ESEA Certification Plan 2012—OGCS & SSCS

Policy

SSCS/OGCS will continue our ESEA certification plan for the 2012 school year in order to facilitate our ESs’ qualifying for as many of their ESEA certifications as they can. Certification can be done by any method listed on the ESEA forms. We will offer any grant funding we receive for this year first to our newest ESs who have not had a prior opportunity to become certified by CSET exams.  Contact Linette Harris to see if funding is available, and if you qualify for it. If you do, send in your RAFs for pre-approval ASAP as funding is first come/first serve until it is gone!

Procedure

1. If you have not yet done so, work with the Training Clerk (Linette Harris – iemtraining2@ieminc.org ) to complete as many of your ESEA certifications as you can qualify for right now based on past classes and experience.  This includes counting units in each core subject area of your transcript, and looking at each area of past school leadership to see if you qualify for HOUSSE points towards certifications.

2. When #1 is complete, identify the core areas for which you need ESEA certifications, and what course of action would result in the fastest path to certification. This might include taking a course, enrolling in a VPSS program, or taking a CSET exam. Send in an ESEA Compliance Plan if you do no have one on file.

3. Email your plan to Linette. She will check your ESEA & HOUSSE info to determine if your proposed actions will qualify towards that ESEA certification. Submit a separate Reimbursement Approval Form (posted on the online school forms page) for each CSET exam for the ESEA certification area from the website with no more than $210 requested on any one form. (Late fees will not be paid).

5. Upon approval, submit your original receipts for reimbursement on the forms Expense Reimbursement & Receipt Submission Form, attaching a copy of the approved Reimbursement Approval Form  to the training clerk at the address listed on the form. Do this step as soon as you have paid for your test!

6. When you have completed the CSET exams, submit verification/scores to the training clerk so that your official ESEA certifications can be completed for you.

7. All reimbursement requests must be received by the school office (attention Linette Harris) no later than June 15 in order to qualify for that year’s funding (if any).

8. If you use any other method for certification (VPSS courses, college courses, college degrees, leadership), email Linette prior to starting your plan. Then send in verifying information when you have completed your requirements. We cannot pay for any of these at this time.

When the monies for this have run out for your school, we will notify you! Plan early to complete your tests/courses!!