Highly Qualified Update

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Highly Qualified Update

• November 6, 2006
• South Dakota Department of Education

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Background

• USDOE required all states to submit a plan
  outlining
• Intentions to meet requirements of 100 highly
  qualified teachers by the end of 2006-07
• Areas of high need in content and demographics
• Equitable distribution of teachers

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• Plan required how it would monitor the efforts of
  the local school districts to assist teachers in
  becoming highly qualified.
• Resulted in the templates you are required to
  complete.

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Meeting the 100 Requirement

• Message from USDOE at this time has been a good
  faith effort
• Same message we are sending to districts in South
  Dakota in getting all properly certified and
  qualified in content

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What is a Highly Qualified Teacher?

• Federal definition
• Fully certified
• Bachelors degree
• Major in core content or passed a state test in
  content
• South Dakotas intention is to align highly
  qualified to certification

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Core Content

• Language Arts
• Math
• Science
• Social Science
• Fine Arts Music and Art
• World Languages

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Current Highly Qualified Teacher Calculation
(HOUSSE Rules)

• Based on teaching assignment
• Does the teacher have a major in content?
• Has the teacher passed a Praxis II content test?
• Does the teacher have an endorsement in content
  plus three years of TOTAL teaching experience?
• Does the teacher have an endorsement in content
  plus an advanced degree?

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HOUSSE Plan Phase Out

• USDOE recommended that states have a plan as to
  how they intend to phase out the HOUSSE rules
• South Dakota will phase out HOUSSE at the end of
  the 2006-07 school year
• All teachers that are HQT in content will
  maintain their HQT status

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Calculating HQT after this year

• Based on teaching assignment
• Does the teacher have a major in content?
• Does the teacher have a masters in content?
• Does the teacher have National Board
  Certification in content?
• Has the teacher passed a Praxis II test in
  content?

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Guidance for Completing Report
http//doe.sd.gov/oatq/docs/LEA20HQ20Guidance.pd
f
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The Templatehttp//doe.sd.gov/oatq/docs/LEA20HQ
20Plan20Template.2.rtf
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Page One

• Based on data from 2005-06 school year
• Data available on Report Card (next slide)
• Why last years data?
• Allows you to see improvement in your districts
  efforts at meeting the requirement.

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The Report Cardhttps//sis.ddncampus.net8081/ncl
b/portal/portal.xsl?extractID8
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Page Two

• Completed for each attendance center
• If you have only ONE attendance center that has
  classes being taught by teachers who are not HQT,
  you only need fill out ONE
• Data is from Highly Qualified Teacher Report
  (next slides)

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How do you know if your teachers are HQT?

• Online HQT report available through the Personnel
  Record Form
• Live database that is updated as teachers
  certification is updated (Praxis II tests, etc.)
• This report was available when you completed the
  PRF assurance statement

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https//www.state.sd.us/applications/DP42LaunchPad
/Logon.aspx
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Print reports
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Reports
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Report Highly Qualified Status
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Highly Qualified Teacher Report
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Page Three

• Assurance Statement read and sign!

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Page Four

• Understanding between district and teacher of the
  requirements to meet HQT
• Options
• Praxis II test
• Major or masters in content
• National Board Certification
• Teacher and district contact must both sign

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Submission of Report

• Due November 15
• May be mailed hard copy or faxed to my office
• Melody Schopp
• Accreditation and Teacher Quality
• 700 Governors Drive
• Pierre, SD 57501
• melody.schopp_at_state.sd.us
• Office 605-773-5232
• Cell 605-280-1250
• or Fax [phone]

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Resource List

• Office of Accreditation and Teacher Quality
  http//doe.sd.gov/oatq/index.asp
• Praxis II Testing http//doe.sd.gov/oatq/praxis/in
  dex.asp
• Recent update on Certification http//doe.sd.gov/o
  atq/docs/HQT20update202006.pps
• State Report Card
• https//sis.ddncampus.net8081/nclb/portal/portal.
  xsl?extractID8
• South Dakotas State Plan http//www.ed.gov/progra
  ms/teacherqual/hqtplans/index.htmlsd