State report on Highly Qualified Teachers/Classes

Maryland State Department of Education has posted the latest information on classes being taught by Highly Qualified Teachers. CCPS has improved to 91% of our classes being taught by Highly Qualified teachers. The state average is 85%. For the last five years we have continued to improve in this area. Also in the area of teacher certification, we have 95% of our teachers highly qualified and holding valid Maryland Certificates. Five percent hold conditional certificates and are working to become Highly Qualified through course work and Praxis testing.