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Reply to "Did you get this letter from DCPS? No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Highly Qualified Teachers"
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[quote=Anonymous]The letter does not mean your child's teacher does not have a license. To teach in DCPS you have to meet the qualifications for at least a temporary license, which cannot be renewed and is only good for 2 years max. Teachers with temporary licenses also are required to be currently enrolled in coursework that leads to a permanent license, like a graduate degree program. You can find those details on the OSSE website. Sometimes these letters actually go out about teachers who have a ton of experience, and like others have said, are coming from another district or a charter school. The license application process takes several months even if your child's teacher DOES qualify for a full license, so it may just be that he/she applied when offered a job and the license has not been processed by OSSE yet, which would trigger that letter. Also teachers switching grade levels can cause this issue -- My certification is Grades 1-6 for example, but if I was asked to teach Kinder I would technically not be "Highly Qualified" until I took a different Praxis exam -- but that would be the only thing standing in the way of me being "Highly Qualified" for Kindergarten. I hope this helps.[/quote]
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