Parents Right To Know

  • Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, parents have the right to request information regarding the professional qualifications of their student's classroom teachers.  Parents who would like to receive this information should write to:

     
    Human Resource Department, Attn: Teacher Qualifications
    Saint Paul Public Schools
    360 Colbourne Street, Saint Paul, MN  55102-329
     
    Parents can designate which of the following information they want:
    1. Whether the teacher has met state qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction;
    2. Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which state qualificaiton or licensing criteria have been waived;
    3. The baccalaureate degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree;
    4. If the teacher is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification the teacher holds; and
    5. Whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.