PARENTS RIGHT-TO-KNOW
August 2011
Dear Parent:
In accordance with the ESEA
Section 1111(h)(6) PARENTS RIGHT-TO-KNOW, Creston Community Consolidated
District #161 is notifying every parent of a student in a Title I school that
you have the right and may request information regarding the professional
qualifications of your child’s classroom teacher. This information regarding
the professional qualifications of your child’s classroom teachers including,
at a minimum, the following:
1.
Whether the
teacher has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels
and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction.
2.
Whether the
teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which
State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived.
3.
The baccalaureate
degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held
by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree.
4.
Whether the child
is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.
If at any time your child has
been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher not highly
qualified, the school will notify you.
If you have any questions,
please feel free to contact your district superintendent Dr. George R. Kokaska,
at 815-384-3920.
Sincerely,
Dr. George R. Kokaska
**Please note – this notice
is mandated by the Federal Government to be sent from each school throughout
the