A teacher, as the term is used in this policy, refers
to a District employee who is required
to be certified under State law. The
following qualifications apply:
1. Each teacher must:
a. Have a valid
b. Provide the District Office
transcripts, of credits, earned in institutions of higher education and
annually by July 1, provide the District Office with a transcript
of any credits earned since the date the last transcript was filed.
c. Notify
the Superintendent of any change in the teacher's transcript.
2.
All teachers with primary
responsibility for instructing students in the core academic subject areas
(science, the arts, reading or language arts, English, history, civics and
government, economics, geography, foreign language, and mathematics) must be
highly qualified for those assignments as determined by state and federal law.
The Superintendent or designee shall:
1.
Monitor compliance with state and federal
law requirements that teachers be appropriately certified and highly qualified
for their assignments.
2.
Through incentives for voluntary transfers,
professional development, recruiting programs, or other effective strategies,
ensure that minority students and students from low-income families are not
taught at higher rates than other students by unqualified, out-of-field, or
inexperienced teachers.
3. Ensure parents/guardians of students in
schools receiving Title I funds are notified:
(a) of their right to request their students' classroom teachers' professional
qualifications, and (b) whenever their student is assigned to, or has been
taught for four or more consecutive weeks by, a teacher who is not highly
qualified.
LEGAL REF.: 20 U.S.C. §§ 6319. 34 C.F.R. § 200.55, 56, 57, and 61.
105 ILCS 5/10-20.15, 5/21-1, 5/21-10, 5/21-11.4, and 5/24-23.
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CROSS REF.: 6.170
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Revised: June 25, 2008