Defining Alternate Route for Highly Qualified Teachers
Resolution Number 2004-21
April 28, 2004
The Board of Education adopts the definition of alternate route for highly qualified teachers. The following Virginia definition of an alternate route program for highly qualified teachers is as follows:
Teachers obtaining licensure through alternate routes may meet the definition of highly qualified, if the individuals:
1. Have a bachelor’s degree.
2. Have met requirements for a Virginia license (including a provisional license).
3. Receive high-quality professional development that is sustained, intensive, and classroom- focused in order to have a positive and lasting impact on classroom instruction before and while teaching.
4. Participate in a teacher mentoring program, including intensive supervision that consists of structured guidance and regular ongoing support.
5. Assume functions as a teacher only for a period of time not to exceed three years.
6. Demonstrate satisfactory progress toward full licensure as prescribed by the Board of Education.
7. Demonstrate subject matter competency in each of the academic subjects in which the teacher teaches, in a manner determined by the state and in compliance with Section 9101(23) of ESEA.
Thomas M. Jackson, Jr., President
Board of Education
Adopted in the Minutes of the Virginia Board of Education
April 28, 2004