Revisions to Georgias Plan for Title II, Part A Reaching and Maintaining the Goal of 100% Highly Qualified Teachers Submitted by: Georgia Professional Standards Commission Georgia Department of Education November 21, 2006 Revisions to Georgias Plan for Title II-A 2 Table of Contents PART I: GEORGIAS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TITLE II A .2 TITLE II PART A: STATE ORGANIZATION.2 PSC RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TITLE II, PART A FUNDING2 LEA RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TITLE II, PART A.2 PSC GOALS.2 TITLE II PART A - ADMINISTRATION.2 GEORGIAS HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHER DEFINITION.2 PART II: REVISIONS TO THE TITLE II, PART A PLAN2 REQUIREMENT 12 Table01: Statewide HiQ Data 2003-20042 Table02: State-wide HiQ Data 2004-2005.2 Table03: State-wide HiQ Data 2005-2006.2 Table04: 2004-2005 Core Academic Classes Taught by Non Highly Qualified Teachers2 Table 05: 2003-04 Core Academic Classes Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers.2 Table 06: 2004-05 Core Academic Classes Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers.2 Table 07: 2005-06 School System HiQ Summary Data2 REQUIREMENT 22 Table 08: Remediation Results by Classes for August 2006.2 REQUIREMENT 32 REQUIREMENT4 2 REQUIREMENT 52 REQUIREMENT 62 Table 09: Preliminary Data Compaing High Poverty School Enrollment and Percentage of Non Highly Qualified Teachers.42 Table 10: 2005-06 HiQ School System Data: Title I and Non-Title I Schools2 Table 11: Equity Parameters. 53 Table 12: Minority Enrollment and Percent of Praxis II Failures2 PART III: APPENDICES.2 APPENDIX #1: 2004-2005 PERCENTAGE OF NON HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS NOT MAKING AYP .2 APPENDIX #2: FACT SHEET FOR GEORGIA SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS 2 APPENDIX #3: RESULTS OF MONITORING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE VISITS2 APPENDIX # 4: PSC ACTIVITIES RELATED TO REFORMING TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL PREPARATION AND CERTIFICATION2 APPENDIX #5: GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULE 160-7-1-.042 APPENDIX #6: REVISED CERTIFICATION SCHEME AND ROUTES TO CERTIFICATION IN GEORGIA .2 APPENDIX #7: TEACHER QUALITY REFERENCES101 Revisions to Georgias Plan for Title II-A 3 PART I: Georgias Organizational Structure for the Implementation of Title II A Title II, Part A: State Organization Four state agencies in Georgia have responsibilities for the preparation, certification, teaching assignments, discipline, professional development, and resulting publicly reported student achievement that define highly qualified teachers. These are: 1. The Professional Standards Commission (PSC) Responsible for setting and enforcing the teacher and paraprofessional preparation standards, state teacher assessments and certification; sanctioning teachers and paraprofessionals for professional misbehavior; teacher recruiting, and reporting teacher work force data for Georgia. 2. The Board of Regents (BOR) - Governs the 15 state institutions that prepare teachers for initial and advanced degrees in content majors and education pedagogy; the Board of Regents sets principles and course requirements for teacher preparation at public institutions of higher education, and manages grant initiatives for innovative programs such as a teacher induction program or the higher education grants that are part of Title II, Part A. 3. Georgia Department of Education (GDOE) - Responsible for professional development of teachers, setting the state teacher pay scale, establishing the state curriculum that teachers teach, student assessments, school improvement efforts and NCLB programs. 4. The Office of Student Achievement (OSA)-Responsible for collecting, analyzing and reporting state student achievement data. Georgia operates a single statewide accountability system for public education that provides a focus for schools, creates a reward structure for success and gives parents information about how their children are performing. The system provides an accountability profile for each public school and public school district. The profiles include (1) adequate yearly progress for schools and school districts (2) a performance index for schools (3) performance highlights for schools and school districts. PSC Responsibilities for Title II, Part A Funding As the state agency responsible for teacher preparation approval and certification, PSC has responsibility for the following requirements of NCLB Title II, Part A: Review LEA applications, as part of the consolidated state application for NCLB funds Provide feedback to LEAs on status of funds use Monitor the compliance of statewide, state higher education (SHE) and local funds Report annually on the states progress toward meeting the states annual teacher quality goals and improvement of LEAs toward meeting teacher quality requirements Assess the impact of the funding on student learning Assess the impact of the funding on improving teacher quality Provide an educational role in interpreting the purpose and use of the federal funds allotment in collaboration with DOE