To: All Parents
From: Dysart Unified School District/Charter
Date: August 5, 2010
As a parent of a student in the Dysart Unified School District/Charter School, under the No Child Left Behind Act of
2001, you have a right to know the professional qualifications of
the teachers who instruct your child. The No Child Left Behind Act
gives you the right to ask for the following information about each of
your child’s classroom teachers:
v Whether the State of Arizona has licensed or qualified the teacher for the grades and subject he or she teaches.
v Whether the teacher is teaching under an emergency permit or other provisional status by which state licensing criteria have been waived.
v The teacher’s college major; whether the teacher has any advanced degrees and, if so, the subject of the degrees.
v Whether any instructional aides or similar paraprofessionals provide services to your child and, if they do,their qualifications.
If you would like to receive any of this information, please contact Andrea Willingham at 623-523-8950.