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No Child Left Behind - Title II
3700 Forest Drive Suite 500
Columbia, SC 29204

Catherine Samulski
Tel: 803-734-4068
Fax: 803-734-0872
E-mail: csamulski@scteachers.org

Deborah Larkin
Tel: 803-734-3454
Fax: 803-734-0872
E-mail: dlarkin@scteachers.org

Definition of Highly Qualified Teacher

Highly qualified teachers are those teachers that have
  1. earned at least a bachelor's degree,
  2. demonstrated content knowledge in each core content area he/she teaches,
  3. do not have any waivers of the requirements for full state certification.

    4. Certificates that meet the requirement for full state certification are:
    • Initial
    • Critical Need (PACE)
    • Professional (including Regular/Grade A certificates issued prior to 1970)
    • International
    • Intern
    • Restricted
    A teacher is not considered to meet the certification requirements for being highly qualified if the teachers has had certification waived on an emergency, temporary, or provisional basis. In South Carolina, this includes
    • temporary out-of-state certificates,
    • transitional certificates,
    • temporary provisos,
    • interim (PACE) certificates,
    • out-of-field permits,
    • warrants, and
    • graded/regular (Grade B,C, or D certificates issued prior to 1970)


      • See also, the U.S. Department of Education guidance

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