Indiana Student Achievement Institute

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Title I Schoolwide Toolkit

How to Determine if an Indiana Teacher is Highly Qualified

Teachers with the following licenses meet the requirements for “highly qualified” in the ways noted below.

ELEMENTARY

Elementary License from September 1, 1999 to present

· Bachelor degree

· Valid teaching license

· Passed Praxis II

Elementary license between June 1, 1986 and September 1, 1999

· Bachelor degree

· Valid teaching license

· Passed NTE

Elementary license before July 1, 1986

· Valid teacher’s license

· One of the following

-- Passed Praxis II

-- 100 points on Indiana’s HOUSSE in elementary content

(see the HOUSSE rubric at http://www.doe.state.in.us/hqt/pdf/INhousseRubricFeb3_FINAL.pdf)

Elementary special education teachers – See elementary license before July 1, 1986

Elementary Out-of-State Teaching License

· Valid teaching license

· Pass other state’s licensing exam

· Pass other state’s HOUSSE

· 100 points on Indiana’s HOUSSE

SECONDARY

Secondary license in a “core academic subject” from September 1, 1999 to present

· Bachelor degree

· Valid teaching license

· Passed Praxis II in the core academic subject

Secondary licenses between June 1, 1986 and September 1, 1999

· Bachelor degree

· Valid teaching license

· Passed NTE specialty area exam in the “core academic subject”

Secondary license before June 1, 1986

· Valid teaching license

· One of the following

-- Passed Praxis II for the core academic area

-- College transcript shows 24 hours in the core academic subject

-- College transcript shows graduate degree in the core academic subject

-- National board for Professional Teaching Standards certification in core academic subject

-- 100 points on the HOUSSE rubric for the core academic subject

(see the HOUSSE rubric at http://www.doe.state.in.us/hqt/pdf/INhousseRubricFeb3_FINAL.pdf)

Secondary Special Education – See Secondary license before June 1, 1986

Secondary Out-of-State Teaching License

· Valid teaching license

· Pass other state’s licensing exam

· Pass other state’s HOUSSE

· Meet Indiana HQ teacher requirement

Source: This information is taken from Highly Qualified Teacher Requirements, Indiana Department of Education, www.doe.in.gov/hqt/pdf/documenting_hqt.pdf (January 31, 2008). This publication provides a full explanation of how Indiana teachers meet the definition of “highly qualified” including special information for teachers holding a “Transition to Teaching” permit. Emergency permit teachers do not meet the definition of highly qualified.