ERIC Number: ED495002
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Jul-7
Pages: 193
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Revised State Plan for Highly Qualified Teachers
Arizona Department of Education
This State of Arizona Department of Education report addresses the following six requirements and contains supporting documents: (1) The revised plan must provide a detailed analysis of the core academic subject classes in the State that are currently not being taught by highly qualified teachers. The analysis must, in particular, address schools that are not making adequate yearly progress and whether or not these schools have more acute needs than do other schools in attracting highly qualified teachers. (2) The revised plan must provide information on HQT status in each LEA and the steps the SEA will take to ensure that each LEA has plans in place to assist teachers who are not highly qualified to attain HQT status as quickly as possible. (3) The revised plan must include information on the technical assistance, programs, and services that the SEA will offer to assist LEAs in successfully completing their HQT plans, particularly where large groups of teachers are not highly qualified, and the resources the LEAs will use to meet their HQT goals. (4) The revised plan must describe how the SEA will work with LEAs that fail to reach the 100 percent HQT goal by the end of the 2006-07 school year. (5) The revised plan must explain how and when the SEA will complete the HOUSSE process for teachers not new to the profession who were hired prior to the end of the 2005-06 school year, and how the SEA will discontinue the use of HOUSSE procedures for teachers hired after the end of the 2005-06 school year. (6) The revised plan must include a copy of the State's written "equity plan" for ensuring that poor or minority children are not taught by inexperienced, unqualified, or out-of-field teachers at higher rates than are other children. The development of this State Equity Plan has taken efforts to a new level, serving as an impetus for increased intra-agency communication, collaboration, and effectiveness.
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Technical Assistance, School Districts, Minority Group Children, State Standards, Teacher Qualifications, Teaching Skills, Teacher Competencies, Core Curriculum, Educational Quality, Educational Planning, Equal Education, Access to Education, Disproportionate Representation
Arizona Department of Education. 1535 West Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85007. Tel: 800-352-4558; Tel: 602-542-5393; Web site: http://www.ade.az.gov
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix.
Identifiers - Location: Arizona
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