RECRUITING

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RECRUITING TITLE II, PART A

• Dr. Cyndy Stephens, Director of Educator
  Recruitment and Transition to Teaching Program,
  PSC
• Dr. Angie Davis, Title II-A Consultant, PSC

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2001 2008 The II-A Journey

• No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 Title II Part A
• Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality
  Teachers and Principals
• Georgia Professional Standards Commission

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Importance of Teacher Quality

• NCLB places a major emphasis upon teacher quality
  as a factor in improving student achievement.
  (Title I Section 1119)
• Title II-A requirements exist in order to improve
  student achievement and meet Title I goals.

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Teacher Quality Goals

• 2002-03 - All teachers hired after the first day
  of the 2002-03 school year and teaching in a
  program supported by Title I funds must be
  highly qualified.
• 2005-06 All teachers teaching in core academic
  subjects must be highly qualified by the end of
  the 2005-06 academic year.

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Measurable Objectives

• School systems must establish annual measurable
  objectives that demonstrate progress in meeting
  the 2005-06 goal.
• Increase percentage of highly qualified
  teachers teaching core subjects
• Report disaggregated by Title I and
• non-Title I schools
• Increase the number of teachers receiving high
  quality professional development
• Systems must develop annual Title II-A Plan based
  on a current assessment of their needs.

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Title II-A Focus

• ? Recruitment
• ? Training/Preparation
• ? Retention
• ? Professional Development

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Who does Title II-A affect?

• Teachers of core academic subjects
• Principals
• Paraprofessionals
• Title II-A also affects those who work with
• Assigning teachers
• Evaluation of teachers
• Recruitment hiring
• Staff development/Professional learning
• Student achievement and test data
• Title I
• School improvement

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What should be considered when assessing Title
II-A needs and planning?

• Ga Implementation Guidelines
• Title II-A needs assessment and use of funds
  guidance
• HiQ2 information (teacher certification, PRAXIS
  II, teaching assignments, parapros)
• Equity data
• Title I data

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Also important to consider

• AYP reports
• Student achievement test data
• School improvement plans
• School profiles/restructuring plans
• Staff development/professional learning plans
• SACS plans
• Other plans REA, PRISM, etc.

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As well as

• Teachers staff development records
• Teacher and principal evaluations
• Teachers college transcripts
• Recruitment needs and efforts to date
• Retention concerns and efforts to date

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AS WELL AS..

• Staffing Patterns
• Vacancy Patterns
• Retention Patterns
• Projected Vacancies based on historical
  analysis, retirements, changing state rules and
  requirements

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Giving every child equitable access to education
requires.

• deliberate planning
• total system assessment
• recruiting the best qualified candidates

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New Teachers
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Number of Newly hired Teachers, FY98-FY07
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Total Number of Georgia Educators, FY98-FY07
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Annual Teacher Retention, FY01-FY07
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Sources of New Teachers, FY07
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Teacher Production - Completers
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Production by Program and Cohort, FY03-FY05
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Production by Program and Cohort, FY06
Note This group provides FY07 baseline data for
an expanded group of reported completers. It does
not compare to completer data from previous years
and may or may not represent growth in the number
of new (never before certified or employed)
program completers. Educator Preparation programs
are now reporting all completers, including those
who may be employed as educators and are adding
on or upgrading certificates, as well as
individuals who are first time completers.
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Completers by Production by Program Type and
Cohort, FY03-FY05
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Completers by Production by Program Type and
Cohort, FY06
Note This group provides FY07 baseline data for
an expanded group of reported completers. It does
not compare to completer data from previous years
and may or may not represent growth in the number
of new (never before certified or employed)
program completers. Educator Preparation programs
are now reporting all completers, including those
who may be employed as educators and are adding
on or upgrading certificates, as well as
individuals who are first time completers.
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FY06 Georgia Completers Teacher Yield
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Most Common Fields of 2006 Completers
Subject 2006 Completers of Total of Newly Hired Teachers in Core Subjects in FY07
Early Childhood Education 2,071 31.1 NA
Middle Grades Education 830 12.5 NA
Interrelated Special Education 661 9.9 NA
Educational Leadership 491 7.4 NA
Social Studies Education 321 4.8 1,020
English Education 274 4.1 1,524
Mathematics Education 203 3.1 1,373
School Counselor 200 3.0 NA
Media Specialist 189 2.8 NA
Health and Physical Education 175 2.6 448
Science 147 2.3 1,076
Reading 124 1.9 225
Music 116 1.8 270
Interrelated Special Education includes
Interrelated Special Education/Early Childhood
Education Includes History, Economics and
Political Science. NA- Not applicable, i.e.
not a subject area.
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Top Ten Producers in FY06
Institution Alternative GATAPP Regular Total
University of West Georgia 270 8 614 892
University of Georgia 91 1 656 748
Georgia State University 168 6 477 651
Georgia Southern University 4 4 493 501
Valdosta State University 103 1 379 483
Kennesaw State University 13 0 440 453
Mercer University 184 4 185 373
Armstrong Atlantic State University 109 44 176 329
North Georgia College and State University 99 2 187 288
Augusta State University 1 0 254 255
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Next Steps.