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  1. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org GNETS ETS Profes ession onal al Quali lifica cati tion ons & I In-Field eld under er the Every ery Stude udent nt Succe ceeds eds Act t (ESSA) SSA) August 9, 2017 Carly Covic Ambler Program Manager - Title II, Part A Division of Teacher and Leader Support and Development Office of Teaching and Learning cambler@doe.k12.ga.us, 404-623-9599

  2. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Catlin McMunn Dooley, Ph.D. Deputy Superintendent Office of Teaching and Learning Cindy Saxon Associate Superintendent Division of Teacher and Leader Support and Development Office of Teaching and Learning Carly Covic Ambler Program Manager - Title II, Part A Division of Teacher and Leader Support and Development Office of Teaching and Learning 08/09/2017 2

  3. Topics pics Cover ered ed in Pr Present sentation tion Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org • Contact Information & Training Opportunities • Resources • ESSA & IDEA Requirements • For Teachers • For Paraprofessionals • For Substitute Teachers • Emergency/ Provisional Certificates • Required Notifications • Establishing and Monitoring Requirements • Related Monitoring Requirements • Scenarios • In-field Platform 08/09/2017 3

  4. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Co Cont ntact act In Informa ormation tion and nd Training ining Opp ppor ortunities tunities 08/09/2017 4

  5. GaD aDOE Sta E Staff Su Suppor porting ting PQ PQ/ I / In-Field ield Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org Carly Ambler cambler@doe.k12.ga.us Pam Daniels pdaniels@doe.k12.ga.us Chris Leonard cleonard@doe.k12.ga.us Greg Petersen gpetersen@doe.k12.ga.us Terri Still tstill@doe.k12.ga.us 08/09/2017 5

  6. Traini ning ng Opportunitie tunities Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org Future Training Opportunities Audience Data Collections (September) Repeat by webinar September 5, 2-3 LEA Staff Involved Data Collections FY18 CFM Monitoring Webinar All Federal Programs (August 25) LEAs being Monitored in FY18 FY17 Portal Data Webinar (September 13, 10-11) LEA and School Leaders GELI (September 19) LEA Staff Supporting PQ/ In-Field FY18 PQ/ In-Field Monitoring Webinar (September 25, 1-3) LEAs being Monitored in FY18 FY18 PQ/ In-Field Monitoring Regional (September 26, 1-3) LEAs being Monitored in FY18 FY18 GCASE Conference (November) LEA Staff Supporting PQ/ In-Field FY18 Portal Data Webinar (January, February, May) LEA Staff Supporting PQ/ In-Field Training Modules LEA Staff: HR, Principals, APs, etc Past Training Audience Regional and Virtual Title II, Part A Training Sessions (May) LEA Title II, Part A Coordinators GASPA – Session Friday Morning (May) LEA HR Staff GaDOE Special Education Directors Webcast (May) LEA Special Education Directors GaDOE Federal Programs Conference (June) LEA Leaders SELDA Training New Special Education Directors 08/09/2017 6

  7. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Resour sources ces 08/09/2017 7

  8. Website bsite Resour ources ces Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org Overview Documents SAMPLE Notifications GaDOE > Offices & Divisions > School Improvement/ Federal Programs > Resources “Professional Qualifications and Related Reporting Requirements” 08/09/2017 8

  9. Cur urren ent t Resour source ces Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org Purpose: Purpose: Purpose: • Updates • • Broad Overview Special Education Focus Audience: Audience: Audience: • LEA staff working with • Special Education Staff • General Public PQ and In-Field 08/09/2017 9

  10. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org ESSA ES SA and nd ID IDEA EA Requir quirements ements 08/09/2017 10

  11. Key P Points ts abou out Profession ional al Qual alifica icatio tions ns an and In-Field ield for GNET ETS Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org • HiQ is completely gone. • In its place are two different, but comparable requirements • Professional Qualifications • In-Field • As of July 2017, Georgia amended board rules to state that charters and strategic waiver systems cannot waive certification requirements for Special Education Teachers. This means that all special education teachers are required to hold special education certification and – if issuing grades – demonstrate content area expertise. • LEAs and GNETS may not use the HOUSSE rubric or HiQ Consultative Documents to meet PQ/ In-Field requirements. 08/09/2017 11

  12. Ev Ever ery St Student ent Su Succ ccee eeds ds Act ct Pr Profes essional ional Qual alifica ications tions for Tea eacher ers Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org What does ESSA say about qualifications? ESSA says that state education agencies (SEAs) and Local Education Agencies (LEAs) must ensure teachers meet applicable state certification requirements [Sections 1111(g)(2)(J), 1112(c)(6)]. O.C.G.A. § 20-2-984 § 20-2-2065 Georgia law authorizes GaPSC to Georgia law allows charter and establish certification requirements. strategic waivers systems to waive state certification for most teachers. 08/09/2017 12

  13. Individuals dividuals wi with th Disa isabili bilities ties Educa catio tion Act Professi essional nal Qualif alifica cations tions for Teacher ers Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org What does IDEA say about qualifications? – from ESSA FAQs 01.18.17 D- 1b. If the definition of “highly qualified” is no longer applicable to special education teachers, what are the federal requirements related to the professional qualifications of those teachers? Section 9214(d)(2) of the ESSA amended section 612(a)(14)(C) of the IDEA by incorporating the requirement previously in section 602(10)(B) that a person employed as a special education teacher in elementary school, middle school, or secondary school must: 1) have obtained full certification as a special education teacher (including certification obtained through alternative routes to certification), or passed the State special education teacher licensing examination and hold a license to teach in the State as a special education teacher, except that a special education teacher teaching in a public charter school must meet the requirements set forth in the State’s public charter school law; 2) not have had special education certification or licensure requirements waived on an emergency, temporary, or provisional basis ; AND 3) hold at least a bachelor’s degree . Each State must continue to comply with these certification requirements during the 2016-2017 school year. (Updated May 4, 2016) Traditional LEAs Charter and Strategic Waiver LEAs O.C.G.A. § 20-2-984 O.C.G.A. § 20-2-2065 Georgia law authorizes Georgia law allows charter and strategic waivers systems to GaPSC to establish waive state certification for most teachers. certification requirements. SBOE Board Rules Amended – July 20, 2017 LEAs may not waive certification for Special Education Teachers 08/09/2017 13

  14. Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org gadoe.org Where do GNETS fit? • RESAs hiring and reporting GNETS teachers in CPI must follow GaPSC certification requirements under O.C.G.A. • LEAs hiring and reporting GNETS teachers in CPI must follow the professional qualifications requirements annually stated in the LEA’s CLIP. If a special education teacher issues grades, the teacher must hold certification or the equivalent in the corresponding content areas and grade level bands. 08/09/2017 14

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