Code of Massachusetts Regulations
603 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Title 603 CMR 14.00 - Education of English Learners
Section 14.05 - English Literacy and Fluency Requirements for Teachers of English Language Classrooms
Universal Citation: 603 MA Code of Regs 603.14
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) School district superintendents shall provide annually to the Department a written assurance that teachers of English language classrooms, as that term is defined in M.G.L. c. 71 A, are literate and fluent in English.
(2) For purposes of the assurance required by 603 CMR 14.05(1), a teacher is literate in English if the teacher:
(a) possesses a teaching license issued
pursuant to M.G.L. c. 71, § 38G;
(b) possesses a vocational teacher approval
or a vocational technical educator license;
(c) earns a passing score on the
Communication and Literacy Skills portion of the Massachusetts Tests for
Educator Licensure; or
(d)
possesses a bachelor's degree from a college or university where the language
of instruction was English.
(3) For purposes of the assurance required by 603 CMR 14.05(1), a teacher's fluency in English shall be determined through one or more of the following methods:
(a)
classroom observation and assessment by the teacher's supervisor, principal, or
superintendent;
(b) an interview
and assessment by the teacher's supervisor, principal, or
superintendent;
(c) the teacher's
demonstration of fluency in English through a test accepted by the
Commissioner; or
(d) another method
determined by the superintendent and accepted by the Commissioner.
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