No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Highly Qualified Teachers and Paraprofessionals
Highly
Qualified Bilingual Teachers, Special Education Teachers
and Teachers in Small Rural Schools
Districts with teachers granted a period of time to become highly
qualified by filing ISBE form 77-36 "Request
to Report Status of Bilingual Teacher, Special Education,
and Rural School Teacher as Highly Qualified for NCLB
Purposes" received an ISBE letter sent to the
district approving the teachers for the assignment.
NCLB District Reports
- District HQ Report Instructions
- Local School District Equity Plan
- Roadmap for Each Not-Highly Qualified Teacher
Highly Qualified Teachers
Plan (revised 2006)
Professional
Development for Highly Qualified Teachers 
Highly
Qualified Interactive Worksheet
Would you like to see if you are "No Child Left
Behind" Highly Qualified? Download the Windows
or Mac version of the Highly Qualified worksheets.
Go through the worksheet and determine your status. This
information is not sent to ISBE or any other party.
It is only for your use in making a determination.
Necessary
Credentials for Reading Personnel
Understanding
the Illinois NCLB Requirements
Highly
(Revised August 3, 2005)
This Non-Regulatory Guidance explains how State
educational agencies, local educational agencies, and
State agencies for higher education can effectively
use Title II, Part A funds to ensure that all teachers
are highly qualified and effective, a critical component
of the No Child Left Behind Act and the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act.
ECS
Teacher Quality Research Report -- Eight Questions on
Teacher Preparation: What Does the Research Say? (9/03)
Improving Teacher Quality Non-Regulatory
Guidance 
(2006)
USDE Definition of
Highly Qualified Teacher 
Parents Right to
Know Qualifications of Educators
Professional Development:
The term "professional development" (as defined
by USDE)
U.S. Department of Education's
TOOLKIT for Teachers (9/10/2003)
Paraprofessional
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 stated that paraprofessionals must show competency (e. g., be qualified) no later than four years after the law was enacted, by January 8, 2006. The deadline for teachers to become highly qualified in their core academic area was June 30, 2006. The U. S. Department of Education is extending the deadline for paraprofessionals, believing that the qualified paraprofessional and highly qualified teacher provisions should be consistent. USDE will align its monitoring and enforcement efforts of states for both the highly qualified teacher and paraprofessional provisions of the law. This will ensure a more efficient, effective and coordinated method of monitoring state efforts in these areas while ensuring that all children are provided with the resources the law provides them.
