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Getting Your Secondary Teachers
to HQT in a Personalized
Learning School
APLUS+ ConferenceOctober 2010Diane [email protected]
Subject Matter Verification Process for Middle and High School
Level Teachers in Special Settings
VPSS
Short Review of NCLB HQT
• 1. Must hold the “appropriate” teaching credential (as defined by State)
• 2. Must have a Bachelor’s degree• 3. Must meet “subject matter
competency (as defined by Feds)
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Bachelor’s Degree
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Charter School Flexibility
• Federal law (NCLB) defers to state only in areas of credential required
• For credential – State guidelines trump NCLB
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CA Charter Law
• Requires credentials for teachers of core college prep – Vague about what is required for other
courses
• Allows Charter to define “core” for state credential compliance purposes
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NCLB Teacher Classification “New” to the Profession
– Holds a Credential (preliminary or professional clear) or CCTC approved Intern Certificate issued on or after July 1, 2002.
“Not New” to the Profession– Holds a credential issued before July 1, 2002.
• Entry Into The Profession - received a credential from another state prior to July 1, 2002, even if that credential was allowed to lapse.
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HOUSSE• Only for “not new” teachers• Verifies “subject matter”• Based on 100 “points”
– Experience– Training– Observations
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A Few Terms to Know…
• Supplementary Authorizations– 20 units, requires NCLB subject matter
verification
• Subject Matter Authorizations– 32 units, NCLB subject matter compliant
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Under NCLB, the “appropriate credential”
• Defined by State law• Under CA Charter law, teachers of a
charter’s defined core courses– Must hold a “credential, certificate,
permit, or other document equivalent to that which a teacher in other CA public schools would be required to hold” (EC 47605.1)
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“Alternative Programs” in California…
• Teacher needs to hold only one credential– either the multiple subject credential or a single subject credential (EC44865)
• Must verify/demonstrate NCLB subject matter competence in each subject assigned to teach.
– don’t confuse credential requirement with subject matter competency requirement
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What are “Alternative Programs “?In California, defined by Ed Code as:
• Home teachers
• hospital classes
• necessary small high
schools
• continuation schools
• alternative schools
• opportunity schools
• juvenile court school
• county community
schools
• district community day
schools
• Independent Study
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Teachers of non-core, non-college prep courses
• CA Law is vague about charter credentialing
• Federal Law is clear about “Highly Qualified Teacher”– Teacher of NCLB defined core subject must
meet subject matter, have a bachelor’s degree and hold “appropriate credential”
– All other courses have no NCLB requirements
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NCLB Core Academic Subjects
• English • Reading/Language Arts • Mathematics • Science • History • Economics• Civics/Government• Geography• Foreign Languages• Arts
• English/Language Arts/Reading – Includes reading intervention
and CAHSEE-English classes• Mathematics
– Includes math intervention and
CAHSEE-Math classes• Biological Sciences• Chemistry• Geosciences• Physics• Social Science
– history, government,
economics, geography • Foreign Languages (specific)• Drama/Theater (English Credential)• Visual Arts• Music• Dance (Physical Education
Credential)
How That Looks in California
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•OK, so all our credentials are fine,
•Our teachers all have bachelor’s,
•But how do we meet the Subject Matter?
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Pathways to Subject Matter Competency
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Verification Process for Special Settings (VPSS)
1. NCLB compliant in one NCLB core academic subject (includes elementary multiple subjects)
2. Complete content specific coursework in each area assigned to teach
3. Three years to complete the process
Subject Matter Advanced Certification for Secondary Teachers in Special Setting:
Approved January 11, 2007
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Who can use VPSS?New and Not New Teachers in “special settings”… …who are already NCLB compliant in one
subject … but teach
additional subjects
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What are “Special Settings”?
• Secondary• Alternative Education (EC44865)• Independent Study• Special Education
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What do Teachers have to do?
• For each core subject– Level I – 36 hours– Level II – 36 hours
Level I is waived if a teacher has taken 20 (or 10 upper division) units in the subject area (Matches requirement for Supplemental Authorization)
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What are teachers going to learn?
• Language Arts– Linguistics, Language and
Literacy– Literature and Textual Analysis– Rhetoric, Composition,
Conventions
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What are teachers going to learn?
• Mathematics– Algebra– Number Theory– Geometry– Probability and Statistics
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What are teachers going to learn?
• Social Science– World History– Civics– US History– Economics– Geography
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What are teachers going to learn?
• Science– Astronomy– Geodynamics– Earth Resources– Ecology– Genetics and
Evolution– Molecular Biology
and Biochemistry
– Waves, Forces, Motion
– Electricity and Magnetism
– Heat Transfer and Termodynamics
– Structure and Properties of Matter
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Will this be on the test?
So, they just have to “show up”?Teachers must complete all
assignments and time requirements to the instructor’s satisfaction
Assessments include unit tests and a final lesson plan
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When will they EVER use this?????
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How do teachers attend VPSS?
• Find a Program (Choose Carefully!)
• Sign Up• Go
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What happens when a teacher completes VPSS?
• Certificate or Letter of
Completion
• NCLB Certificate of Compliance
• Copies, Copies, Copies!
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