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Alabama

Revised-State Plan for Highly Qualified Teachers

Revised – December 4, 2006

ALABAMA

REVISED Highly Qualified Teachers State Plan

|REQUIREMENT 1: The revised plan must provide a detailed analysis of core-academic subject classes that are currently not being taught by highly qualified teachers. The analysis must: |

|Address schools not making AYP and whether these schools have greater needs than do other schools in attracting highly qualified teachers. |

|Identify LEAs and schools where significant numbers of teachers do not meet highly qualified teacher standards. |

|Examine whether there are hard-to-staff courses frequently taught by non-highly qualified teachers. |

|Required Element |State Strategies |Evidences |Notes/Comments |

|A. The plan includes an |Classroom-level data that undergirds the State Plan was |Report of general education, special education, and ALL |Evidence is available on the ADE Web site at: |

|analysis of classes taught by |generated by the Alabama Department of Education (ADE) – |core-academic subject classes – number and percentage – that are |

|teachers who are not highly |Information Systems Services (ISS) Section. ADE-ISS will |taught by teachers who are NOT highly qualified; by |GuidanceandForms.asp. |

|qualified. The analysis is |update data and reports at the state, LEA, and school levels |(1) LEA and (2) core-academic subject. | |

|based on accurate |throughout implementation of the State Plan. | |The ADE is implementing a data collection system |

|classroom-level data. | |The report notes classes taught by teachers who (1) are |that will provide current access to individual |

| | |out-of-field and (2) hold emergency certificates. |teacher schedules. It is anticipated that |

| | | |information on teacher assignments can be |

| | | |accessed through an accumulator for comparison |

| | | |with the state’s highly qualified teacher |

| | | |database as early as September and continuing |

| | | |monthly through the 2006-2007 school year, and |

| | | |following years. |

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| | | |Evidence will be added to the following ADE Web |

| | | |link as they become available: |

| |The ADE will train and support a cadre of state staff to | |

| |conduct on-site visits in each LEA – and, as necessary, each |Copy of a memorandum from State Superintendent of Education to |GuidanceandForms.asp. |

| |school – to review “end of 2005-2006” data and to make |each local superintendent regarding on-site visits and | |

| |corrections to ensure that the state has accurate “end of |requirements for facilitating the data review. (Available by | |

| |2005-2006/beginning of 2006-2007” data. The cadre will |August 25, 2006) |Evidence will be retained in the ADE NCLB |

| |receive training in early September and on-site visits will be| |Research and Development Office. |

| |conducted during the period of | | |

| |September 18-October 13, 2006. Updated accurate, | | |

| |classroom-level data will be used for purposes of providing |Copy of agenda and training materials. (Available by September 8,| |

| |technical assistance and monitoring LEA plan implementation |2006) | |

| |during the 2006-2007 school year (SY). | | |

| | |List of state staff, LEA assignments, and schedule for on-site | |

| | |visits. (Available by September 15, 2006) | |

| | | |Revised reports will be added to the ADE Web site|

| | |Summary narrative report of on-site visits. (Available by October|at the following link: |

| | |27, 2006) |

| | | |GuidanceandForms.asp. |

| | |Updated data reported by LEA, school, and core-academic subject | |

| | |classes. (Available by October 31, 2006) | |

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| |The state highly qualified teacher database will be updated | | |

| |automatically as each remaining teacher is deemed highly | | |

| |qualified. Copies of the report will be distributed to ADE | | |

| |staff assigned to provide technical assistance to LEAs. |An updated data report by LEA, school and core-academic subject | |

| | |classes will be generated at the beginning of each month during | |

| |4. ADE-ISS will establish procedures for LEAs to report |the 2006-2007 SY. |Evidence will be retained in the ADE ISS Office. |

| |personnel changes that impact the number and percentage of | | |

| |classes taught by highly qualified teachers. The state | | |

| |database will be updated to reflect changes. | | |

| | |Copy of procedures for reporting changes. | |

|B. The analysis focuses on the |1. Alabama has 636 schools in 113 LEAs that did not make AYP |List of schools, by LEA and number/percentage of classes not |List may be accessed through the following ADE |

|staffing needs of schools that |based on 2005-2006 accountability decisions. 249 of these |taught by highly qualified teachers, that failed to make AYP based|Web link: |

|are not making AYP. The |schools have 90% or fewer of their core-academic subject |on 2005-2006 accountability status. |

|analysis indicates which and |classes taught by teachers who are not highly qualified. | |GuidanceandForms.asp |

|whether schools have high | | | |

|percentages of classes taught by|2. In August 2006, data will be updated to reflect | | |

|teachers who are not highly |accountability decisions based on Spring 2006 state |List of schools, by LEA and number/percentage of classes not |List will be available by August 25, 2006, at: |

|qualified. |assessments. |taught by highly qualified teachers, that failed to make AYP based|

| | |on 2006-2007 accountability status. |GuidanceandForms.asp. |

| |3. Updated data will be provided to the ADE cadre that will | | |

| |conduct on-site visits to confirm and/or correct 2006-2007 | | |

| |classroom-level data. | | |

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| |During 2006-2007, ADE staff will provide systematic on-site | |Types of technical assistance will vary based on |

| |technical assistance to LEAs that have schools |List of LEAs to receive technical assistance with notations of |identified reasons for failure to not make AYP. |

| |(1) identified for improvement, i.e., those that have failed |reasons for technical assistance. | |

| |to make AYP for two or more consecutive years, AND (2) that | |Evidence will be retained in the ADE Classroom |

| |have 90% or fewer of core-academic subject classes taught by |Records of assignment of ADE staff to LEAs and schedule of on-site|Improvement Office. |

| |teachers who are not highly qualified. |visits to LEAs. | |

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| |5. The State Support Team, a school improvement mechanism of |Dated working notes of technical assistance activities conducted | |

| |the ADE Classroom Improvement Section, will work with LEA |on site. |Evidence will be retained in the ADE Classroom |

| |staff to analyze student achievement in reading, mathematics, | |Improvement Office. |

| |and science in relation to teacher qualifications and |Working notes of analysis activities and summaries of findings. | |

| |effectiveness in low-performing schools. Findings will be | | |

| |shared with appropriate ADE and LEA staff and will be used to | | |

| |identify professional development and mentoring/coaching needs| | |

| |and to inform strategies for Requirement 3. | | |

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|C. The analysis identified |Based on data as of June 15, 2006, the following groups of |287 schools have ................
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