NCLB Certification Plan 2010—OGCS & SSCS

Policy

SSCS/OGCS will continue our NCLB certification plan for the 2010 school year in order to facilitate our ESs’ qualifying for as many of their NCLB certifications as they can by June 30, 2010 (the date set for all ESs to have completed all of their NCLB certifications!). We plan to pay for your attendance in a VPSS course that you need for certification, until our monies for this run out. Approved programs will be sent out to you by listserve email. We also plan to reimburse any ES who has 10 or more active students during the course of the 2009 school year up to $210 towards any needed CSET exam.  Get in your RAFs for pre-approval NOW!

Procedure

1. If you have not yet done so, work with the Training Clerk (Linette Harris – iemtraining2@ieminc.org ) to complete as many of your NCLB certifications as you can qualify for right now based on past classes and experience.  This includes counting units in each core subject area of your transcript, and looking at each area of past school leadership to see if you qualify for HOUSSE points towards certifications.

2. When #1 is complete, identify the core areas for which you need NCLB certifications, and what course of action would result in the fastest path to certification. This might include taking a course, enrolling in a VPSS program, or taking a CSET exam. (Hopefully you all did this prior to ES Checkout)

3. Email your plan to Linette She will check your NCLB & HOUSSE info to determine if your proposed actions will qualify towards that NCLB certification. Submit a separate Reimbursement Approval Form (posted on the online school forms page) for each CSET exam for the NCLB certification area from the website with no more than $210 requested on any one form. (Late fees will not be paid). VPSS enrollment forms will be sent to you to complete as needed.

5. Upon approval, submit your original receipts for reimbursement on the forms Expense Reimbursement & Receipt Submission Form, attaching a copy of the approved Reimbursement Approval Form  to the training clerk at the address listed on the form. Do this step as soon as you have paid for your test/course!

6. When you have completed the VPSS courses/CSET exams, submit verification/scores to the training clerk so that your official NCLB certifications can be completed for you.

7. This plan expires June 30, 2010. All reimbursement requests must be received by the school office (attention Linette Harris) no later than June 15, 2010.

When the monies for this have run out for your school, we will notify you! Plan early to complete your tests/courses!!