Core Academic Content Area Scoring Rubric for Special Education Teachers (HOUSSE Rubric to assess highly qualified status and to add core academic content area(s) to teaching certificates) Years of Experience in College/ PLU Course Work School, System-Level, State, Regional or Teacher Effectiveness in Scholarship in the Core the Core Academic in the Core Academic National Activities or Service Related to the the Core Academic Academic Content Area Content Area Content Area Core Academic Content Area Content Area Experience must be in the Degree in the core academic Activities must be professional in nature and Accomplishments must be Accomplishments in core academic subject / major, or college specific to the core academic subject/content content specific to the core impacting student content area in which the coursework in the core area and must have taken place within the academic subject/content achievement in the core teacher would teach in a academic content if no last seven years. area. academic subject area public or private P-12 degree in the core academic school. content For example: For example: Evidence to support claim of the positive Service on a local, regional, national, Recipient of teaching teacher’s Experience teaching the College/course work needs to impact on achievement international committee that developed, awards in content area. • subject at the appropriate be: levels of assigned selected, evaluated, validated and/or aligned Content presentations at level, e.g. Early (1) content specific, students for a period of at content standards, curriculum, and/or local, regional, national, Childhood, P-5; Middle (2) evaluated in a least 3 years assessments. “foreign or international meetings Grades, 4-8; Secondary a Active participation at local, regional, and/or conferences. credential report” by GaPSC recognized Examples of teacher national, or international content area Publication of content agency, and effectiveness data include seminars or workshops related to the article in a local, (3) pertain to the core but are not limited to: content area. regional, national, or Experience teaching the academic subject to be Portfolios • • Presenter/trainer/instructor in professional international journal. subject at another taught. Pre/post-tests in a core learning in the content area. • Authored published P-12 level academic content area Completed an international training textbook * Standardized • program focused on content and/or content Contributor to published Achievement Tests pedagogical knowledge in the content area. textbook*
Core Academic Content Area Scoring Rubric for Special Education Teachers (HOUSSE Rubric to assess highly qualified status and to add core academic content area(s) to teaching certificates) Years of Experience in the Core Academic Content Area College/ PLU Course Work in the Core Academic Content Area School, System-Level, State, Regional or National Activities or Service Related to the Core Academic Content Area Scholarship in the Core Academic Content Area Teacher Effectiveness in the Core Academic Content Area Experience must be in the core academic subject / content area in which the teacher would teach in a public or private P-12 school. • Experience teaching the subject at the appropriate level, e.g. Early Childhood, P-5; Middle Grades, 4-8; Secondary • Experience teaching the subject at another P-12 level Degree in the core academic major, or college coursework in the core academic content if no degree in the core academic content College/course work needs to be: (1) content specific, (2) evaluated in a “foreign credential report” by a GaPSC recognized agency, and (3) pertain to the core academic subject to be taught. Activities must be professional in nature and specific to the core academic subject/content area and must have taken place within the last seven years. For example: Service on a local, regional, national, international committee that developed, selected, evaluated, validated and/or aligned content standards, curriculum, and/or assessments. Active participation at local, regional, national, or international content area seminars or workshops related to the content area. Presenter/trainer/instructor in professional learning in the content area. Completed an international training program focused on content and/or content pedagogical knowledge in the content area. Accomplishments must be content specific to the core academic subject/content area. For example: Recipient of teaching awards in content area. Content presentations at local, regional, national, or international meetings and/or conferences. Publication of content article in a local, regional, national, or international journal. Authored published textbook * Contributor to published textbook* Accomplishments in impacting student achievement in the core academic subject area Evidence to support claim of the teacher’s positive impact on achievement levels of assigned students for a period of at least 3 years Examples of teacher effectiveness data include but are not limited to: • Portfolios • Pre/post-tests in a core academic content area • Standardized Achievement Tests
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