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SB 166 Training and professional development of teachers, etc.

Introduced by: Emily Couric | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Training and professional development of teachers, administrators, and superintendents. Establishes several teacher training and development initiatives, such as (i) requiring the Board of Education to develop leadership standards for superintendents and principals; (ii) requiring compliance with these leadership standards as a condition of licensure for superintendents and principals on and after July 1, 2000; and (iii) conditioning initial licensure for individuals who graduate from Virginia institutions of higher education to endorsement areas offered at institutions that have been assessed by a national accrediting agency or be a state approval process on and after July 2002. This bill also establishes a two-year program for educational leadership and professional development for public school personnel that will include leadership training for division superintendents and principals and instructional training for teachers, including training in instruction in English, mathematics, science, and social studies as well as technological studies. This two-year training program is intended to assist in the implementation of the Standards of Learning and the Standards of Accreditation. The training program will be structured to provide accountability, efficient and effective use of funds, and flexibility in implementation by the local school boards, according to the school division's needs and existing programs. The Board of Education will issue guidelines for program implementation, which will not be regulations.

This measure is a recommendation of the HJR 196 Commission on the Future of Public Education.


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