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Center for Educational Performance and Information

Michigan Association of School Personnel AdministratorsMarch 11, 2009

Thomas Howell, School Data ManagerLynne Erickson, School Data Coordinator

REP: What’s New

Today’s Meeting

•What’s New for EOY 2009•Updates to Special Education•Analysis of Fall 2008 Data•Trimester Reporting•Preview for Fall 2009

Educational Entity Master (EEM)

• Replaced the School Code Master (10/6/08)

• Maintains Michigan’s database of educational entity data

• Link between all educational data collections

• Authorized users are appointed by district’s chief administrator

• Information available at www.michigan.gov/eem

http://www.michigan.gov/eem

New Look for EOY

EOY 2009 Updates• Early Childhood

– Name change to Great Start Readiness Program from Michigan School Readiness Program

• Special Education Assignment Descriptions– Teacher consultant descriptions updated

• 00200 Autistic to Autism• 00210 Mentally Impaired to Cognitive Impairment• 00220 Emotionally Impaired to Emotional Impairment• 00230 Learning Disabled to Specific Learning Disabilities• 00240 Hearing Impaired to Hearing Impairment• 00250 Visually Impaired to Visual Impairment• 00250 Physically or Otherwise Heath Impaired to Physical or

Other Health Impairment

Updates Continued

• Educational Settings– English as a Second Language – Other– Bilingual Education – Other

• Field 24: Professional Development – New Category: Instructional Technology

• Spreadsheet of all Assignment Codes– Under REP Data Manual on REP Web site

• New Report– Personnel Assigned to School/Facility in Another

District

• Work with the Special Education Director in your district

• Report the subject area taught and FTE

• Report the appropriate primary age group

• Report accounting/function code of 122

• Report Highly Qualified Status when required

Reporting of Special Education Teachers

Birth to age 5 special education

• Report "60200", "60300", "60400" for early childhood classrooms dependent upon the teacher and assignment.– "60200" Early Childhood Classroom Teacher - Bachelor's

Degree in Child Development without an Early Childhood Endorsement

– "60300" Early Childhood Classroom Teacher - Valid Michigan Teacher Certificate with an Early Childhood Endorsement

– "60400" Early Childhood Classroom Teacher - Valid Michigan Teacher Certificate with a Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential

Elementary & Middle School

Elementary• Report "000ZG"

(Elementary Education) for K-8 self-contained classrooms

• Grades 6-8 must be self-contained classrooms to report

"000ZG"

Middle School• Report subject area

assignment codes such as "000BA" English or "000EX" Mathematics

• Typically a middle school setting grades 6-8 or 5-9

Secondary Education

• Report the specific subject area assignments when appropriate such as "000BA" or "000EX"

• Report "00196" non-core academic subject areas such as transition skills or study skills

• Report "00197" for classrooms where all students in that class period are assessed by alternate achievement standards (MI-Access)

• Refer to the REP Data Field Descriptions for the complete description of codes "00196" and "00197"

Additional Special Education Assignment Codes

• 00195 Co-teaching with a highly qualified general education teacher

• 00192 Speech/Language Impaired Classroom – All subjects (Must report highly qualified status)

• 00292 Speech Pathologist with a Certificate of Clinical Competence in a non-classroom setting

Special Education HQ Requirements

• If a special education teacher is team-teaching core academic subjects with a HQ teacher, the special education teacher does not need to be HQ in those subject areas.

• A teacher facilitating student computer-assisted curriculum such as NovaNet does not have to be HQ.

Highly Qualified Status

• Report highly qualified status for all core academic general education assignment codes.

• Report highly qualified status for all special education teachers who are assigned to core academic subject areas.

• Assignment codes that must report highly qualified status– 00192 Speech/Language Impaired Classroom – All subjects– 00197 Special Education Class where students are accessed

by MI-Access– 00403 Special Education Instructional Paraprofessional/Aide

(when assigned to a school/facility that operates a Title I Schoolwide Program)

Highly Qualified Special Education Teachers

Elementary Special Education Teachers

Provides DIRECT

instruction

Must be HQ

Teacher must meet the definition of HQ elementary teachers – ex. Elementary Education MTTC

K-5 Classrooms

6-8 Self-Contained

Teacher must meet the definition of HQ elementary teachers – ex. Elementary Education MTTC

Self-contained classroom: A classroom in which one teacher provides instruction to the same students for the majority of

the students’ instructional day.


