Correspondence to Superintendents



DATE: December 5, 2007

TO THE ADMINISTRATOR ADDRESSED:

SUBJECT: Audit of Alternative Teacher Certification Programs

The State Auditor’s Office is conducting an audit of the Texas Education’s Agency’s Oversight of Alternative Teacher Certification Programs. The general purpose of the audit is to review alternative certification programs for compliance with laws and regulations, data accuracy and completeness, and program performance.

As part of this audit, members of the audit team may be contacting you within the next several weeks to obtain contact information for principals of schools within your district that employ teachers hired through alternative certification programs. All future correspondence will be coming to you and the school principals directly from the State Auditor’s Office.

The State Auditor’s Office will be distributing a Web-based survey to selected school principals in mid-January 2008. They will request that the survey be completed by the end of January 2008. The purpose of the survey is to gather information about the principal’s experience with employing teachers with alternative certifications. This feedback could provide valuable insight on the effectiveness of these programs. Detailed instructions on accessing, completing the survey, and timeframe for completing it will be included in future correspondence from the State Auditor’s Office.

The results of the survey will assist the State Auditor’s Office in providing the 81st Legislature with useful information about alternative teacher certification programs. The information gathered in the surveys will remain anonymous. The audit report will not mention individual staff contacted during the audit.

If you have any questions, please contact Dana Musgrave (the project manager directing the audit on site) or Verma Elliott (the audit manager overseeing the audit) at (512) 936-9500.

Sincerely,

Karen Loonam, Ed.D.

Deputy Associate Commissioner for

Educator Certification and Standards

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