Title IIA: Improving Teacher Quality

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Title II-A Improving Teacher Quality

• An Overview for New Coordinators

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Purpose of Title II-A

• To help school districts ensure that all students
  have effective teachers who have the subject
  matter knowledge and the teaching skills to help
  all of their students achieve at high academic
  standards, regardless of individual learning
  styles or needs.
• Focus of Title II-A Activities
• Recruitment, training/preparation, retention
• Professional development

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Needs Assessment and Planning

• Annual needs assessment resulting in a Plan to
  meet Title II-A goals is required
• Plan should coordinate with other federal, state
  and local programs
• Needs assessment and plan will guide the systems
  actions and expenditure of funds

Section VI, Title II-A Handbook
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Needs Assessment Must Address

• Highly qualified teacher and paraprofessional
  goals/needs
• Recruitment goals/needs
• Retention goals/needs
• Training goals/needs
• Professional learning goals/needs
• Class size reduction goals/needs, if funded
• Equity in quality of instruction for low income
  and minority children compared to other students
• Comparability in class size for low income and
  minority children with other students

Section VI, Title II-A Handbook
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Plan Must Include

• Prioritized list of needs from Needs Assessment
• Activities/strategies to address needs
• Aligned to prioritized needs
• Aligned to consolidated application and budget
• Plan for assessing the effectiveness of
  activities/strategies in addressing each need
• Expected outcomes for each activity/strategy
  (including CSR teachers and academic coaches)
• Method(s) to be used to evaluate effectiveness of
  activities

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Plan must show evidence of

• Collaboration in the development of needs
  assessment plan principals, teachers,
  paraprofessionals, parents
• Professional development activities based on
  scientific research
• Activities to close achievement gap, implement
  state curriculum and support state testing
  program
• Planning for improved teacher quality, including
  plan for ensuring 100 HiQ compliance by
  beginning for 2006-07 school year

Section VI, Title II-A Handbook
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Budget and Expenditures

• Funds must be targeted to schools
• With the lowest proportion of highly qualified
  teachers,
• With the largest average class sizes, or
• Identified for school improvement.
• Must align to Needs Assessment, Plan, and
  Consolidated Application
• Must be allowable under II-A

Section VII, Title II-A Handbook
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Highly Qualified Teachers

• Applies to all K-12 public school teachers who
  are teaching core academic content
• English
• Reading
• Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Studies (Civics and Government, Economics,
  History, or Geography)
• Foreign Languages
• Arts (Visual Arts, Music, Band, and Chorus)

Section II, Title II-A Handbook, GA
Implementation Guidelines
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Highly Qualified New Teacher
New teacher is one who has been teaching for less
than a total of three complete school years.

• GA teaching certificate
• Academic major and teacher certification test in
  subject(s) taught
• Assigned to teach in field(s) listed on the
  certificate

Section II, Title II-A Handbook, GA
Implementation Guidelines
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Highly Qualified Veteran Teacher
Veteran teacher is one who has been teaching a
total of three or more complete school years.

• GA teaching certificate
• Teacher certification test or HOUSSE (or
  major/concentration for Middle Grades and Special
  Ed teachers) in subject(s) taught
• Assigned to teach in field(s) listed on the
  certificate

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Implementation Guidelines
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Highly Qualified Special Ed Teachers

• Consultative
• Certified by PSC consultative descriptor
  defining area of exceptionality
• Assigned to provide consultative services in the
  area of exceptionality
• Core Academic Content Teacher of Record
• Georgia special ed consultative certificate with
  core academic content concentration(s)
  cognitive level(s) in subject area(s) taught
• Assigned appropriately for consultative
  descriptor and content concentrations/cognitive
  levels on certificate

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Core Academic Content Areas for Special Ed
Teachers

• Language Arts
• Reading
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Studies
• Cognitive Levels
• P-5
• 4-8
• 6-12

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Implementation Guidelines
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To Add Sp Ed Academic Content Concentrations to
Sp Ed Certificate

• Transcript analysis (until August 31, 2006)
• 15 sem hrs/25 PLUs content courses 4-8 and
  P-5 cognitive levels
• 21 sem hrs/35 PLUs content courses 6-12, 4-8,
  and P-5 cognitive levels
• Content Assessment Praxis II
• Recommendation from Approved Program Provider
• Transcript showing a major in a content field
• HOUSSE for Veteran Special Ed Teachers