Secondary means…

• Grades 9-12 special education classrooms

regardless of setting, self-contained or departmentalized

• Grades 6-8 special education classrooms

departmentalized

Math

Social Studies


SECONDARY Special Education Teachers

Provides DIRECT

instruction

Co-teaches or facilitates instruction

Must be HQT Not required to be HQT

assessed to “alternate achievement standards”

tested with MEAP/MME

Teacher must meet the definition of HQT elementary teachers – ex. Elementary Education MTTC

Use one of the HOUSSE options, test in specific subject area, OR have a major (or equivalent)

“alternate achievement standards”

=MI-Access



SECONDARY Special Education Teachers

Provides DIRECT

instruction

Co-teaches or facilitates instruction

Must be HQT Not required to be HQT

Students assessed to “alternate achievement standards”

Students tested with MEAP/MME

Teacher must meet the definition of HQT elementary teachers – ex. Elementary Education MTTC

Use one of the HOUSSE options, test in specific subject area, OR have a major (or equivalent)

HOUSSE Options-

Note: Three years of experience previously required has been retracted by the MDE

1. Completed, after receiving their initial teaching certificate, a minimum of 18 semester hours in a core academic subject program of study or towards a master’s or higher degree that supports the teaching of the core academic subject


that supports

Master’s Degrees (HOUSSE #1):

March 2004 Flexibility Update• Master of Arts in Teaching• Master of Arts in Elementary

Education• Master of Arts in Secondary

Education• Master of Arts in Curriculum &

Instruction• Master of Arts in Educational

Technology


18 Hour Planned Program (HOUSSE #1):• content related• not necessarily content specific


Examples – •Methods of Teaching Math•Reading in the Content Areas•Integrating Technology (content related)•Strategies for Instructing Students with Learning Disabilities

HOUSSE Options –

2. Completed an individual professional development plan of 90 clock hours of professional development or 6 semester hours of coursework in the specific content area within the last five years


Note: Credit must have been earned AFTER initial certification.

HOUSSE Options –

3. Demonstrated competence as outlined in a local performance assessment of the employing district or school such as a portfolio – Multi-subject portfolio for special education teachers is available

on the Office of Professional Preparation Services Web site at:

– http://www.michigan.gov/opps


Years of Teaching Experience


HOUSSE Option #3 Components:

College Level Course Work

Content Specific Professional Development Activities

Service to the Profession in the Content Area

ALL teachers-• May demonstrate competence across multiple

core academic subject areas by utilizing HOUSSE option #1 or #3

NEW teachers-• Recommended that they take at least one of the

“core four” MTTCs along with the Elementary Education MTTC


MTTC Option

• Special education teachers may also opt to take and pass the appropriate SUBJECT MTTC to verify HQ

• Certificate will not change

Questions regarding Highly Qualified status or HOUSSE options?

Krista D. Ried

Teacher Quality Coordinator

Office of Professional Preparation Services

Michigan Department of Education

[email protected] or 517-373-0699

www.michigan.gov/teachercert


mailto:[email protected]

Trimester Reporting

• Field 10 is the of the REP– All fields dependent upon assignment code reported

in Field 10

• Report trimester one in the fall submission• Report trimesters two and three EOY

– Count total number of classes taught for core academic subject areas

– If 10 or more classes, split the assignment into two parts

• FTE and Number of Classes taught must be different in each assignment reported.

Analysis of Fall 2008 Data

• Vacant Funded Positions• Name – “In the Estate of”• Suffixes - Ex. First name of Jr., Sr., etc.• Mr./Mrs. as first name• Title IX Coordinators• Invalid SSN• Terminations• Pending Status - Certification• Data Changing

– i.e., gender, SSN, DOB, HQ Status

Fall 2009 Preview

• Foreign Languages – Highly qualified status must be reported

• Bilingual Paraprofessionals/Aides will be reported by program area

• Special Education Assignment Codes removed; guidelines provided for new reporting of these positions– 00350 Curriculum Resource Consultant– 00387 Work Study Coordinator

Need Help? What to do when things go

wrong • Contact our Customer Support

Team

• E-mail: [email protected]

• Call:517-335-0505, select Option 3


Help Request Dos and Don’ts

• Do– Send an e-mail to

[email protected]– Call 517-335-0505, select

Option 3 – Be thorough in your e-mail or

voice mail message regarding your question(s).

– Be sure to leave your complete name, district code and name, application you are calling about and your question.

– Wait for a response from our staff. You should have a response within 1-2 business days.

– Refer to resource materials.

• Don’t– Call and e-mail with the same

question – Call a second, third, fourth,

fifth time with the same question

– E-mail a second, third, fourth time with the same question

• Why– Five staff members access

voice mail and e-mail messages continually.

– More than one person may be working on the same response which will delay turnaround time for everyone.


EOY 2009 SubmissionDeadline Approaching

June 30, 2009

for attending today’s session.~~~

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