1. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Title II, Part A Ensuring Equitable Access to Instruction by Highly Qualified Teachers Georgia Department of Education Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Division GCASE Conference November 5-7, 2014

2. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Title II, Part A SEC. 2101. PURPOSE. The purpose of this part is to provide grants to State educational agencies, local educational agencies, State agencies for higher education, and eligible partnerships in order to — (1) increase student academic achievement through strategies such as improving teacher and principal quality and increasing the number of highly qualified teachers in the classroom and highly qualified principals and assistant principals in schools; and (2) hold local educational agencies and schools accountable for improvements in student academic achievement. 2

3. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Goal of Title II, Part A All students have highly qualified, effective teachers – who have the subject matter knowledge and – the teaching skills to help all of their students achieve at high academic standards, regardless of individual learning styles or needs. 3

4. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Focus of Title II, Part A Teacher Effectiveness Recruit, train, and retain highly qualified teachers, paraprofessionals, and principals Provide high quality professional learning opportunities 4

5. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Focus of Title II, Part A Equity Ensure that poor and minority children are not taught by inexperienced, unqualified, or mis-assigned teachers at higher rates than other children Ensure that children in low performing schools in all geographic regions of the state have access to experienced, qualified, effective, and appropriately assigned teachers on an equitable basis 5

6. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Role of the Special Education Director in the LEA Title IIA Program 1.Lead the LEA toward achieving the goal and purposes of Title II-A in special education 2. Assist principals in the hiring and assignment of highly qualified special education teachers and paraprofessional 3.Ensure no student has two ineffective special education teachers in consecutive years or content courses 6

7. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Practices of Effective Leaders Hire and assign effective special education teachers Assess special education teacher effectiveness Guide special education teachers into professional learning that will improve or enhance their effectiveness Set expectations for special education staff Set the working conditions/climate of the special education program Attend professional learning to improve or enhance his/her own effectiveness 7

8. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Role of the Special Education Director in the LEA Title IIA Program 1.Lead the LEA toward achieving the goal and purposes of Title II-A in special education 2.Assist principals in the hiring and assignment of highly qualified special education teachers and paraprofessionals 3.Ensure no student has two ineffective special education teachers in consecutive years or content courses 8

9. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Highly Qualified New Teachers From a GaPSC accepted, accredited institution of higher education Bachelor’s Degree Valid Georgia Teaching Certificate Minimum 21 semester hours secondary Minimum 15 semester hours middle grades Core Academic Major or concentration Academic Major or equivalent Appropriate GACE Assessment Evidence of Subject Matter Knowledge Aligned to content fields and grade levels on certificate Appropriate teaching assignment

10. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Highly Qualified Veteran Teachers From a GaPSC accepted, accredited institution of higher education Bachelor’s Degree Valid Georgia Teaching Certificate Minimum 21 semester hours secondary Minimum 15 semester hours middle grades Core Academic Major or concentration Appropriate GACE Assessment HOUSSE Rubric Evidence of Subject Matter Knowledge Aligned to content fields and grade levels on certificate Appropriate teaching assignment

11. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Highly Qualified Paraprofessionals Minimum 60 semester hours from a GaPSC approved Institute of Higher Education OR Associate’s Degree GaPSC Approved Paraprofessional Assessment AND GaPSC Paraprofessional Certificate ( or Clear Renewable Teaching, Service, or Leadership Certificate) (n/a for Charter Schools that waive certification ) OR

12. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Paraprofessional OR Non-Instructional Aide Paraprofessional – A teacher assistant with instructional duties. Non-instructional Aide – A teacher assistant who takes no independent actions, has no decision-making authority regarding instructional matters, and performs only routine tasks assigned by personnel with higher certification. – i.e. food service, cafeteria or playground supervision, personal care services such as assisting with mobility and bodily functions, non-instructional computer assistance

13. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Hiring and Assigning Highly Qualified Teachers Teaching Assignment Core Academic Content Grade Level of Instruction Reg Ed or SpEd Valid Certificate Field Level T, NT, NNT, IT, other non- renewable certificates Content Knowledge GACE or other Content Assessment

14. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Hiring and Assigning Highly Qualified Teachers Teaching Assignment Core Academic Content Grade Level of Instruction Reg Ed or SpEd

15. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Core Academic Content Elementary (P-5) and Middle Grades (4-8) Reading Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Secondary (6-12) English/Language Arts Reading Math Science Foreign Language Visual Arts Music Band Chorus History Political Science Geography Economics Foreign Language Visual Arts Music Band Chorus

16. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Hiring and Assigning Highly Qualified Teachers Valid Certificate Field Level T, NT, NNT, IT and other GaTAPP certs

17. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Special Ed Certification Fields/Levels General Curr Consultative P-12 Adapted Curr Consultative P-12 Core Content Concentrations P-5, 4-8, 6-12 SpEd LangArtsSpEd ReadingSpEd MathSpEd Science SpEd Social Studies

18. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Hiring and Assigning Highly Qualified Teachers Content Knowledge GACE or other Content Assessment

19. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Certificate Must Align with Teaching Assignment Teaching Assignment Core Content Grade Level of Instruction CertCert Field Level

20. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Certificate Must Align with Special Ed Teaching Assignment Instructional Level at Grade Level Consultative Teacher (Inclusion Model) Teacher of Record for Core Content Instructional Level Below Grade Level Teacher of Record for Core Content General Curriculum Consultative P-12 Core Content Concentration P-5, 4-8, 6-12 Adapted Curriculum Consultative P-12 Core Content Concentration P-5, 4-8, 6-12 Certificate Teaching Assignment All students must be taught core academic content courses during the school day.

21. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Teaching Assignments & HiQ Special Cases

22. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Teaching Assignments and HiQ All teachers, including – Regular education – Special education – ESOL – EIP – REP – Gifted – Technical/vocational – Health/PE who are teacher of record for any core academic subject must be “highly qualified” 22

23. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Teaching Assignments and HiQ Teachers who teach core academic content in any setting, including After-school Intersession Evening-school Summer school Middle grades connection courses Advanced Placement courses International Baccalaureate programs Academic interventions as part of an RTI framework where student(s) is (are) scheduled for a segment of instruction Credit-recovery programs must meet HiQ requirements. 23

24. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Teaching Assignments and HiQ Teachers in Pre-K Programs, including preschool special education programs are not required to meet HiQ requirements. Teachers in Hospital/Homebound Programs – Not required to meet HiQ requirements if students are not absent from school 20 or more consecutive school days – If student absent from school 20 or more consecutive school days, a “highly qualified” teacher must be identified for core academic subjects as teacher of record and must supervise content instruct through a collaborative model. 24

25. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Teaching Assignments and HiQ Teachers in alternative schools and G-NETS programs – Teacher of Record for content Must meet HiQ requirements for content area and grade level(s) OR Participate in meaningful consultation with the highly qualified home school teacher – Consultative Model – Minimum of two consultations per month – Consultations documented on Alternative Education/G- NETS Conference Record form (Section 5, Georgia Title II-A Handbook) – Facilitator of technology-based programs 25

26. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Teaching Assignments and HiQ Long-term (20 or more consecutive days) substitute teachers are not “HiQ” unless they are certified in Georgia in the field in which they are teaching. 26

27. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Am I Highly Qualified? Consider the following scenarios Teaching Assignment Certification Is the teacher highly qualified for the teaching assignment? Why or Why not? 27

28. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Am I Highly Qualified? Middle School Certification: T-4 – Special Education General Curriculum, P-12 – Special Education Language Arts, P-5, 4-8 – Special Education Math, P-5, 4-8 – Special Education Science, P-5, 4-8 – Special Education Social Science, P-5, 4-8 Teaching Assignment – Resource Sixth Grade – Language Arts – all students will take the CRCT – Middle Grades Math 28

29. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Am I Highly Qualified? Elementary School Certification: IT-4 – Sped Language Arts, 4-8 – Sped Social Sciences, 4-8 – Middle Grades Social Science, 4-8 Teaching Assignment – Fifth Grade Sped Social Sciences – three periods – Fifth Grade Reading – two periods- inclusion 29

30. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Am I Highly Qualified? High School Teaching Assignment Sped Economics 6-12 Certification: T-5 Sped Social Sciences P-5, 4-8, 6-12 30

31. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Am I Highly Qualified? Middle School Certification: T-4 – Special Education General Curriculum, P-12 – Special Education Language Arts, P-5, 4-8 – Special Education Math, P-5, 4-8 – Special Education Science, P-5, 4-8 – Special Education Social Science, P-5, 4-8 Teaching Assignment – Resource Sixth Grade – Language Arts – all students will take the CRCT – Middle Grades Math 31

32. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Am I Highly Qualified? Elementary School Certification: T-4 – Special Education General Curriculum Teaching Assignment – Inclusion in Fourth Grade Math, 2 periods – Inclusion in First Grade Reading, 2 periods – Resource Reading, 1 period – students also receiving reading in the regular classroom 32

33. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Role of the Special Education Director in the LEA Title IIA Program 1.Lead the school toward achieving the goal and purposes of Title IIA 2.Hire and assign highly qualified teachers 3.Ensure no student has two ineffective teachers in consecutive years or content courses 33

34. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Research Teacher expertise accounts for more difference in student performance—40%—than any other factor. Ferguson (2001) Students who have several effective teachers in a row make dramatic achievement gains, while those who have even two ineffective teachers in a row lose significant ground. Sack (1999) A student who is taught by an ineffective teacher for two years in a row can never recover the learning lost during those years. As a teacher’s effectiveness increases, the first group to benefit from this improvement is the lower achieving students. 34

35. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Role of the Special Education Director in the LEA Title IIA Program- What Can I Do? Assist the principal in the development of remediation plans for special education teachers and help monitor those on remediation plans to ensure that requirements are met Be aware of the special education teachers in the district who do not hold clear renewable certificates Be aware of the special education teachers in the district who have been determined to be highly qualified through HOUSSE Assist the principal in ensuring that letters are sent to parents of students who are taught for 20 or more consecutive days by a non highly qualified special education teacher. 35

36. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Role of the Special Education Director in the LEA Title IIA Program- What Can I Do? Assist the principal in the development of remediation plans for special education teachers and help monitor those on remediation plans to ensure that requirements are met – For teachers who are not highly qualified for one or more of his/her teaching assignments – For paraprofessionals who are not highly qualified – For core content teachers who do not hold a clear renewable certificate 36

37. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Remediation Plans Developed for each non-HiQ teacher, non-HiQ parapro, and teacher who holds a nonrenewable certificate and at the time of hire – In collaboration with the teacher/parapro – Outlines requirements for teacher/parapro to meet HiQ requirements (or attain clear renewable) – Includes a timeline for completion of each component of the plan – Includes a target date for meeting requirements to attain HiQ status (or attain clear renewable) – Signed by the teacher/parapro and principal

38. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org HiQ and Non-Renewable Certificates NT and demonstrated subject matter knowledge – state content assessment; course work NNT or IT or other non- renewable, non professional and demonstrated subject matter knowledge – state content assessment; course work

39. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org NEW! Teachers with Induction- Pathway 1, 2 or 3, Professional, Lead Professional, and Advanced Professional Certificates Teachers who hold Induction- Pathway 1, 2 or 3, Professional, Lead Professional, and Advanced Professional certificates considered “highly qualified” if they have completed a state-approved program from a GaPSC accepted, accredited institution of higher education, have passed the content assessment, and have an appropriate teaching assignment. 39

40. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE) Special ed teachers who teach multiple subject areas, Teachers with Life certificates Retired teachers returning to service Verification of subject matter knowledge for veteran teachers

41. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Role of the Special Education Director in the LEA Title IIA Program- What Can I Do? Be aware of parent notification requirements. Parents must be notified – Annually of their right to request professional qualifications of their child’s teacher and paraprofessional (Parents’ “Right to Know”) – Whenever their child is taught for 20 or more consecutive days by a teacher (including one or more substitutes) who is not highly qualified (letters must be mailed) 41

42. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Resources HR Department or Title II-A Coordinator at LEA Title II, Part A Education Specialist Georgia Professional Standards Commission website for certification questions(www.gapsc.com)www.gapsc.com Title II, Part A Webpage @ www.gadoe.orgwww.gadoe.org “Offices and Divisions” > “School Improvement” > “ Teacher and Leader Effectiveness” Certification/Curriculum Assignment Policies System (CAPS) http://www.gapsc.com/caps/caps.asphttp://www.gapsc.com/caps/caps.asp

43. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org 43

44. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” www.gadoe.org Title II, Part A Carlene Kirkpatrickckirkpatrick@doe.k12.ga.us Program Manager Carly Amblercambler@doe.k12.ga.us Middle GA, Oconee, State Schools, Chattahoochee-Flint, DJJ, DOC Sharon Brownshbrown@doe.k12.ga.us Metro, Griffin, West GA Pam Danielspdaniels@doe.k12.ga.us Northeast GA, Central Savannah, Pioneer Greg Petersengpetersen@doe.k12.ga.us Northwest GA, North GA, Charters Terri Stilltstill@doe.k12.ga.us Coastal Plains, Heart of Georgia, Okefenokee Elizabeth Zippererezipperer@doe.k12.ga.us First District, Southwest