The Board of Education recognizes that the recruitment, development and retention of an adequate number of qualified instructors and assistants is essential to the success of programs for students of limited English proficiency (LEP). The Board shall take action, within budgetary constraints, to provide personnel who are competent to properly assess and skillfully instruct students of limited English proficiency.
LEP staff competencies shall be determined either by their credentials or by their meeting district criteria which have been approved by the Department of Education.
The Superintendent or designee shall develop a plan to remedy the district's shortage of qualified teachers in accordance with law and with State Department of Education approval. This plan shall include an appropriate staff development program designed to provide training in English language development teaching methodology, bilingual cross-cultural teaching methodology, and in the acquisition of the primary language of students of limited English proficiency. The plan shall specify the number of teachers to be trained and the number expected to meet certification or local designation standards each year. The training program shall also address the needs of teachers assigned to LEP instructional settings on an interim basis.
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
44253.1-44253.11 Certification for bilingual-crosscultural competence
44258.9 County superintendent review of teacher assignment
44259.5 Standards for teachers of all students, including English language learners
44380-44386 Alternative certification
52052 Adequate yearly progress
52160-52178 Bilingual-Bicultural Act of 1976
52180-52186 Bilingual teacher training assistance program
62001-62005. 5 Evaluation and sunsetting of programs
99230-99242 Mathematics and Reading Professional Development Program
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5
6100-6125 Teacher qualifications, No Child Left Behind Act
80016 Certificate of completion of staff development to teach English learners
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 20
6319 Highly qualified teachers
6601-6651 Training and recruiting high-quality teachers
6801-7014 Language instruction for English learners and immigrant students
7801 Definitions, highly qualified teacher
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, TITLE 34
200.55-200.57 Highly qualified teachers
COURT DECISIONS
Teresa P. et al v. Berkeley Unified School District et al (1989) 724 F.Supp. 698
Management Resources:
COMMISSION ON TEACHER CREDENTIALING PUBLICATIONS
Languages Other than English Single Subject Matter Standards for the Single Subject Teaching Credential, May 2004
CL-622 Serving English Learners, April 2006
COMMISSION ON TEACHER CREDENTIALING CODED CORRESPONDENCE
06-0020 Implementation of Senate Bill 1292 regarding options to earn an English learner authorization, December 13, 2006
04-0001 Clarification of authorizations to teach English learners, January 12, 2004
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GUIDANCE
Improving Teacher Quality State Grants Title II, Part A Non-Regulatory Draft Guidance, rev. January 16, 2004
WEB SITES
CSBA: http://www.csba.org
California Association for Bilingual Education: http://www.bilingualeducation.org
California Department of Education, English Learners: http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el
California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages: http://www.catesol.org
Commission on Teacher Credentialing: http://www.ctc.ca.gov
U.S. Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov
Policy ALAMEDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
adopted: September 10, 1996 Alameda, California
revised: August 25, 2009