Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The
department will describe the strategies the state will use to address the needs
identified. The strategies will include how the state will address the
identified needs for in-service and pre-service preparation to ensure that all
personnel who work with gifted and talented students (including professional
personnel who provide special education, general education and related
services), have the skills and knowledge necessary to meet the needs of gifted
and talented students. The plan will include a description of how the
department will accomplish the following.
1.
The department shall prepare general and special education personnel with the
content knowledge and collaborative skills needed to meet the needs of gifted
and talented students including how the state will work with other states on
common certification criteria.
2.
The department shall work with institutions of higher education and other
entities that (on both a pre-service and an in-service training basis) prepare
personnel who work with gifted and talented students to ensure that those
institutions and entities develop the capacity to support quality professional
development programs that meet state and local needs.
3. The department shall develop collaborative
agreements with other states for the joint support and development of programs
to prepare personnel for which there is not sufficient demand within a single
state to justify support or development of such a program of
preparation.
4. The department
shall work in collaboration with other states, particularly the departments of
education of neighboring states, to address the lack of uniformity and
reciprocity in the credentialing of teachers and other personnel.
5. The department shall acquire and
disseminate to teachers, administrators, school board members, and related
services personnel, significant knowledge derived from educational research and
other sources, concerning how the state will, if appropriate, adopt promising
practices, materials, and technology.
6. The department shall encourage LEAs to
recruit, prepare, and retain qualified personnel, including personnel with
exceptionalities and personnel from groups that are under-represented in the
fields of regular education, special education, and related services.
7. The department shall develop a plan that
is integrated, to the maximum extent possible, with other professional
development plans and activities, including plans and activities developed and
carried out under other federal and state laws that address personnel
recruitment and training.
8. The
department shall provide for the joint training of parents and special
education, related services, and general education personnel.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
17:1941 et
seq.
