Resources for Teachers
The following are requirements, standards, competencies and resource materials for teachers.
- NCLB "Highly Qualified" Requirements
In order to teach in a core academic subject, under NCLB, teachers must establish they are "highly qualified" for their teaching assignment. - New Mexico Student Standards and Benchmarks
New Mexico standards policy provides a guide for the implementation of standards as a framework for the development of curriculum. - New Mexico 9 Teaching Competencies and Level Indicators
New Mexico Teacher Competencies for Licensure Levels I, II, and III Assessment Criteria. - National Board for Professsional Teaching Standards
National Board Certification is a way to recognize the accomplished teaching that is occurring in New Mexico classrooms. In addition, National Board Certification, offered by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards® (NBPTS), is one route teachers can take to advance from licensure level II to III-A. - Resources from Recent Training Opportunities
- New Mexico 3-Tiered Licensure Performance Evaluation Handbook [PDF]
- Evaluation Trainers Manual [PDF: 1.6MB]
- The PDP: 3-Tiered Licensure System (Administrators' Training Script) [Word]
- Train-the-Trainers Training for Training Administrators on the 3-Tiered Licensure Evaluation System [MS PowerPoint: 2.6MB]
- Highlights [Word: 264KB]
- Highlights on Teacher Evaluation
- Teacher's Handbook for Developing a Professional Development Dossier (PDD) [PDF: 1.1MB]