Highly Qualified and Effective Teaching (NCLB Title II A)
ESEA/NCLB Title II, Part A provides funds to all NYS local education agencies (LEAs) for the purposes of meeting NCLB highly qualified teaching requirements, by:
- providing high quality professional development (see definition in NCLB, Title IX, Section 9101 (34)
) to ensure that teachers become, and remain, highly effective in helping all students to learn and achieve high performance standards; - meeting ‘highly qualified teacher’ (see definition in NCLB, Title IX, Section 9101 (23)) requirements for core course teaching through effective teacher recruitment, retention and professional development practices; and
- ensuring strong instructional leadership through effective principal recruitment, retention and professional development practices.
NCLB Title II A is the second largest NCLB source of formula funding allocations (Title I is the largest) to local education agencies (LEAs).
Useful Links:
- NYS HQT data, by district, 2007-08
- Monitoring for Highly Qualified and Effective Teaching (NCLB Title II A)
- District NCLB Title II A allocations and application for funds
- Highly qualified teacher data
- NYS HQT data, by district, 2006-07
(117KB) - NYS HQT data, by district, 2004-05 and 2005-06
- School Report Cards, 2007-08 HQT data for districts and school is on page 4 of each Accountability and Overview Report
- NYS HQT data, by district, 2006-07
- Equitable distribution of highly qualified teaching
- NYS Plan to Enhance Teacher Quality (September 2006)
- Office of Teaching Initiatives
- Teacher Certification - search New York State certification requirements
- Check the status of your certification application
- For administrators or parents - check a teacher’s certification status (Find information on the certification status of your child's teacher, filing a moral character complaint, statistical data, and more)
- Fingerprinting and Clearances for Employment in the NYS School Districts
- Statewide Funding
- NCLB Field Memos
Last Updated:
June 24, 2009