FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

  

  

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TATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

 

F. PHILIP HANDY,

Chairman

 

T. WILLARD FAIR,

Vice Chairman

 

 

M

embers

 

 

LINDA J. EADS, ED.D.

 

CHARLES PATRICK GARCÍA

 

JULIA L. JOHNSON

 

WILLIAM L. PROCTOR, PH.D.

  

 

LINDA K. TAYLOR

 

 

John L. Winn

Commissioner of Education

 

  

 

 

 

MEMORANDUM

 

 

 

TO:

School District Superintendents

Certification

Contacts

 

  

  

FROM:

Jim Warford

 

DATE:

  

September 16, 2004

 

 

SUBJECT:

Update on Highly Qualified Teacher Requirements of No Child Left Behind

 

 

This technical assistance memorandum and accompanying charts and matrices are being sent

to further clarify Florida’s plan for teachers to meet the highly qualified requirements of the No

Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, to provide additional options for teachers to become highly

qualified, and to explain flexibility provisions. Included in these documents are the guidelines for

acceptance of a High, Objective, Uniform State Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE) for certain

experienced teachers.

 

U.S. Department of Education (USDE) Secretary, Rod Paige, announced in Spring 2004, new

NCLB flexibility provisions to be extended to teachers who face challenges in being assigned to

teach multiple subjects. Likewise, the latest revised Title II Guidance Document from the USDE

has been reviewed and additional flexibility options relating to highly qualified (HQ) teacher

requirements for specific subjects or circumstances have been determined to be appropriate for

Florida teachers. There have also been several recent decisions relating to Florida teachers of

reading disseminated via various memoranda from the Just Read, Florida! Office and

Chancellor Warford. Web site addresses for access to these memoranda are included.

 

Please see the attached pages for more detailed information on these various topics and

situations related to the highly qualified requirements of NCLB.

 

JIM WARFORD

K-12 CHANCELLOR

 

325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 514 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0509 • www.fldoe.org

 

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Memorandum

September 16, 2004

Page Two

 

 

If you have questions relating to this memorandum, you may contact Beverly Gregory, Lezlie

Cline, or Michael Lisle as shown below.

 

Certification Questions:

Exceptional Student Education Questions:

 

Beverly Gregory

Lezlie Cline

850/245-0431 850/245-0478

beverly.gregory@fldoe.org

lezlie.cline@fldoe.org

 

 

Alternative School/Settings Questions:

Michael Lisle

850/245-0481

Michael.lisle@fldoe.org

 

 

 

JW/bg

 

Attachments

 

cc: No Child Left Behind

Title I

MIS

Just Read, Florida!

Staff Development

Exceptional Student Education

Drop Out Prevention

ESOL

Charter Schools