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KnowledgeBases > The School Improvement KnowledgeBase > Element 1 > Activity 2 > Task 7: Teacher Quality Requirements

Guideline:

Section 1119 of Title I of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act contains provisions addressing the use of designated funds to support professional development. Other NCLB provisions address the qualifications for instructional staff members and paraprofessionals and notification requirements to parents about classroom staff member qualifications. State education agency staff members should be aware of these requirements.

Guidelines Highly Qualified Teachers - NCLB Flexibility _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to U.S. Department of Education information on the flexibility provisions related to the NCLB highly qualified teacher requirements.

Guidelines Improving Teacher Quality State Grants - Non-Regulatory Guidance _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to the U.S. Department of Education's Improving Teacher Quality State Grants Non-Regulatory Guidance.

Legal Teacher Qualifications

NCLB includes provisions pertaining to teacher qualifications. This document summarizes the definition of "highly qualified" teachers as delineated in the Title I regulations addressing this subject and provides links to each state's information on highly qualified teachers.

References Building a High-Quality Education Workforce _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to a National Governors Association (NGA) report to improve teacher effectiveness. As noted at the NGA website, "the guide also provides concrete strategies states can use to implement the recommendations, such as supporting strong teacher and principal preparation programs, reforming licensure regulations and paying teachers and principals for the contributions they make toward improving student learning."

References Education Commission of the States - Teacher Quality _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to the Education Commission of the States policy issue website on teacher quality.

References Improving Teacher Quality _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to the U.S. Department of Education's resources on highly qualified teachers.

References Improving Teacher Quality State Grants _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to the U.S. Department of Education's information on the Title II Part A state grant program for improving teacher quality.

References National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality _EXTERNAL_LINK

As noted at its website, "the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (TQ Center) is the premier national resource to which the regional comprehensive centers, states, and other education stakeholders turn for strengthening the quality of teaching."

References State Highly Qualified Teacher Plans _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to resources available at the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality on state highly qualified teacher plans.

References State Partnerships for Quality Teacher Preparation _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to an issue paper prepared jointly by the Education Commission of the States (ECS) and the National Center for Teacher Transformation. As noted as the ECS website, it "examines how the effective use of data, competency-based teacher education standards, and current relationships between districts and teacher education programs can lead to powerful partnerships that drive both the continuous improvement of schools and teacher education programs."

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