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Searching for Highly Qualified

Teachers: Setting the stage for

the 14-15 school year

What Determines HQT Status?

A highly qualified teacher holds a

minimum of a bachelor’s degree, and

A highly qualified teacher has obtained

full state licensure, and

A highly qualified teacher has

demonstrated subject matter

competence in each of the core

academic subjects the teacher teaches.

HQT Determination

HQT Determination Forms are found at:

http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=

2219.

Forms for both Elementary

and Secondary teachers

are available.

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What Determines HQT Status?

A highly qualified teacher holds a

minimum of a bachelor’s degree, and

A highly qualified teacher has obtained

full state licensure, and

A highly qualified teacher has

demonstrated subject matter

competence in each of the core

academic subjects the teacher teaches.

OAR 584-100-0101

Oregon Licenses Considered

“Full State Certification”

(1) Basic Teaching License; or (2) Standard Teaching License; or (3) Initial (Initial, I, II) Teaching License; or (4) Continuing Teaching License; or (5) Five-Year Elementary Teaching License; or (6) Five-Year Secondary Teaching License; or (7) International Visiting Teacher License; or (8) NCLB Alternative Route Teaching License; or (9) Charter School Registry.

Highly Qualified

vs.

Legal to Teach

The ESEA definition of “highly qualified” does not completely align to the current state licensure/certification structure and assignment rules.

Teachers who are allowed to teach certain courses under state licensure/certification and assignment rules may not meet the definition of “highly qualified.”

Teachers who do meet the definition of “highly qualified” and who do NOT have the endorsement on their license MAY require a License for Conditional Assignment under the current state licensure structure.

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What Determines HQT Status?

A highly qualified teacher holds a

minimum of a bachelor’s degree, and

A highly qualified teacher has obtained

full state licensure, and

A highly qualified teacher has

demonstrated subject matter

competence in each of the core

academic subjects the teacher teaches.

What are the Core Academic

Areas?

The term core academic subjects means:

• English

• Reading

• Mathematics

• Science

• Foreign Languages

• Civics and Government

• Economics

• History

• Geography

• Arts (Art and Music)

Oregon through TSPC further defines the arts as being visual arts and

music, and foreign language as German, French and Spanish

Demonstrating Subject Matter

Competency O Pass a rigorous state exam in the core

academic subject matter area, or

In the K-6 setting

educators should take

the ORELA (NES)

Elementary Exam

subtest I and II.

In the 7-12 setting

educators should take

the appropriate subject

matter test for the

course they are

teaching.

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Demonstrating Subject Matter

Competency O Pass a rigorous state exam in the core

academic subject matter area, or

O Complete a major or coursework

equivalent to an undergraduate major in

the core academic area (only available for

7-12 grade setting), or

The major should be

listed on the educator’s

transcript.

Demonstrating Subject Matter

Competency O Pass a rigorous state exam in the core

academic subject matter area, or

O Complete a major or coursework

equivalent to an undergraduate major in

the core academic area, or

O Hold a graduate degree in the core

academic subject matter area, (only

available for 7-12 grade setting), or

The graduate

degree must

be in the

subject matter

the educator

will be

teaching.

Demonstrating Subject Matter

Competency O Pass a rigorous state exam in the core

academic subject matter area, or

O Complete a major or coursework

equivalent to an undergraduate major in

the core academic area, or

O Hold a graduate degree in the core

academic subject matter area, or

O Highly Objective Uniform State Standards

of Evaluation (HOUSSE).

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Elementary HOUSSE

To qualify for the Elementary HOUSSE, a total of sixty (60) points of combined coursework must be earned.

Experience must meet the 3 year minimum requirement to be eligible. A teaching license must have

been awarded prior to the 2007-2008 school year and a minimum of three years teaching

experience at the elementary level must have occurred prior to the 2009-2010 school year.

Secondary HOUSSE To qualify for the Secondary HOUSSE, a total of one hundred (100) points of

• combined coursework,

• professional development, and

• experience must be earned.

Experience must meet the 3 year minimum requirement, to be eligible, and may not exceed the 5 year

maximum for a total of no more than 50 points. A teaching license must have been awarded prior to the

2007-2008 school year and a minimum of three years teaching experience in the subject to be evaluated must have occurred prior to the 2009-2010 school year.

HOUSSE Worksheets

HOUSSE Worksheets are found at:

http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=2219.

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When Must A Teacher be HQ?

Core content

teachers must

meet HQT

requirements at

the time of

assignment or

the time of hire.

