Supporting HQT Plans:

1. Supporting HQT Plans: Shawn Hawkins Teacher Quality Coordinator Richard Lawrence Director, Office of Title II, III & System Support Robert Mellace Troops to Teachers, Title II, and RLIS Coordinator

3. “Plans are nothing, planning is everything”- Dwight D. Eisenhower

4. Develop a HQT Plan • Review, verify and analyze data • Plan for classes to have HQT • Recruiting • Retaining • retraining • Implement the plan • Communicate

5. Develop a HQT Plan Review, verify and analyze data

6. HQT Monitoring Reports • Chart identifying issues relating to: • Certification • Highly Qualified Teacher Data • Certified List • Other required records

7. Human Resources for Understanding the Data • County/School Experts (not just Title I/II) • Personnel Director/Certification Officer • Principals • WVEIS County Contacts • Special Education Director • Curriculum Specialists

8. Planning For HQT • Clean-up the data – Verify: • course assignments • teacher certification for courses • SSN issues • no teacher or courses identified • course coding • Analyze the data • Charts, comparison of similar schools/counties/state, programs and impact (use actual numbers)

9. The Existing Plan • What is working? • Improvement and impact • What problems still exist? • Ideas, rationale to continue • What new problems/issues do we have? • Ideas /programs supported by research • Communicate! • Counties and the WVDE, any new ideas?

10. Planning Organizer

11. County Highly Qualified Teacher Data Resources • HQT 2008 • HQT 2009 • HQT 2010 • 2007-2010 Reports by Teacher, Subject or Exceptionality

12. Sample Comparison of HQT Data

13. HQT by Elementary Programmatic Level

14. HQT by Middle Programmatic Level

15. HQT by High Programmatic Level

16. HQT Content Areas over 4 years

17. Sample HQT Monitoring Report • Sample Monitoring Chart • Sample Monitoring Chart (Narrative included)

18. Personnel Data Report 2009 Report (pages 79-80) (Substitutes not included)

19. Sample Documentation (Substitutes, First-Class/Full-Time Permit & Out-of-Field Authorization)

20. Develop a HQT Plan Plan for classes to have HQT by: Recruiting Retaining Retraining

21. Tuition Reimbursement Enhances the Knowledge of: • Pedagogy • Content • Student Behavior and Development • Best Instructional Practices • Best Assessment Practices • Classroom Management

22. Tuition Reimbursement as Part of an HQT Plan will: • Increase the % of classes taught by HQTs • Improve school culture • Improve teacher effectiveness • Increase student learning • Increase student achievement

23. Elements of Strong Tuition Reimbursement Policies • Needs driven eligibility guidelines • Application procedures • Budgets for the HQT plan • Accountability and follow-up • Communication strategy

24. 1. Needs Driven Reimbursement Targets • Determine targets through data • Critical-need core subject areas • Schools with low % classes taught by HQTs • Schools with high poverty

25. 1. Needs Driven Reimbursement Targets (cont.) • Schools with high turnover • Certification renewal • Authorizations in high-need subject areas • Endorsement in high need subject areas

26. 1. Needs Driven Reimbursement Targets (cont.) • Certification if on permit or alternative • Do not reimburse if no commitment to HQT

27. 2. Well-Designed Applications • Establish who is eligible • Establish the priority of those eligible • Summarize the policy • List required documentation • Establish timelines

28. 2. Well-Designed Applications (cont.) • Establish repayment conditions • Include assurance courses lead to HQT • Establish limits for out-of-state tuition • Require signature of the applicant

29. 3. Purposeful and Adequate Budgets • Identify multiple sources of funding • Consider requirements of the funds • Consider third party agreements with IHE

30. 3. Purposeful and Adequate Budgets (cont.) • Consider Scholarships • Consider Grants • Consider Transition to Teaching • Utilize Troops to Teachers

31. Develop a HQT Plan Implement the plan

32. 4. Accountability, Verification and Follow-Up Strategies • Verify grades and hours • Verify that classes lead to HQT status • Follow-up on repayment conditions • Verify progress toward graduation date

33. Retention Strategies • Leadership training • Distributed Leadership • collaborative teams • Rigorous, job embedded, professional development

34. Retention Strategies • Tuition support for certificate renewal • Administrative support • For those with expiring certificates • Ensure advanced notification for renewal

35. 5. Communicating the Policy • List critical core subject areas annually • Publish high-need school list annually • Website - E-mail • Newsletter - Meetings • Posters - Webinar • New teacher orientations

36. 5. Communicating the Policy • Differentiate marketing of tuition reimbursement by: • School • Teacher • Subject • Source

37. Passive HQT Plans VS A Proactive HQT Plan

38. The Difference… A Proactive HQT Plan Passive HQT Plan

39. Suggestions for HQT Plan Improvement? • Individually assess district policies/data • Identify strengths • Identify weaknesses • Identify how the plan might be improved

40. Questions? • Richard Lawrence • rlawrenc@access.k12.wv.us • Shawn Hawkins • shawkins@access.k12.wv.us • Robert Mellace • rmellace@access.k12.wv.us