Common use of HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS Clause in Contracts

HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS. 1. By July 1, 2005 each school working with central administration shall identify those teachers in their building who are not “highly qualified” under No Child Left Behind to teach in the current assignment. 2. By September 30, 2005 each teacher who is not already highly qualified will be required to commit to a plan to become highly qualified by June 30, 2006, by utilizing any of the currently available options approved by the State Board of Education. 3. Teachers wishing to bid on a position on the first posting must provide documentation of becoming highly qualified no less than three (3) weeks prior to the date of the first posting. Personnel will provide a list of jobs to be posted three (3) weeks prior to the date of the first posting. 4. Any teacher, who fails to provide documentation two (2) weeks prior to the date for schedule selection, will become ineligible to select a schedule for the 2006-2007 school year. 5. Any teacher, who fails to provide the necessary documentation by the schedule selection date, will become ineligible to teach on and after June 30, 2006 until such status is achieved. 6. Teachers providing documentation after the schedule selection date, but prior to June 30, 2006, will fill any vacancy for which they are highly qualified. In the event there are no vacant positions for which the teacher is highly qualified, the teacher shall bump the least senior teacher in a position for which the more senior teacher is highly qualified. Said teacher will be considered unassigned as for in the collective bargaining agreement. 7. The Building Administrator/Union Building Representative shall periodically monitor the progress of each teacher, and by June 1st of each school year, advise the Human Resources Department and the Union president of all such progress. 8. A teacher may bid into any posted, vacant position for which such teacher is highly qualified. After June 30, 2006 no teacher can involuntarily bump any other teacher out of an occupied position in order to become highly qualified unless he/she is scheduled to be laid-off. 9. High qualified status as mandated by N.C.L.B. will be considered a qualification” under the collective bargaining agreement, for all purposes where “qualification” is a factor. 10. The District will create a joint committee (i.e., portfolio review team) to review portfolios and follow the high objective uniform state standard of evaluation (HOUSSE). It is the District’s responsibility to determine the appropriate composition of the committee, which will consist of seven (7) members, three (3) of which will be chosen from and by the board from the TFT. This committee must determine the teacher’s subject matter content competency. The Highly Qualified Teacher Portfolio Resource Guide prepared by Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency will be used. 11. The district cannot assign a “highly qualified” staff member to a position that makes him/her not highly qualified.

HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS. 1. By July 1, 2005 each school working with central administration shall identify those teachers in their building who are not “highly qualified” under No Child Left Behind to teach in the current assignment. 2. By September 30, 2005 each teacher who is not already highly qualified will be required to commit to a plan to become highly qualified by June 30, 2006, by utilizing any of the currently available options approved by the State Board of Education. 3. Teachers wishing to bid on a position on the first posting must provide documentation of becoming highly qualified no less than three (3) weeks prior to the date of the first posting. Personnel will provide a list of jobs to be posted three (3) weeks prior to the date of the first posting. 4. Any teacher, who fails to provide documentation two (2) weeks prior to the date for schedule selection, will become ineligible to select a schedule for the 2006-2007 school year. 5. Any teacher, who fails to provide the necessary documentation by the schedule selection date, will become ineligible to teach on and after June 30, 2006 until such status is achieved. 6. Teachers providing documentation after the schedule selection date, but prior to June 30, 2006, will fill any vacancy for which they are highly qualified. In the event there are no vacant positions for which the teacher is highly qualified, the teacher shall bump the least senior teacher in a position for which the more senior teacher is highly qualified. Said teacher will be considered unassigned as for in the collective bargaining agreement. 7. The Building Administrator/Union Building Representative shall periodically monitor the progress of each teacher, and by June 1st of each school year, advise the Human Resources Department and the Union president of all such progress. 8. A teacher may bid into any posted, vacant position for which such teacher is highly qualified. After June 30, 2006 no teacher can involuntarily bump any other teacher out of an occupied position in order to become highly qualified unless he/she is scheduled to be laid-off. 9. High qualified status as mandated by N.C.L.B. will be considered a qualification” under the collective bargaining agreement, for all purposes where “qualification” is a factor. 10. The District will create a joint committee (i.e., portfolio review team) to review portfolios and follow the high objective uniform state standard of evaluation (HOUSSE). It is the District’s responsibility to determine the appropriate composition of the committee, which will consist of seven (7) members, three (3) of which will be chosen from and by the board from the TFT. This committee must determine the teacher’s subject matter content competency. The Highly Qualified Teacher Portfolio Resource Guide prepared by Wayne Xxxxx County Regional Educational Service Agency will be used. 11. The district cannot assign a “highly qualified” staff member to a position that makes him/her not highly qualified.