Scenarios Our middle school offers a reading class that focuses on the skills

needed to comprehend different types of text. Students in this class

generally have all other skills needed for strong reading, such as

decoding and fluency skills. The teacher providing this instruction has

an English Language Arts endorsement.

Our middle school offers Middle School Reading II which is a

comprehensive based reading intervention in that it addresses all

skills needed for reading, such as decoding, fluency, vocabulary and

comprehension. Teachers use the curriculum to instruct students on

phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. The teacher

providing this instruction has an English Language Arts endorsement.

Scenarios Our school offers our students a Sixth Grade Spanish class which

they take as an elective class. The teacher has an elementary

multiple subjects endorsement and speaks fluent Spanish.

Teachers are teaching a reading intervention program at the junior

high. The intervention program is being taught as an elective and is

not replacing core language arts instruction. The school use all

teachers to teach this program.

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Do Charter School Teachers

Need to be Highly Qualified?

For Charter School teachers, the term

HQT means that the teacher meets the

requirements set forth in Oregon public

charter school law.

“Any person employed as a teacher in a public

charter school shall be licensed or registered to teach

by the commission.”

ORS Title 30 Chapter 338.135 7(b) and (c)

Licensed or Registered O Any person employed as a teacher in a public

charter school shall be licensed or registered by

TSPC.

O In a public charter school, at least 50% of total

Teacher and Administrator FTE* must be

licensed** and up to 50% may be registered by

TSPC. ORS 338.135(7)

O Teachers teaching at a virtual public charter who

are licensed by TSPC must provide 95% of the

school instructional hours. ORS 338.120(1)(f)(B)

*Full-time Equivalent

** Basic, Continuing, Initial and Standard.

Licensed or Registered

To be HQ, a licensed Charter School Teacher must have: • a bachelor’s degree, • a valid license, and • demonstrate subject

matter knowledge by testing, major coursework, or graduate degree in subject.

To be HQ, a registered

Charter School Teacher

must have:

• a bachelor’s degree,

• a valid charter school

registry, and

• demonstrate subject

matter knowledge by

testing, major

coursework, or graduate

degree in subject.

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Who is responsible for HQT in

a Charter School?

The District and the

Charter School need to

work together to ensure

that all teachers are

highly qualified at the

time of hire or

assignment.

Scenarios

Our K-8 Charter School has a Registered Teacher who is

teaching 9th grade science and has an Biology endorsement

from TSPC.

Our Chinese Immersion School elementary Chinese teacher is

teaching self-contained 3rd grade. The teacher has a Restricted

Transitional License with an endorsement in Chinese.

Do Special Education Teachers Need

to be Highly Qualified?

Must meet the HQT requirement in all core

academic subjects.

• K-8 must demonstrate elementary education

competency.

• 9-12 teachers whose students are receiving

core content credit for graduation must

demonstrate subject matter competency in

each subject matter credit is awarded.

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Do Special Education Teachers Need

to be Highly Qualified?

• 9-12 teachers all of whose students are working

toward an Alternative Certificate must

demonstrate elementary education

competency.

• Special Education teachers providing

supplemental support/reinforcement are not

considered to be teaching core academic

subjects and thus do not need to meet the

highly qualified requirements.

Scenarios Our Elementary School Learning Resource Center teacher teaches

a variety of students-who come to the resource center for math and

reading help.

A teacher with SPED and Multiple Subjects endorsements is

teaching a 9th grade Science class with a combination of students

working towards either a modified or regular high school diploma.

Teacher has a Standard Teaching license with Basic Biology and

Standard Exceptional Learner I endorsements. The teacher is

currently teaching a modified math class to 9th through 12th

graders and use the 7th and 8th grade math book.

Do Online/Distance Learning

Teachers need to be Highly

Qualified?

The teacher providing

the core content

instruction, grade and

credit must be highly

qualified.

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Online/Distance Learning Classes

Types

O Teacher is provided by the online provider

and interacts with the students. O Online teacher must be HQ and reported in Staff

Assignment.

O Online curriculum provided without a

teacher. O School must provide a HQ teacher and report him/her

in Staff Assignment.

O University/community college faculty O School does not need to report these classes/teachers.

Scenarios Our students attend our online school where they are working on all

different classes. These are self-paced, online courses where the

computer program builds the curriculum and provides the instruction.

There is a staff member in the room monitoring the students.

Some of our students are taking an online Spanish class from a Blue

Mountain Community College faculty member. The teacher has a

master’s degree in Spanish. The community college sends us the

grade which we add to the student’s grade/transcripts.

