District Plans for Ensuring Highly Qualified Teachers

DPI is required by the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act to monitor teachers of core academic subjects who do not meet the NCLB definition of highly qualified. As such, the department has developed a statewide strategy to identify such educators and ensure that they become highly qualified. Wisconsin's Title II Highly Qualified Teachers Plan may be viewed at the U.S. Department of Education website.

It is increasingly important that the information on the PI-1202 Staff Report and "highly qualified" statements made on Page 2B (School District Request and Justification page) of the PI-1602-EL license application all coincide with the information districts report on the Highly Qualified Teacher Plan. Please remember that NCLB also requires schools receiving Title I funds to notify parents or legal guardians when their child has been taught core academic subjects for four consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not considered "highly qualified."
  An overview of the reporting process has been developed to assist districts.

Fall 2010 Memo to District Administrators.

District Reporting Forms

• PI-9550-IIC Highly Qualified Teacher Plan fillable - For smaller districts. This version of the form allows up to 6 entries.
  PI-9550-IIC Highly Qualified Teacher Plan fillable - For larger districts. This version of the form allows up to 72 entries.
  
  Reports were due at DPI by November 15th.
  Note: In part VI. Teacher Data, districts must identify each educator listed by both name and DPI Educator File Number. File number is the six-digit number assigned by DPI to each licensed educator. A teacher's file number can be found or verified using the DPI Educator License Lookup. File number is also printed in the upper left corner of the teacher's license (the last 6 digits of "License Number") if issued in recent years.
• Districts who employ educators of core academic subjects who are not highly qualified under NCLB and assign those educators to teach core subjects for four weeks or more in a school receiving Title I funds must report those educators to the parents or legal guardians of the students they are teaching. The following page contains a sample letter that districts may use to notify parents that their child's teacher is not considered highly qualified under NCLB:
  http://dpi.wi.gov/esea/samples.html
• PI-9550-IIC3 Highly Qualified Teacher District Plan - Final Report will be forwarded to districts and is due at DPI by June 1st for those districts who employed teachers of core academic subjects who are not highly qualified.

For questions about this information, contact Julie A. Hagen (608) 266-6794

Last updated on 2/3/2011 3:22:19 PM