Alaska Administrative Code
Title 4 - Education and Early Development
Chapter 34 - Bilingual-Bicultural Education
4 AAC 34.075 - Instructional staff
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) Districts shall insure that the skills of their instructional staff are commensurate with the type of programs selected.
(b) If regularly certificated (Type A) teachers who are appropriately bilingual cannot be obtained, bilingual instructors may be used to implement the program. However, if bilingual instructors are used
(c) Nothing in (b) of this section limits a district's authority to require, as a condition of continued employment, that a bilingual instructor enter into a formal program of training which leads to a Type A certificate.
(d) Each district shall develop a staff training plan for all bilingual program instructional personnel, both permanent and temporary, which includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the following:
(e) As part of the plan of service required under sec. 55 of this chapter, each district shall set out specific recruitment and selection processes for its bilingual program staff and shall establish, through cooperative agreements with institutions of higher education, and make available a career ladder for its bilingual paraprofessionals which leads to regular (Type A) certification.
(f) The student-to-staff ratio for the district's bilingual program may not be higher than the overall student-to-staff ratio for the district.
Authority:AS 14.07.060
AS 14.30.410