Highly Qualified Teachers

“Highly Qualified” means that the teacher:

1. Has obtained full Texas teacher certification, including appropriate special education certification for special education teachers;
2. Holds a minimum of a bachelor’s degree; and
3. Has demonstrated subject matter competency in each of the academic subjects in which the teacher teaches.

The requirement that all teachers be highly qualified applies to all public elementary or secondary school teachers employed by a local educational agency who teach a core academic subject area.

General Information

• Highly Qualified Teachers State Plan
• Texas Revised HQT Plan - Approved by USDE
• Attachment 1: Texas Strategic Plan to Address the Teacher Shortage
• Attachment 2: Sample Campus HQT Compliance Report
• Attachment 3: District HQ Percent
• Attachment 4: Campus HQ
• Attachment 5: NCLB Monitoring Description
• Attachment 6: Equity Plan Strategies
• USDE Approval Letter
• USDE Review Sheet and Comments 
  
  

• Statute - Highly Qualified Teachers

• Guidance for Implementation of NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher Requirements

• Highly Qualified Teacher TETN September 4, 2008

• Correspondence (To The Administrator (TAA) letters)

• Highly Qualified Teacher Reports by state, region, district, or campus
  

Resources

• Highly Qualified Teacher Determination Forms

Elementary Determination Forms

• Highly Qualified Elementary
• Highly Qualified Elementary Special Education
• HOUSE Worksheet Elementary

Secondary Determination Forms

• Highly Qualified Secondary
• HOUSE Worksheet Secondary
• Highly Qualified Secondary Special Education
• HOUSE Worksheet Secondary Special Education

• Exam Crosswalk
  
  
• Subject Area Competency Resource Document
  
  
• Sample Forms for use by Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
  
  
• Highly Qualified Teacher Reports by state, region, district, or campus

Monitoring, Data Validation and Reporting

• Validation of Parental Notification
  
  
  
• Highly Qualified Teacher Continuous Improvement Plan (HQTCIP) Process
  
• Notification Letter of Required HQTFDA and HQTCIP - Dated December 3, 2008
  
• Equity Analysis Possibility Letter
• 2008-2009 HQTCIP Equity Minority Report List of LEA's 
• 2008-2009 HQTCIP Equity Poverty Report List of LEA's 
• Equity Analysis Possibility Letter and Attachments
  
• Highly Qualified Teacher Focused Data Analysis Template (Required)
• Additional pages, if needed for Section I of HQT FDA
• Additional pages, if needed for Section II of HQT FDA
• Additional pages, if needed for Section III of HQT FDA
  
• Submittal Checklist (Required)
  
• Instructions for Highly Qualified Teacher Focused Data Analysis
• District
• Highly Qualified Teacher Continuous Improvement Plan Template (Required)
• Additional pages, if needed, for HQTCIP 
• Instructions for Highly Qualified Teacher Continuous Improvement (District Level)
  
• Campus
• Highly Qualified Teacher Continuous Improvement Plan Template (Retain Locally) 
• Instructions for Highly Qualified Teachers Continuous Improvement (Campus Level) 
  
  
  
•  2008-2009 Highly Qualified Teacher Report

NCLB Program Coordination Home Page

Cory Green, Senior Director

Contact:  nclb@tea.state.tx.us  or (512) 463-9374

Last Updated: 09/4/2009