Highly Qualified Teachers Initiative

The Highly Qualified Teacher initiative is a federal mandate under "No Child Left Behind" that requires states to demonstrate the alignment between teachers' academic preparation and their content area teaching assignments through each state's licensing system.

Definition of the Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT)  

To Satisfy the Federal Definition of Highly Qualified, Teachers Must:

3 Definitions of Teachers

• Have at least a Bachelor’s degree   • Have valid state certification                         * CE and CEAS are considered state                              certification                         * No requirements have been waived                         * No emergency or conditional                            certificates                           • Demonstrate content expertise in the core academic subject(s) they teach

·         New Teacher: Novice in first year of teaching ·         Newly Hired Teacher: Experienced teacher in first year in a new district ·         Veteran Teacher: Teacher who has been teaching one year or more

Who Needs to Demonstrate Content Expertise

Required to Demonstrate Content Expertise

Not Required to Demonstrate Content Expertise

Teachers of the Following Core Academic Subjects: Arts (Music, Theater, Dance, Visual Arts) English Foreign Languages Lang. Arts Math Reading Science Social Studies Economics Geography Government/Civics History

Personnel in the Following Areas:   • Preschool teachers • Health/Physical Education • Educational Services Personnel                         * Librarians                         * Guidance Counselors                         * LDT-Cs, Psychologists, Social Workers                         * Speech-Language Specialists • Vo-tech • Business • School nurses • Family and Consumer Science • Technological Literacy & Technical Education • Special education teachers providing in-class resource programs • Special education teachers providing pull-out support resource programs • Special education teachers providing consultation as a service • Teachers of Gifted and Talented who do not provide direct instruction

For more information about the Highly Qualified Teachers Initiative visit the state website

http://nj.gov/education/profdev/nclb/

Highly Qualified Teachers Requirements Charts (pdf file - 76 KB)
Aligning Certification, Teaching Assignment and HQT Requirements, a chart that defines HQT requirements


Highly Qualified Forms Instructions (pdf file - 312 KB)
Form A (pdf file - 52 KB)
FOR: Holders of Elementary Education, and Special Education Certificates Teaching Elementary Grades or Content


Form B (pdf file - 54 KB)
FOR: Holders of Elementary Certificates Teaching Middle Grades Departmentally or Secondary Basic Skills Programs


Form C (pdf file - 50 KB)
FOR: Holders of Middle/Secondary Education Content Area Certificates Teaching in Middle and Secondary Schools


Form D (pdf file - 57 KB)
FOR: Holders of Special Education Certificates Teaching in Departmentalized Settings


Form E (pdf file - 51 KB)
FOR: Holders of K-12 Content Area and ESL Certificates


Form F (pdf file - 305 KB)
House Matrix (Special Education and Foreign Teachers only)


Form G (pdf file - 54 KB)
Statement of Assurance

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