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Presented by: Ami Taylor

And Brandi Mendham

Educational Law 725, Spring 2009

Are You Highly Qualified?

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What are the mandates and whohas imposed them?Provisions of the federal legislation known

as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Actrequire that all teachers of core academicsubjects be "highly qualified" by the end of 

the 2005-06 school year with teachersnewly hired after the first day of instructionfor the 2002-03 school year required to be"highly qualified" when hired.

Click to view a video describing theimportance of Teacher Qualityhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOJBnjlY

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NCLB Definition of CoreAcademic Subject AreasEnglish, Reading, Language Arts,

Mathematics, Science, Foreign Languages,Civics and Government, Economics, Arts,History, and Geography (The arts in

Michigan include visual arts, vocal andinstrumental music, dance and theatre.)

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 The following slidepresentation will walk you

through the process of determining if you meet thehighly qualified standard.

Enjoy the Show!

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Section III – Question ADid you take and pass the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification in your teachingassignment and receive your initialcertification/license in Michigan in 1992 or later?

  Yes NoIf you answered yes, Congratulations, you meetthe Michigan Highly Qualified TeacherDefinition! Proceed to slide18.

If you answered no, continue on the next slide.

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Section III Question BDo you have a Master’s Degree in the content of 

your teaching assignment or arelated/appropriate area (i.e.. Master’s inEducation or Curriculum and Instruction etc.)?

  Yes NoIf you answered yes, Congratulations, you meetthe Michigan Highly Qualified Teacher Definition!Proceed to slide18.

If you answered no, continue on the next slide.

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Do you have coursework that is equivalent toan undergraduate major (30 hours—or 36hours for a group major) in the coreacademic subject area? Yes No

If you answered yes, Congratulations, you meetthe Michigan Highly Qualified TeacherDefinition! Proceed to slide18.

If you answered no, continue on the next slide.

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Do you have a passing score on the Michigan

 Test or Teacher Certification in the coreacademic subject area? Yes No

If you answered yes, Congratulations, you meet

the Michigan Highly Qualified Teacher Definition!Proceed to slide18.

If you answered no, continue on the next slide.

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Do you have National Board Certification at an

appropriate developmental level? YesNo

If you answered yes, Congratulations, you meetthe Michigan Highly Qualified Teacher Definition!

Proceed to slide 18.

If you answered no, continue on the next slide.

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If you have not met the Highly QualifiedStandard through the above options, you havethe three following choices to obtain your

Highly Qualified Status.

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Option 11. 3 years of teaching experience plus,

since the issuance of your MichiganProvisional teaching certificate, a minimumof 18 semester hours in a planned

standards-based State Board of Educationapproved program in the core academicsubject area or master’s or higher degreein an area appropriate to elementary

education.

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Option 23 years of teaching experience and by the

end of 2005-2006 school year, you willhave completed an individual professionaldevelopment plan, approved by the local

school improvement team of at least 90contact hours or 6 semester hours of coursework which are standards based,subject/content program related to the core

academic subject are and documented withthe local district on a form approved by theMDE.

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Option 3 You can demonstrate competence of 

subject matter knowledge and teachingskills, as outlined in a local performanceassessment of your employing district, as

per Michigan’s definition of highly qualifiedteacher, otherwise known as the highobjective uniform state-standard of evaluation (HOUSE) .

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Congratulations You are HighlyQualified!

Michigan Department of Education atwww.michigan.gov/mde-hq provides theproper documentation you are responsiblefor supplying to your district.

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Frequently Asked Questions The link below will assist you with any

additional questions you may have. GoodLuck!

http://www.michigan.gov/

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Resourceshttp://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/nclb/PDF/hq_guidhttp://www.tcta.org/nclb/highlyqualified.htm

http://www.aftmichigan.org/files/highlyquali

http://www.michigan.gov/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOJBnjlY