Champlain Valley Union High School District - Chittenden South ...

FACULTY AND STAFF
Professional Staff:
Chittenden South Supervisory Union currently
employs over 400 professional staff members.
Nearly half of all CSSU teachers are at B60/M30
level and the majority holds advanced degrees
such as Masters, a Masters with additional
credits or a Doctorate.
Class Size:
CSSU complies with the requirements of the VT
School Quality Standards (SQS) by working to
keep class sizes within state prescribed numbers:
“At the elementary level classes in grades K-3,
when taken together, shall average fewer than
20 students per teacher. In grades 4-8, when
taken together, classes shall average fewer than
25 students per teacher. At the secondary level,
the total class rolls of an English language arts
teacher shall not average more than 100
students. In other disciplines, class rolls shall not
average more than 150 students per teacher,
except where the specific nature of the teacher’s
assignment….is plainly adaptable to the teaching
of greater numbers of students while meeting
the educational goals of the program.”
Highly Qualified Teachers:
The 2001 Federal No Child Left Behind Act
(NCLBA) requires that all public school teachers
of “core academic subjects” meet the Highly
Qualified Teacher (HQT) requirements of the
law. The core areas are: English/Language Arts
(including English as a Second Language),
Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Reading,
Foreign Languages, Art, Music, and the general
endorsement areas of Elementary and Early
Childhood Education. Local Education Agencies
are required to report the percentage of classes
in each school that are taught by teachers who
have not yet met HQT requirements for their
teaching assignment. CSSU schools continue to
make progress toward full HQT status.
Please note: Included is the 2010-2011 HQT
information. The updated 2011-12 HQT
percentages were not yet available from the VT
DOE at the time of publication.
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