What is qualified teaching?

Qualified Teacher means a teacher who holds a bachelor’s degree or higher from a 4-year institution, has the current knowledge required to teach core academic subjects, and, usually based on a test of their content knowledge, a state teaching license.

Qualifications to be considered a qualified teacher are assessed by experience, content knowledge, certification status, salary, and master’s degree.

Good teaching is one that is effective in the classroom.  This is measured by the student’s achievements. 

Qualifications make a difference because those teachers identified as highly qualified have current knowledge necessary to teach core academic subjects.  The more experienced teacher is concerned about the growth and effectiveness in teaching a wide range of students.    

Schools that have students meeting the annual yearly progress will diversify their teachers with schools that are not currently meeting these goals.  By blending the teachers from the schools it is hoped that those that are getting the students to achieve will share their knowledge and methods with the teachers that are struggling so that they will be able to perform better. 

NCLB by Audrey Amrein-Beardsley