Certification & HQT Ensure Funding

Objectives Certification is required! Federal Highly Qualified Teacher Assignment Credential Manual Staff Assignment Template Methods to Ensure Funding PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Certification Certification is required for instructional staff, school nurses, librarians, PE teachers… Long-term substitute must be tied to a teacher of record Paraprofessionals (Parapros) cannot be the teacher of record PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Highly Qualified Teacher HQT is required for core content assignments ONLY Three components required for teachers teaching core content assignments 1) BA or higher 2) valid state certification 3) demonstration of content mastery Core content areas and methods to achieve HQT status: PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Assignment Credential Manual ISEE Manuals Always check the “Changes to the 2014 Manual Memo” PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Assignment Credential Manual Changes to the 2014 Manual Memo ISEE Staff Summer School Guidance ISEE Staff Data Guidance Manual

Assignment Credential Manual PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AP/Dual Credit Computer Science – Science (Gr ) Course designed to meet the board rule change allowing students to take up to two (2) credits in AP Computer Science or Dual Credit Computer Science to count toward the science graduation requirement. The secondary science standards must align and the course must be taught by a highly qualified science endorsed teacher. May not concurrently count course as both a math and science credit Natural Science 6/ Biological Science 6/ Physical Science 6/ Chemistry 6/ Physics 6/ Earth Science 6/ Geology 6/12 Must be highly qualified in Science *Click here to access the various ways to demonstrate highly qualified status according to the federal definition Dual Credit Engineering – Science (Gr ) Course designed to meet the board rule change allowing students to take up to two (2) credits in AP Computer Science or Dual Credit Computer Science to count toward the science graduation requirement. The secondary science standards must align and the course must be taught by a highly qualified science endorsed teacher. May not concurrently count course as both a math and science credit Natural Science 6/ Biological Science 6/ Physical Science 6/ Chemistry 6/ Physics 6/ Earth Science 6/ Geology 6/12 Must be highly qualified in Science *Click here to access the various ways to demonstrate highly qualified status according to the federal definition

New columns added to assist in reporting highly qualified status New data elements feed into the Credential/HQT report PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Staff Assignment Template

Data entered on the Staff Assignment Template feeds into the Credential/HQT report Review the Credential/HQT report after each upload Correcting errors - cumulative reporting vs non-cumulative reporting Districts/charters who report cumulatively can simply correct any wrong assignment code or delete inactive or incorrect assignments. They also don’t need to worry about going back and fixing past reports, but simply move forward making corrections to the next monthly upload. Districts/charters that do not report cumulatively and have an assignment showing incorrectly will still need to go into the staff assignment template and end the incorrect assignment code and enter a new row with the correct assignment with the correct start date. PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Ensure Funding

Types of Alternative Authorizations o Provisional Authorization o Alternative Authorization – Teacher to New Certification/Endorsement o Alternative Authorization – Content Specialist o ABCTE Plan to achieve HQT PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Ensure Funding

Cina Lackey Certification/Professional Standards Coordinator (208) Christie Miranda Program Specialist, Alternative Authorization (208) Brenda Arnold Certification - Technical Specialist I (208) PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Contact Us