ACRONYMS

• HQ – Highly Qualified• HQT – Highly Qualified Teacher• HQTCIP – Highly Qualified

Continuous Improvement Plan• PAP – Professional Action Plan• LEA – Local Education Agency

ACRONYMS

• USDE – United States Department of Education

• ICR – Initial Compliance Review• NCLB – No Child Left Behind• ESEA – Elementary and Secondary Education Act

• ESC – Education Service Center• DIP – District Improvement Plan

How Did We Get Here? Three Keys

o State Plan for Highly Qualified Teachers now considered as statute.

o Section 2141 requirements went into effect for the first time in 2006-2007.

o USDE’s monitoring of Texas, and its expectations of state monitoring.• Plans• Validations

How Did We Get Here?

Section 2141 addresses accountability measures related to highly qualified.◦ Requires the state to implement statutory

interventions for LEAs not making sufficient progress toward meeting the statutory goal of 100% of teachers in core academic subject areas being highly qualified.

Highly Qualified Teacher Continuous Improvement Plan

HQ Report vs. HQ Plan

Highly Qualified Compliance Reporto Campus Level Reporto Complete Through eGrantso Attached to NCLB Consolidated Federal Application

Highly Qualified Reportso LEAs can access campus, district, regional, and state

aggregate reports.o http://burleson.tea.state.tx.us/Reportinterface/ Highly Qualified Planso Retention and recruitmento 2141 Highly Qualified Teacher Continuous Improvement

Plan

HQ Teacher Plan Requirements

Plans for Teacher Quality Requirements Under NCLB

Districts Meeting 100% Highly Qualifiedo Recruitment and Retention Plano Title I Plan Requirements

Districts Not Meeting 100% Highly Qualifiedo Highly Qualified Teacher CIPo Title I Plan Requirements

Districts with 100% HQT

Highly Qualified Recruitment and Retention Plan

Title I Plan Requirements

Recruit and retain teachers to maintain 100 % classes taught

by HQ teachers

Professional Development to meet NCLB Section 1119 Teacher Quality Annual Measurable Objectives.

How the LEA will meet the NCLB Section 1119 Highly Qualified Teacher Requirements.

Working with campuses to develop and implement HQ strategies/activities.

How will comply with HQ and Professional Development requirements.

Ensure low-income and minority students are not taught at higher rates than other students by unqualified, out-of-field, or inexperienced teachers.

Districts Not 100% HQ

Highly Qualified Teacher

Continuous Improvement Plan (HQTCIP)

• 100% teachers highly qualified

• 100% classes taught by HQ teachers

• 100% teachers receive high quality professional development

• Assistance to specific non-HQ teachers

• Attract and retain HQ teachers

Title I Plan Requirements

o Professional Development to meet NCLB Section 1119 Teacher Quality Annual Measurable Objectives.

o How the LEA will meet the NCLB Section 1119 Highly Qualified Teacher Requirements.

o Working with campuses to develop and implement HQ strategies/activities.

o How the LEA will comply with HQ and professional development requirements.

o Ensure low-income and minority students are not taught at higher rates than other students by unqualified, out-of-field, or inexperienced teachers.

Campuses in Districts with 100% HQT

Title I Plan Requirements

Schoolwide

Instruction by HQ Teachers

High Quality Professional Development to maintain 100% classes taught by HQ teachers

Recruit and attract high quality HQ teachers

Campuses in Districts NOT 100% HQT

Highly Qualified Teacher

Continuous Improvement Plan (HQTCIP)

Individual activities or strategies to assist specific teachers not currently highly qualified to become highly qualified in a timely manner.

Title I Plan Requirements

Schoolwide

Instruction by HQ teachers

High quality professional development to reach 100% classes taught by HQ teachers

Retain and attract high quality HQ teachers

District Consequences of NOT 100% HQT

The Highly Qualified Teacher Continuous Improvement Plan (HQTCIP) must be completed by December 16, 2014, and be submitted to the Texas Education Agency for review upon request.

The Highly Qualified Teacher Continuous Improvement Plan will be submitted to TEA using a prescribed format.

The strategies and activities identified in the HQTCIP plan must also be incorporated into the LEA’s District Improvement Plan.

