INSTRUCTIONS
Pursuant to New York State Education Law, the
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001(NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA), New York State Education Department (SED) is requesting
that all charter schools provide reports and supporting documentation
concerning teacher certification and employee records. All reports
must reflect data as of October 3, 2007.
TABLE A – PROFESSIONAL
INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF
List all "lead" teachers providing
direct instruction to one or more students, regardless of the number of hours
per week. Lead co-teachers, speech
pathologists, occupational therapists, librarians who teach library science are
included. Teaching Assistants,
paraprofessionals and non-teaching educational administrators are not included. See the Key for important instructions and
definitions.
If
a teacher is certified,
place an X in the applicable column in Table A and provide SED with the
appropriate documentation. Evidence of
certification includes a current, valid
New York State teaching certificate, a New York City (NYC) teaching license for
teachers in the five boroughs of NYC, or a TEACH printout with a status of Certified.
If
a teacher is not certified,
s/he may be considered presumptively
certified if s/he has submitted to the Office of Teacher Initiatives (OTI)
all required documentation, test results and payments, and is awaiting
determination by OTI. Evidence of such
submission includes a TEACH status of Ready
for Review or a letter from a university stating that all certification
requirements are fulfilled and that it has submitted an application to OTI on
behalf of the teacher during the four weeks preceding the date this form is
submitted. If such evidence is available,
place an X in the appropriate box in Table A and provide SED with the
corresponding documentation, detailing the subject and grade level of the
prospective certification.
If
a teacher is neither certified nor presumptively certified, s/he may be eligible to teach under the
30/5 exemption of Article 56 provided that s/he falls into one of the following
four categories:
I.
At least
three years of elementary, middle or secondary classroom teaching experience
II.
Tenured
or tenure track college faculty
III.
Two
years of satisfactory experience through the Teach for
IV.
Possesses
exceptional business, professional, artistic, athletic, or military experience
If
an uncertified teacher holds one of these qualifications, indicate such status
in Table A by placing an X in the
qualified/not certified column and provide SED with a resume or letter from
employers. If the three-year experience
qualification is used, complete Table B for each eligible teacher.
TABLE B – QUESTIONNAIRE FOR UNCERTIFIED
TEACHERS WITH THREE YEARS OF CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE
Complete one table for
each uncertified teacher using the three-year experience qualification.
TABLE C – NON-INSTRUCTIONAL
STAFF
List all current employees who do not provide
direct instruction as "lead" teachers. Teaching Assistants, paraprofessionals,
non-teaching educational administrators, security guards, office and
maintenance personnel are included.
.
TABLE D – NEWLY HIRED AND
TERMINATED EMPLOYEES
List all employees who have commenced or
terminated employment since the school’s last report to SED.
TABLE E – HIGHLY QUALIFIED
TEACHERS
NCLB
and IDEA provide that all teachers in charter schools shall be Highly
Qualified, as defined by NCLB and IDEA.
To that end, SED is requesting charter schools to list in Table E all the
teachers reported in Table A who have
classroom assignments teaching core academic subjects. These assignments include, but are not
limited to, the classes listed below.
(For additional information on “core academic subjects,” refer to the
recent NCLB field memo #03-2007 at http://www.highered.nysed.gov/nclb032007.htm).
·
classes in “common branch subjects” in grades
K through 6
·
classes in core academic subjects in grades 7
through 12
(Core academic subjects for the NCLB and IDEA
are English, reading, language arts, mathematics, science, history, geography,
economics, civics and government, foreign languages and the arts. In
·
classes in the arts, languages other than
English and reading in grades K through 12
·
Career and Technical Education (CTE) classes
that students may use for academic credit in core academic subjects leading to
a high school diploma.
·
classes in core academic subjects taught in
languages other than English
·
classes in core academic subjects taught in
alternative education programs leading to a credit-based diploma
·
Special education, when the teacher provides direct
instruction in a core academic subject in grades K through 12 as the teacher of
record for that subject. Instruction that supplements or reinforces
instruction provided by other teachers is not considered core.
·
ESL classes: 1) when the teacher uses ESL
methodology to teach core academic subjects and is required to have dual
certification in ESL and the other subject being taught OR 2) when students use
an ESL class for English credit towards a high school diploma and the teacher
is required to be highly qualified in English.
·
Bilingual classes: when the teacher covers
core academic subjects at the instructional level of grades K through 12 as
teacher of record.
·
any of
the above classes taught in accordance with Part 80 of the Regulations of the
Commissioner of Education as approved “incidental teaching” or in accordance
with an approved “experiment in organizational change” in the middle
grades.
Column
M – Certification Status
If the teacher holds a
valid
Column
N – Area of Certification or Presumptive
Certification
Column N is only for teachers who are either
certified or presumptively certified, as
defined in the instructions to Table A. For
teachers who are certified, specify both the certification content area and the
level(s) of that certification. For
teachers who are presumptively certified,
indicate the certification content area and level(s) for which they have
applied for certification.
Column
O – Teaching Assignment
For each teacher – certified, presumptively
certified or uncertified - list every core course assignment on his/her
schedule as of Oct. 3, 2007.
Column
P – Certification Alignment
Column P is only for teachers holding a current, valid
However, if the core course assignment is not
aligned with the teacher’s certification subject and level (for example, a
teacher certified in secondary mathematics is assigned to teach one or more
biology courses; or a teacher certified for common branch is assigned to teach
one or more courses in middle school English) or if the teacher does not hold a valid certification, even if s/he
is presumptively certified with a
university letter or a TEACH status of Ready for Review, continue to Column Q.
Column
Q – Content Knowledge
If the teacher is certified but his/her core
course assignment is not aligned with the certification subject and level or if the teacher does not hold a valid
certification, even if s/he is presumptively
certified with a university letter or a TEACH status of Ready for Review, the
teacher must demonstrate content knowledge in his/her assignment through one or
more of the “allowable methods” found in Column Q. Fill in each box in Column Q for which 1) the
teacher has demonstrated content knowledge, and 2) the school has evidence of such demonstration. (For further explanation of these allowable
methods, refer to NCLB field memo #03-2007 at http://www.highered.nysed.gov/nclb032007.htm.)
Evidence of certification and content
knowledge must be provided to SED.
Acceptable evidence of certification is detailed in the instructions to
Table A and should be submitted with the documents corresponding to Table A. Evidence of content knowledge include, where
applicable, a TEACH printout, a copy of college transcripts, a copy of exam
results, or a copy of a completed HOUSSE rubric.
ALL TABLES MUST REFLECT DATA AS
OF OCTOBER 3, 2007
Please submit all tables and supporting
documentation no later than October 17, 2007.
The completed tables should be emailed to emscapa@mail.nysed.gov. Supporting
documentation may be mailed via postal service to:
Moshe Gans, Ph.D.
Regional Associate
Office of School Improvement and Community Services (NYC)
New York State Education Department
55 Hanson Place, Room 414B
Brooklyn, New York 11217
If you have questions or require technical
assistance, please contact Dr. Moshe Gans at (718) 722-7108.