Parent Corner
Right to Know Professional Qualifications of Teachers and Teaching Assistants
In January 2002, the federal No Child Left Behind Act
reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was
signed into law by President Bush. The law requires that school
districts notify parents of your right to know the professional
qualifications of your child's teacher and teaching assistant
(if applicable).
You have a right to request information regarding the
qualifications of your child’s teacher and paraprofessionals
working with your child. Requested information may include:
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Whether the teacher has met New York State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade and subject area in which the teacher is providing instruction.
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Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which New York State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived.
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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.
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Whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.
Monticello Central School District makes every effort to hire
certified and highly competent teachers. On occasion, a
certified teacher may not be available and we may hire a teacher
who is non-certified but is in the process of becoming
certified. In such cases that your child is being taught for
more than four weeks by such a person, we are required to inform
you of that circumstance.
To request information, please send a written request to the address listed below:
Administrative Offices
Monticello Central School District
237 Forestburgh Road
Monticello, NY 12701