How can Special Education teachers in charter schools meet the Highly Qualified requirements?
To the extent that a Special Education teacher in a charter school provides direct instruction in the core academic subjects for any student, an elementary Special Education teacher will be expected to meet the subject matter competency requirements for elementary teachers and middle/secondary teachers will be expected to meet the subject matter competency requirements for middle/secondary schoolteachers. Refer to Question #13 for the options available to elementary and middle/secondary schoolteachers in demonstrating subject matter competency. For teachers in Commonwealth charter schools, the licensure component of the Highly Qualified definition is waived, because it is not a requirement of the state charter school statute and regulations (M.G.L. c.71, 89 (qq) and 603 CMR 1.07). However, under the Commonwealth charter school regulations, if hired after August 2000, teachers have the full first year of employment to take and pass the appropriate Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licens
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