2008-2009 NCLB District Highly Qualified Teachers Data
District: 3120 - GREELEY 6
The Federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001, requires that all teachers teaching in core-academic
content areas meet the requirements for being designated as “Highly Qualified,” no later than the end of
the 2006-2007 school year. Core-academic content areas are defined as: English, Reading, Language Arts,
Mathematics, Science, Foreign Languages, Social Studies, the Arts (visual art music and drama).
Beginning with the 2002 – 2003 school year, each local school district will provide to the public the
percent of its “Highly Qualified” teachers, and the percent of classes taught by “Highly Qualified”
teachers teaching in the core academic subjects. This information is reported by district and by school.
Teachers Highly Qualified in the District
| School Year |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Percentage Not Highly Qualified |
- |
9.15% |
7.10% |
1.77% |
2.32% |
2.35% |
| Percentage Highly Qualified |
87.73% |
90.85% |
92.90% |
98.23% |
97.68% |
97.65% |
| Target Percentage |
- |
91.78% |
95.89% |
100.00% |
100.00% |
100.00% |
| Target Made |
- |
NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
Classrooms in the District Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers
| School Year |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Percentage Not Highly Qualified |
- |
6.87% |
4.98% |
1.53% |
1.81% |
1.62% |
| Percentage Highly Qualified |
89.54% |
93.13% |
95.02% |
98.47% |
98.19% |
98.38% |
| Target Percentage |
- |
92.99% |
96.50% |
100.00% |
100.00% |
100.00% |
| Target Made |
- |
YES | NO | NO | NO | NO |
The Equitable Distribution of Teachers
The Colorado Department of Education analyzes the highly qualified teacher data and teacher experience data, in order to report the distribution of teachers in high and low poverty schools, as well as in high and low minority schools. The purpose of this analysis is to ensure that high need students are not more frequently taught by out-of-field or inexperienced teachers. We compare the district level data to the state level data in the tables below.
Classes Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers in the District by High and Low Poverty Schools
| |
High Poverty Schools1 |
Low Poverty Schools2 |
| Percentage of Classes Taught by HQ Teacher in District |
98.90% |
97.88% |
| Percentage of Classes Taught by HQ Teacher in State |
100.00% |
99.88% |
Classes Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers in the District by High and Low Minority Schools
| |
High Minority Schools1 |
Low Minority Schools2 |
| Percentage of Classes Taught by HQ Teacher in District |
98.66% |
* |
| Percentage of Classes Taught by HQ Teacher in State |
100.00% |
100.00% |
Percent of Teachers with Less Than Three Years of Experience in the District by High and Low Poverty Schools
| |
High Poverty Schools1 |
Low Poverty Schools2 |
| Percent of Teachers with Less Than Three Years of Experience in District |
29.52% |
12.50% |
| Percent of Teachers with Less Than Three Years of Experience in State |
27.03% |
14.58% |
Percent of Teachers with Less Than Three Years of Experience in the District by High and Low Minority Schools
| |
High Minority Schools1 |
Low Minority Schools2 |
| Percent of Teachers with Less Than Three Years of Experience in District |
29.32% |
* |
| Percent of Teachers with Less Than Three Years of Experience in State |
28.40% |
19.44% |
Professional Qualifications of Teachers
|
Professional Qualification |
Percent of Teachers |
|
Bachelors Degree |
50.05% |
|
Masters Degree |
48.96% |
|
PhD |
1.00% |
Teacher Licenses
|
License |
Percent of Teachers |
|
Initial |
16.49% |
|
Emergency |
0.00% |
Percent of Teachers with Less Than Three Years of Experience
|
|
Percent of Teachers |
|
District |
24.04% |
|
State |
22.96% |
1 Schools are ranked from highest to lowest based on their free and reduced lunch eligibility
counts. High-poverty schools are the 25% of schools with the highest poverty rate.
2 Low-Poverty schools are the 25% of schools with the lowest
poverty rate, as measured by
free and reduced lunch eligibility.
