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Title: 5. OUT-OF-FIELD TEACHERS Requested Action: Summary Explanation and Background: Rule 6A-1.0503 Definition of Qualified Instructional Personnel, State Board of Education Rules defines the conditions under which a teacher may teach out-of-field. During the regular year the County will receive weighted funding for courses taught by an out-of-field instructor providing the following criteria are met: a) the teacher must be Board listed in the appropriate subject and b) the teacher must take six hours of course work toward certification, or not be reappointed in that position the following year. State law requires that the Board approve teachers to teach out-of-field prior to the Fall Survey Week. This list of out-of-field teachers is lengthy because it includes all teachers who possibly could be out-of-field and because of the following: a) ESOL: The increasing number of identified ESOL students is placing teachers out-of-field. One ESOL student enrolled at the secondary level can place six or seven teacher out-of-field. Inservice requirements for teachers of ESOL students are dictated by the courses taught. Elementary teachers and language arts instructors must complete 300 inservice hours. Mathematics, science and social studies teachers must complete 60 inservice hours. Elementary teachers must complete 18 inservice hours to regain infield status. Until the teachers meet the ESOL inservice requirement, they are considered to be out-of-field although they have appropriate subject area certification. Language Arts instructors and elementary education teachers have six years to complete 300 hours of inservice or course work. b) EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION: There is a nationwide shortage of certified exceptional education teachers. Attachments (list):
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