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Field Memo
#02-2005

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Instructions for NCLB Items

Definitions for NCLB Items

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NYS NCLB Field Memo:	#02-2005
Date:	August 3, 2005
To:	Charter Schools; District Superintendents of Schools;  Superintendents of Public Schools; and State Schools at Batavia and Rome
From:	Johanna Duncan-Poitier and James A. Kadamus
Subject:	Fall 2005 NCLB Supplement to the Administration Manual for the BEDS Personnel Data Form for Teachers

New York State uses the Basic Educational Data System (BEDS) Personnel Data Form for Teachers to comply with the teacher quality requirements in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). Attached you will find a copy of the Fall 2005 NCLB Supplement to the Administration Manual for that form. This supplement is different from the prior year supplement because of (1) changes to the definitions of "highly qualified" on pages 5 through 7 to reflect federal law and consultation with the field; and (2) the model checklist for determining whether a teacher is "highly qualified" in Appendix B.

This supplement should help teachers and administrators prepare for BEDS reporting in Fall 2005. It is important to use the definitions and instructions in this supplement, to review each teacher’s qualifications for classes in "core academic subjects" and to develop procedures for responding accurately and completely to:

• the NCLB item on HIGH QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT on Side 1 of the BEDS form; and

• the NCLB items on HIGHLY QUALIFIED on Side 2 of the BEDS form.

General instructions for the BEDS Personnel Data Form for Teachers will be posted at http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/irts/home.html  before BEDS day in October 2005 and the forms themselves will be mailed as in past years.

You can find all field memos on the NCLB’s requirements for teachers at http://www.highered.nysed.gov/nclbhome.htm . Please send your questions about this memo to nclbnys@mail.nysed.gov .

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