U.S. Department of Education guidance on highly qualified teachers, paraprofessional, and professional development.
Highly Qualified Teachers
· Improving Teacher Quality State Grants
Contains the Revised State Plans for Highly Qualified Teachers" that were submitted by each State [Date: Summer 2006| Format: HTML and Word]· Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT) Revised State Plans
Letters to Chief State School Officers Regarding States' Good-Faith Efforts in Meeting the Highly Qualified Teachers Goal. [Date: Summer 2006| Format: HTML and Word]· No Child Left Behind: A Road Map for State Implementation
Describes ED policies in 5 areas: Assessments in Grades 3-8, Disaggregated Data, Proficiency by 2013-14, Highly Qualified Teachers, and Options for Families. [Date: November 10, 2005 | Format: PDF and Word | Pages: 26, See pp. 22-25.]· Guidance letter from Secretary Spellings
Assures SEAs that States that do not quite reach the 100 percent goal by the end of the 2005-06 school year will not lose federal funds if they are implementing the law and making a good-faith effort to reach the Highly Qualified Teacher goal in NCLB as soon as possible. [Date: October 21, 2005 | Format: HTML | Pages: 2]· Non-Regulatory Guidance, Title II, Part A, Improving Teacher Quality State Grants
Explains how states, districts and institutions of higher education can utilize Title II, Part A funds to ensure that all teachers are highly qualified and effective. [Date: August 3, 2005 | Format: Word or PDF | Pages: 105 pages, see sections A-C7]· Announcement: Secretary of Education Letter to Chief State School Officers regarding flexibility for rural schools in meeting the highly qualified teacher provision of NCLB
Highlights new areas of flexibility in meeting highly qualified teacher requirements for rural schools, veteran teachers of multiple subjects, and science teachers. [Date: March 31, 2004 | Format: HTML ]
Paraprofessionals
·Non-Regulatory Guidance, Title I-Paraprofessionals
Offers an updated version March 1, 2004, of the Title I Paraprofessionals Non-regulatory Guidance. [Date: March 1, 2004 | Format: Word | Pages: 12 pages, see sections A1-B25]
Professional Development
· Non-Regulatory Guidance, Title II, Part A, Improving Teacher Quality State Grants
Explains how states, districts and institutions of higher education can utilize Title II, Part A funds to ensure that all teachers are highly qualified and effective. [Date: August 3, 2005 | Format: Word | Pages: Word 105 pages, see sections D1-D6]