District Consequences of NOT 100% HQT

EXCEPTION: Any LEA who has not met the 100% highly qualified teacher requirement, solely due to teachers who are eligible for the multi-subject new special education teacher or multi-subject rural teacher flexibility, will not be required to submit the interventions to the Agency for review.

The interventions will be maintained locally and made available to the Agency upon request.

Campus Consequences of NOT 100% HQT

Campuses that do not report 100% core academic subject area classes taught by highly qualified teachers must complete CIP.

CIP must be kept on file locally.

ASK????????For each assignment that has a non-HQ teacher, ask: Is the teacher’s assignment self-contained or

departmentalized?

What grade level is the teacher’s assignment?

Does the teacher teach special education or general education?

What exactly does the teacher need to do to reach HQ status for this assignment? What is the district doing to support these efforts?

Continuous Improvement Planning Team Required Team Members

o Federal Programs Directoro Human Resource Directoro Campus Administrator from each campus that is not able

to report 100% core academic subject area classes taught by highly qualified teachers

Disseminate completed plan to all required team members.

Part I: HQTCIP Seven Objectives Objective 1 – Increase the percentage of highly qualified

core academic subject area teachers on each campus to 100%.

Objective 2 – Increase the percentage of core academic subject area classes taught by highly qualified teachers on each campus to 100%.

Objective 3 – Increase or maintain the percentage of teachers receiving high-quality professional development on each campus to meet 100%

HQTCIP Seven Objectives

• Objective 4 – Ensure low-income students and minority students are not taught at higher rates than other students groups by inexperienced, out-of-field, or non-highly qualified teachers.

• Objective 5 – Increase the percentage of core academic subject are classes taught by highly qualified teachers on high poverty campuses to 100%.

• Objective 6 – Attract and retain highly qualified teachers

• Objective 7 – Assist teachers not currently highly qualified to meet the highly qualified requirements in a timely manner.

Part II: Address teachers that do not meet the HQ requirements

An LEA must ensure that a campus that has a teacher that does not meet the Highly Qualified requirements does not pay that teacher with Title I, Part A or Title II, Part A funds, and that these teachers are not teaching in a Title I, Part A program.

LEAs with teachers teaching in a Title I, Part A program or whose salaries are paid with federal funds must either make adjustments to come into compliance, or complete a corrective action plan to file with the Agency for the 2014-2015 school year.

Part II: Address teachers that do not meet the HQ requirements

Identify each non-highly qualified teacher submitted in Part 9 of the PR1100 HQ Teacher Compliance Report for all of the LEA’s campuses

What is needed for each teacher to become 100% highly qualified in their subject area assignment(s)?

What is the target date to complete each activity?

Who will be responsible for implementing each strategy/activity?

District Highly Qualified Continuous Improvement Process

Continuous Improvement Process

HQTCIP:• Part I: Address the 7 objectives outlined in the State Plan

• Part II: Address teachers that do not meet the HQ requirements

• Part III: Must include signatures of all required Team Members and Superintendent

• All parts must be completed using the HQTCIP template

Sample District HQTCIP

CIP Submission Process

• Required Documentso HQTCIP Templateo Submittal Coversheet

• Due December 16, 2014

CIP Submission Process

E-Mail:• Division of Educator Initiatives• Division at epsi@tea.state.tx.us

ORFax:(512) 463-7795

Paraprofessional Action Plan(PAP)

Who is required to complete the PAP? Any LEA that reported paraprofessionals as not

meeting Highly Qualified requirements on it 2014-2015 Highly Qualified Teacher Compliance Report, Part 7.1.5, must complete the Highly Qualified Paraprofessional Action Plan (PAP).

Paraprofessional Action Plan One form should be completed for each

paraprofessional reported as not Highly Qualified.

The number of forms submitted should match the number of paraprofessionals reported in Part 7.1.5 of the PR1100 for each campus.

Paraprofessionals Not Meeting HQ Requirements All non-qualified paraprofessionals on school-

wide campuses must meet the HQ requirements or be reassigned to a non-served campus.

Sample Paraprofessional Action Plan (PAP)

PAP Submission Process Due December 16, 2014 Required Documents

• PAP for each paraprofessional reported as not HQ

E-Mail:Division of Educator Initiativesespi@tea.state.ts.us

OR Fax: (512)463-7795