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No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001 (NCLB)

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NCLB NYS
Field Memo
#01-2002

  1. Cover Letter
  2. Introduction
  3. Which teachers must meet the NCLB " requirement to be "highly qualified?"
  4. Which teachers are not "highly qualified" according to the NCLB?
  5. Which teachers are "highly qualified?"
  6. Which teachers must be "highly qualified" in special circumstances?
  7. Which paraprofessionals must meet the NCLB " requirements?
  8. What are the NCLB " requirements for paraprofessionals?
  9. What is the NCLB's accountability system for teachers and paraprofessionals?
  10. What are the NCLB's requirements for teachers and paraprofessionals in charter schools and nonpublic schools?
  11. What are the NCLB's requirements for notifying parents about teacher and paraprofessional qualifications?
  12. Which Web sites contain information about federal and New York State requirements for teachers and paraprofessionals?

  13. Attachment 1 - NYSTCE Assessment of Teaching Assistant Skills Test Framework, October 2002 Preliminary Draft
For More Information: nclbnys@mail.nysed.gov
A. Which teachers must meet the NCLB's requirement to be "highly qualified?"
  1. NEWLY HIRED TEACHERS. Teachers must be "highly qualified" when they are hired if they:
    1. Are hired after the first day of class for students in the 2002-2003 school year; and

    2. Teach in a public school in a program supported by Title I targeted assistance funds or in a Title I schoolwide program; and

    3. Teach core academic subjects, which include English, reading or language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, the arts, history and geography.

    For NCLB purposes, the State Education Department (SED) defines "the arts" as classes for which the following certificates are required: art, dance, music, and speech. Speech in this context means public speaking, theatre and drama, and does not mean speech and language pathology. For further information, please contact SED's Office of Teaching Initiatives at 518 474 3901 or tcert@mail.nysed.gov.

  2. ALL TEACHERS. All teachers must be "highly qualified" by the end of the 2005-2006 school year if they:
    1. Are teaching in a New York State public school; and

    2. Teach one of the core academic subjects listed in A.1.c, above.

 

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