Federal Programming – No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

These programs support district teacher and educational technician salaries and stipends, supplies, and professional development.

Additionally under NCLB there are certain criteria that teachers must meet. This is referred to as “highly qualified” status. It is our obligation to provide you with information about the teacher(s) who are teaching your children. Under these requirements, teachers who teach in a school that provides programming using Federal Government funds from Title I must meet general qualifications as well as the specific requirements of the subject they are teaching. This means we must inform parents whenever a teacher who does not meet the federal definition of “Highly Qualified” teaches a child for four consecutive weeks.

We believe that a caring, competent, and qualified teacher for every child is the most important ingredient in education reform, and we want to assure you that we consider all of our teachers to be fully qualified for their positions. All of our teachers are currently required to teacher under Maine’s strict certification requirements. Teachers must have college degrees and many have advanced degrees. In addition, every teacher continues his or her own learning through professional development activities and our teachers are evaluated to make sure that their teaching skills remain at the highest possible level. At this time, 100% of teachers in RSU 1 meet the NCLB qualifications for being “Highly Qualified”.

Additional information on the NCLB Act, as well as on the qualifications of your child’s teacher is available on request. Please contact the Superintendent of Schools, William Shuttleworth, at 443-6601, if you have questions or would like further information. Working with parents is an important aspect of our efforts to help students learn and we welcome your interest.

NCLB Report Cards

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