'EMERGENCY' TEACHERS WIN EXTENSION.Byline: Helen Gao Staff Writer Thousands of California teachers who were about to lose their jobs because they hold only an emergency credential received a two-month reprieve Thursday, when a state panel suspended an earlier decision not to renew their permits. After hearing from administrators in several school districts about the adverse impacts of losing emergency-credentialed instructors, the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) is an independent agency created in 1970 by the Ryan Act and is the oldest of the autonomous state standards boards in the nation. The mission of the CCTC is to facilitate the credentialing of California's teachers. postponed action to Dec. 3-4. Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110), commonly known as NCLB (IPA: /ˈnɪkəlbiː/), is a United States federal law that was passed in the House of Representatives on May 23, 2001 , school districts were required to staff their high-poverty schools with ``highly qualified'' teachers starting Sept. 1, prompting the commission to call in August for an end to emergency permits and waivers. The loss of those teachers would have meant chaos for local school districts, administrators said, forcing them to find substitute teachers midway through the school year. The Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. has 1,321 emergency-credentialed teachers who face an uncertain future, while the Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. has 97 and the Lancaster School District Lancaster School District may refer to:
``In obeying the law, they are harming kids. To obey the law, you have to eliminate people who have two, three or four years in the classroom because of an artificial deadline imposed by a very bad law,'' said John Perez, president of United Teachers Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , who lobbied to rescind the commission's August decision. Perez said if emergency-credentialed teachers are eliminated, the quality of education in high-poverty schools would be disproportionately impacted. Substitute teachers who are not credentialed can be assigned to a classroom for a maximum of 30 days. ``If every 30 days, the kids get a new sub, how is that going to help the kids?'' he asked. James Schettig, assistant superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. of human resources services at the Lancaster School District, said it's extremely difficult to recruit credentialed teachers after the start of the school year. Sixteen of 17 schools in the Lancaster district are designated Title I, meaning they have a high percentage of low-income students who qualify for free and reduced-price lunches provided by the federal government. In the LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) , 577 of 713 of its K-12 schools are labeled Title I. Typically, those schools are among the hardest to staff because of low- achievement and socioeconomic challenges. Helen Gao, (818) 713-3741 helen.gao(at)dailynews.com |
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