Section II, Title II-A Handbook, GA
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Highly Objective Uniform State Standard of
Evaluation - HOUSSE

• Assessment that may be used to verify a veteran
  teachers competency
• Option for regular ed teachers to be assessed as
  highly qualified
• Option for special ed teachers to be assessed as
  highly qualified and add core academic content
  concentrations to consultative special ed
  certificates

Section III, Title II-A Handbook
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HOUSSE
Evaluates veteran teachers in five categories
related to the core academic content

• Years of teaching experience
• College course work/PLUs
• School, System, Regional, State, and National
  Service
• Scholarship
• Teacher Effectiveness
• Two scoring rubrics one for regular ed teachers
  and one for special ed teachers

Section III, Title II-A Handbook
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Highly Qualified Paraprofessional

• Applies to all K-12 paraprofessionals in a Title
  I school with instructional duties
• Must have
• Completed at least 2 years (60 sem hrs) of study
  at institute of higher education, OR
• Obtained an associates (or higher) degree, OR
• Passed the GAPSC-approved paraprofessional
  qualification assessment

Section II, Title II-A Handbook, GA
Implementation Guidelines
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HiQ

• Web-based tool for data collection (Combines CPI
  Certification Files)
• Profiles school system personnel (Teachers,
  long-term substitutes and paraprofessionals)
• Compares teaching assignments with certification
  history and related factors
• Rates teachers as highly qualified or not
  highly qualified

Section IV, Title II-A Handbook
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Local Compliance Personnel Funded by Title II-A

• 100 II-A funded Periodic certification form -
  two per year per individual
• Split-funded Time sheets one per month per
  individual
• If not CSR teachers, job descriptions

Section V, Title II-A Handbook
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Local Compliance Private Schools

• Eligible to participate to the extent local
  system uses funds for professional development
• Must be notified annually of opportunity to
  participate certified mail, return receipt
• Must participate in design, development and
  implementation of professional development

Section V, Title II-A Handbook
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Local Compliance Parent Notices

• Annually notify parents of their Right to Know
  qualifications of their childs teacher
• Certification
• College major/graduate degree held
• Qualifications of paraprofessional, if services
  are provided
• Notify parents when childs teacher is not highly
  qualified
• Assigned to teacher who does not meet
  qualifications for a highly qualified teacher
• Child has been taught for 20 or more consecutive
  days by a teacher who does not meet highly
  qualified requirements

Section V, Title II-A Handbook
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Monitoring and Technical Assistance for FY05

• Areas to be monitored
• Planning
• Highly Qualified Teacher and Paraprofessional
  Data
• Expenditure of Funds Appropriated to LEA
• Private School Participation
• Parent Notices
• All systems - Title II-A Assurance form and LEA
  Self Monitoring Checklist
• Selected systems - site visits

Section V, Title II-A Handbook
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GAPSC Homepage, www.gapsc.com
Georgia Title II-A Homepage
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www.gapsc.com/nclb/home.html
GA Implementation Guidelines
Title II-A Handbook
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www.gapsc.com/nclb/home.html
Additional PSC Resources HOUSSE Rubric Special
Ed Testing Chart Special Ed Fact Sheet Special Ed
FAQ
US DOE Links NCLB Law Title II-A Draft Guidance
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PSC State Guidance, Policy, and Resources Links
to Guidance Documents and Sample Forms
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PSC State Guidance, Policy, and Resources

• Title II-A Conferences and Presentations
• HiQ Operations Manual
• Long-Term Sub Definition
• Special Ed FAQs
• General FAQs
• GA Implementation Guidelines
• HOUSSE Rubric and Instructions
• Title II-A Handbook
• Local Title II-A Plans
• Local Use of Title II-A Funds

• Title II-A Supplementing vs. Supplanting Policy
• FY05 Title II-A Allocations (by school system)
• Title II-A Guidance for FY05 Review
• Special Ed Testing Chart
• Special Ed Fact Sheet
• Sample Letters
• Notification to Private Schools
• Notification to Parents

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