Foreign Language, thus teaching
  in an Academic Shortage Area
• Attrition
• Other

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USDOE - Equity Plan 4

• Q That poor or minority children are not taught
  by experienced, unqualified or out-of-field
  teachers at higher rates than other children?
• A The State does not control hiring in LEAs.

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of Core Academic Classes taught by HQT

• State 95
• High - Poverty Schools 96.8
• Low - Poverty Schools 90.3

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USDOE Annual Progress 5

• Q Annual Progress in increasing the of
  classes taught by HQT.
• A 1st year data was collected in AR

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How should we proceed?

• Complete HOUSSE on all veteran teachers in all
  disciplines for which licensed.
• ADE and LEAs should expect and require Adequate
  Yearly Progress on any teacher on an ALP.
• Manage staffing of schools
• Others ??

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USDOE Is AR Making Progress 6

• Q Are we making substantial progress to
  the goal of 100 HQT in core academic
  classes?
• A Arkansas percentage of HQT is appreciably
  high (95)

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of Core Academic Classes without a HQT 05-06

• Mathematics 508
• Science 497
• Social Std 489
• Art 425
• Music 389
• Shortage areas

• Reading/ LA 266
• English 192
• Foreign Lg. 128
• Grades 1-6 118

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USDOE How HQT aligns with AYP of Schools? 7

• School Improvement
• Year 1
• Year 2
• Year 3
• Year 4

• HQT Percentage
• 86.4
• 84.4
• 82.6
• 81.9

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Resources in place to assist Schools/Districts

• Teacher Recruitment/Retention
• Troops to Teachers
• Teach for America
• Teachers-Teachers.com
• NTLP
• ERZ
• STAR
• TOPS
• Minority Teachers Scholarships
• Americas Choice

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Follow Up Information

• Commissioners Memos
• LIC-07-005 and LIC-07-006
• ADE HQT Teleconference
• Friday, September 1, 2006, 900 am
• ADE available via Co-ops to train staff on
  establishing HQT status.

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• How Can ADE help improve of classes taught by
  HQTs ?