FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

 

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TATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

 

T. WILLARD FAIR,

Chairman

Members

DONNA G. CALLAWAY

DR. AKSHAY DESAI

ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ

PHOEBE RAULERSON

KATHLEEN SHANAHAN

LINDA K. TAYLOR

 

Jeanine Blomberg

Commissioner of Education

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 614 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0475 • www.fldoe.org

 

MEMORANDUM

  

Contact Information:

Name: Lezlie Cline

Phone: (850) 645-7132

E-Mail: Lezlie@fcim.org

Name: Beverly Gregory

Phone: (850) 245-0431

E-Mail: Beverly.Gregory@fldoe.org

 

K12: 2007-127

 

TO:

Exceptional Student Education Directors

 

District Certification Officers

 

FROM:

Bambi J. Lockman, Chief, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services

 

  

 

Beverly Gregory, Chief, Bureau of Educator Certification

 

DATE:

August 1, 2007

 

SUBJECT: NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (NCLB) HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHER

REQUIREMENTS -EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION (ESE) TEACHERS

TEACHING ELEMENTARY (K-6) OR ALTERNATE ACHIEVEMENT

STANDARDS CORE ACADEMIC COURSES

 

 

The Florida Department of Education has developed an additional way for districts to establish ESE teacher

teaching at the elementary level NCLB qualified status when moving to Florida from another state. Attached

is an updated chart that includes an additional option (number three on the chart) for highly qualified (HQ)

experienced ESE teachers teaching at the elementary level. This chart replaces the December 8, 2005,

ESE

Teachers Teaching Elementary Education or Alternate Achievement Standards Courses

chart.

 

The new option allows school districts, when hiring experienced teachers from another state, to send a

verification form developed by the state to another state department of education. By completing the form,

the other state department verifies that the veteran teacher met the state’s HQT designation by earning a

passing score on an appropriate subject content test. This option would then eliminate the requirement that

the out-of-state experienced ESE teacher teaching at the elementary level be required to pass the Florida

Elementary Education or Prekindergarten-Grade Three subject content test to establish HQT status.

 

We hope this is helpful to you and will make the process easier. If you have additional questions related to

ESE teachers and HQT requirements, contact Lezlie Cline at (850) 645-7132 or electronically at

Lezlie@fcim.org. For general questions related to teacher certification, contact Beverly Gregory at (850)

245-0431 or electronically at Beverly.Gregory@fldoe.org.

 

BJL/BG/cbs

 

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