No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Highly Qualified Teacher Requirements “New” Teachers

(Teachers Hired After the First Day of School in 2002-2003)

 

“New” Teachers of Core Academic Subjects Hired After the First Day of School in 2002-2003 and Working in a Program Supported with Title I, Part A

Funds- These Teachers of Core Academic Subjects in a School-wide or Targeted Assistance Program Must Meet the Requirements Below Beginning

with the 2002-2003 School Year.

 

Other “New” Teachers of Core Academic Subjects Hired After the First Day of School 2002-2003 – These Teachers Must Meet the Requirements

Below As Soon As Possible but Not Later Than the End of the 2005-2006 School Year.

 

(Core Academic Subjects are English, reading, language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics, government, economics, arts, history, and

geography.)

Status

Elementary Level

Middle/Secondary Level

New Teacher =

A teacher hired after

the 1

st

day of 2002-

2003 school year

 

(the first day of school

is the first day students

report per the district

standard calendar)

 

Option I

Valid Temporary Certificate with appropriate certificate area in PK-3,

K-3, 1-6, K-6, K-8, or K-12 for each assignment

and

A passing score on the Florida Subject Area Exam (SAE) required

for each certificate area of assignment

 

Sample Options:

  

Assignment: Second Grade Teacher

Temporary Certificate in Elementary Education 1-6

Passing Score on Elementary Education 1-6 SAE

 

Assignment: Grades K-5 Music Teacher

Temporary Certificate in Music K-12

Passing score on Music K-12 SAE

 

 

Option II

Valid Professional Certificate with appropriate certificate area for

each assignment

  

Option I

Valid Temporary Certificate with appropriate certificate area in 5-9, 6-12, 7-12, K-

8, or K-12 for each assignment

 

Sample Options:

Assignment: Tenth Grade Geometry

Temporary Certificate in Mathematics 6-12 or 7-12

 

Assignments: Eighth Grade Spanish and English

Temporary Certificate in Spanish 7-12 or K-12 and English 5-9, 6-12, or 7-12

 

 

Option II

Valid Professional Certificate with appropriate certificate area for each

assignment

 

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No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Highly Qualified Teacher Requirements “Not New” Teachers

(Teachers Hired Before or On the First Day of School In 2002-3003)

 

“Not New” Teachers of Core Academic Subjects Hired Before or On the First Day of School in 2002-2003 and Working in a Program Supported with

Title I, Part A Funds- These Teachers of Core Academic Subjects in a School-wide or Targeted Assistance Program Must Meet the Requirements

Below As Soon As Possible but Not Later than the End of the 2005-2006 School Year.

 

Other “Not New” Teachers of Core Academic Subjects Hired Before or On the First Day of School 2002-2003 – These Teachers Must Meet the

Requirements Below As Soon As Possible but Not Later than the End of the 2005-2006 School Year.

 

(Core Academic Subjects are English, reading, language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics, government, economics, arts, history, and

geography.)

Status

Elementary Level

Middle/Secondary Level

Not New

Teacher =

A teacher hired before

or on the 1

st

day of

school of the 2002-

2003 school year

 

(the first day of school

is the first day students

report per the district

standard calendar)

 

Option I

 

Valid Temporary Certificate with appropriate certificate area in PK-3,

K-3, 1-6, K-6, K-8, or K-12 for each assignment

and

A passing score on the Florida Subject Area Exam (SAE) required

for each certificate area of assignment

 

Sample Options:

  

Assignment: Kindergarten Teacher

Temporary Certificate in PK-3

Passing Score on the PK-3 SAE

 

Assignment: Fifth Grade Teacher

Temporary Certificate in Elementary Education K-6

Passing Score on Elementary Education K-6 SAE

 

Option II

Valid Temporary or Professional Certificate with appropriate

certificate area for each assignment and a satisfactory or higher

performance evaluation including demonstration of subject area

competence in each subject area taught pursuant to Section 231.29,

FS.

Option I

Valid Temporary Certificate with appropriate certificate area in 5-9, 6-12, 7-12, K-

8, or K-12 for each assignment

 

 

Sample Options:

Assignment: Grades 6-8 Art

Temporary Certificate in Art K-12

 

Assignment: Eleventh Grade Physics

Temporary Certificate in Physics 6-12, 7-12 or Science 7-12

 

 

Option II

Valid Temporary or Professional Certificate with appropriate certificate area for

each assignment and a satisfactory or higher performance evaluation including

demonstration of subject area competence in each subject area taught pursuant

to Section 231.29, FS.