Title: Highly Qualified (HQ) Teachers | Oklahoma State Department of Education
Headings: Highly Qualified (HQ) Teachers
Highly Qualified (HQ) Teachers
Frequently Asked Questions
General Information
Which Teachers Must Be Highly Qualified?
Middle School Teachers
Special Education
Paraprofessional
High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE)
FAQ Audience :

Content: Just as each state determines when and on what basis to provide full certification or licensure to teachers already certified in other states, each state determines when and on what basis to accept the determination of another state that a particular teacher is highly qualified. Oklahoma will accept out-of-state content testing if the Oklahoma Office of Educational Quality and Accountability has determined and documented that the test is comparable to an Oklahoma content test. Oklahoma issues an Oklahoma certificate to out-of-state teachers holding National Board Certification and accepts National Board Certification to meet the Highly Qualified requirements. 4. Are local school districts required to inform parents about the quality of a school’s teachers? Yes. At the beginning of each school year, a local school district that accepts Title I, Part A funding must notify parents of students in Title I schools that they can request information regarding their child’s teacher, including, at a minimum: ( 1) whether the teacher has met the state requirements for licensure and certification for the grade levels and subject-matters in which the teacher provides instruction; and (2) whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or their provisional status through which state qualification or licensing criteria have been waived; and (3) the college major and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree;