Highly Qualified Teacher Tool

Ensure Your District Hires only "Highly Qualified" Teachers as Defined by NCLB

The rules surrounding the "highly qualified" requirement of NCLB can be daunting and confusing, even with increased flexibility allowances added in recent years. Risetime can help clarify the rules with the NCLB Screener Tool. Principals can use the tool to review several teaching scenarios for their teachers. The tool compares a candidate's credentials to the position requirements. To help clarify the rules, the NCLB Screener Tool will:

  • Create and eas to read table that displays the highly qualified rules, sorted by state certifications as well as look up.
  • Display the different state tests, approvals, endorsements, and majors that help in the highly qualified determination status for teachers.

Focus on Professional Development

This web-based application is designed to be extremely quick and easy to use and can help with professional development. With the tool, users can:

  • Differentiate between veteran and new teachers
  • Breakdown rules by grade level
  • Define the program assignments and teaching assignments

After defining the teacher’s role for a specific teaching assignment, the NCLB Screener Tool can be used to:

  • Determine whether a teaching candidate’s credentials meet the NCLB guidelines for “highly qualified” teachers for a specific teaching assignment.
  • Assist “not highly qualified” teachers in developing a professional development plan to become “highly qualified.”
  • Easily print the rules for further consideration