December State Board News
Licensed Personnel Report Out
Printouts, organized by school building, indicating which if any
employees are assigned to areas for which they do not have proper
licenses/certificates and/or endorsements were mailed to district
offices on Friday, December 5. Districts are to report errors to
KSDE. Districts must either properly assign individuals or file
a license waiver request with KSDE for how individuals who are not
properly endorsed will achieve the necessary endorsement within
3 years. Such a plan must be developed with a higher education institution
that offers the needed endorsement.
In addition, buildings received lists of teachers who were prepared
prior to 1982 and of teachers who are working at the middle level
with only an elementary endorsement. Both of those situations are
legal assignments, but people on those lists are required to complete
the Kansas rubric to establish that they are Highly Qualified, as
required by ESEA/NCLB. More information on the rubric can be found
at http://www.ksde.org/cert/hq.htm
KSDE staff estimate that about 7,000 of the 35,000 Kansas teachers will need
to complete the rubric. They also believe that fewer than 1,500 will need additional
time to achieve the Highly Qualified status, which is required by the end of
the 2005-2006 school year.
Milken Recipients Recognized
Jesse Bernal, Garden City Education Association, and Charlie Jenney,
UTW, recipients of the 2003 Milken Family Foundation National Educator
Award, were recognized at December's State Board meeting.
Bernal described his success with students in Garden City through
a program that takes them through the AP Spanish exam. Jenney described
how he engages middle level students in science classes.
Each Milken awardee receives $25,000 from the Foundation to spend as he/she
sees fit and is recognized at a national gathering of awardees from all participating
states.
In other action, the State Board:
Received proposed changes to regulations for accrediting preparation
institutions and approving their programs
Approved QPA waivers for
o USD 416, Peoria St. Learning Center, extend cycle
o USD 345, Indian Creek elementary, extend cycle
o USD 508, Baxter Springs HS & MS, members on visiting team
o USD 442, Nemaha Valley HS, Seneca elementary, targets
Approved licensure waivers for
o USD 222, teacher out of field, Spanish, renewal
o USD 231, teacher out of field, special education
o USD 263, teacher out of field, special education
o USD 329, teacher out of field, library media, renewal
o USD 333, extend time for e-sub
o USD 400, teacher out of field, mathematics, renewal
o USD 442, 3 teachers out of field, special education
o USD 443, teacher out of field, library media, last renewal
o USD 457, 14 teachers out of field, special education, 4 renewals,
1 last renewal
o USD 490, teacher out of field, special education
o USD 602, 2 teachers out of field, special education, 1 renewal
o USD 605, teacher out of field, special education, last renewal
o USD 618, teacher out of field, special education, renewal
o USD 636, 6 teachers out of field, special education, 3 renewals
o USD 637, teacher out of field, special education
Approved grants totaling $310,000 for teacher education programs
to increase instructional capacity of both general and special education
teachers (all accredited programs received money)
Heard a report on Kansas Reading Association's literacy activities
Discussed issues relating to early childhood education
Schools Accredited
The following schools received full accredited status: USD 312, Mount Hope elementary
USD 373, Northridge, South Breeze, Walton elementaries
USD 383, Frank Bergman elementary
The January, 2004 meeting of the State Board of Education is scheduled for
Tuesday and Wednesday, January 13 and 14, in Topeka. Board members are also
expected to attend the Governor's State of the State message on Monday evening,
January 12.
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