We use Aventa Learning as our online provider. Aventa’s teachers

build the curriculum, provide the instruction and issue the grade.

They have told us all of their teachers meet the highly qualified

requirements.

Other Teachers that Need to be

Highly Qualified

Alternative Education Teachers must meet

the requirement of HQT in all core academic

subjects they are assigned to teach.

Bilingual and ESL teachers must meet the

requirement of HQT in all core academic

subjects they are assigned to teach.

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State Reporting

Instructional Unit Identifier (IUID) Collection

• Creates a unique Instructional Unit Identifier (IUID

number) for each course taught.

• Each course is recognized as separate and distinct

to indicate the passage of time.

• IUIDs can not be used across years. Must get new

IUIDS each school year.

• Uses the NCES Secondary and NCES Prior-to-

Secondary Course Codes.

State Reporting

Instructional Unit Identifier (IUID) Collection • Elementary/Middle Level Course Codes

• Special Education

• 74000 Developmental Support

• 72206 Life Skills

• Subject Area 73

• 72005 Tutorial – SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPPORT

• Blended Classrooms

• High grade in the grade/content area

• 73039 for self-contained classrooms

• Title I

• 51068 Corrective Reading

• 52003 Particular Topics in Foundational Mathematics

State Reporting

Instructional Unit Identifier (IUID) Collection • High School Level Course Codes

• Special Education

• 22251 Community Living

• 22252 Communication Instruction

• 22253 Social Development Instruction

• 22254 Developmental Support

• 22206 Life Skills

• Core Content Codes

• 72005 Tutorial –SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT

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State Reporting

Staff Assignment Collection

• Links teachers to the classes that they teach.

• Determines Highly Qualified Teachers for

core academic subjects.

• All teachers who are providing instruction are

required to be reported.

• Non-instructional courses like student aides

do not need reported.

• Reporting is for the entire school year

(summer, fall spring).

State Reporting

Staff Assignment Collection

• IUID Collection

• USID Collection

• Staff Assignment Details

State Reporting

Staff Assignment Collection • Team Teaching

• Indicates courses is being team taught.

• Name of team teacher should be placed in HQ Status

Comment field.

• Team teachers must have the same IUID number.

• Both teachers need a record for the class!

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State Reporting Staff Assignment Collection

• Highly Qualified Status Code

• How the staff member demonstrates subject

matter competency.

1. HQ-License/Endorsement

2. HQ-HOUSSE

3. Not HQ

5. HQ-By Test

6. Non-Core Content Course

7. Undergraduate Degree/Major (equivalent*)

grades 7-12

8. Graduate Degree grades 7-12

*Equivalent equals 34 quarters or 23 semester credits.

State Reporting • Staff Assignment

• Highly Qualified Status Comment Code

• Code describing the Highly Qualified Status of

the Staff Member. 1. License/Endorsement

2. License Expired (renewal was mid year)

3. Charter School Registry

4. Out of State Online Teacher

5. Team Teaching

6. Supervising Teacher

7. License for Conditional Assignment

8. International Visiting Teacher

9. Other

• Only required if TSPC determination comes back as

‘N’ or ‘X’.

State Reporting • Staff Assignment

• Highly Status Comment

• Comment describing the Highly Qualified Status

of the staff member.

• The submitter would like to provide more

information (i.e. grades taught, team teacher, etc.).

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State Reporting • Staff Assignment

• Reason Not HQ

• Code indicates reason staff member teaching

course is NOT HQ. 1. Regular Elementary Subject-Matter Competency

2. Sp. ED. Elementary Subject-Matter Competency

3. Elementary Emergency Certificate

4. Elementary Eligible for Rural Flexibility

5. Elementary Other

6. Secondary Subject-Matter Competency

7. Sp. ED. Secondary Subject-Matter Competency

8. Secondary Emergency Certificate

9. Secondary Eligible for Rural Flexibility

10. Secondary Other

State Reporting • Staff Assignment

• HQ Plan Comment

• Comment describing the plan intended to make

this teacher Highly Qualified.

• Work with Janet if you have non HQ teachers.

State Reporting

• Staff Assignment • Teacher License Flag

• Flag indicating this teacher is licensed, or registered,

with TSPC.

• If ‘Y’ the TSPC Account ID must be included in the

submission.

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Contact Information:

Janet Bubl

HQT Coordinator

Janet.bubl@state.or.us

503-947-5687

Anna Haley

Staff Assignment Data Owner

Anna.haley@state.or.us

503-947-2561