As a parent of a student attending a Pinellas County Public School, you have the right to know the professional qualifications of the classroom teachers who instruct your child. Federal law allows you to ask for certain information about your child’s classroom teachers and requires us to give you this information in a timely manner if you ask for it. Specifically, you have the right to ask for the following information about each of your child’s teachers:

• Whether the Florida Department of Education has licensed or qualified the teacher for the grades and subjects he or she teaches.
• Whether the Florida Department of Education has decided that the teacher can teach in a classroom without being licensed or qualified under state regulations because of circumstances.
• The teacher’s college of major; whether the teacher has any advanced degrees, if so, the subjects and degrees.
• Whether any teachers’ aides or similar paraprofessionals provide services to your child and, if they do, their qualifications.

In addition, you have the right to be provided information on your student’s level of achievement on assessments like FCAT in reading/language arts, mathematics and science. This information will be available at your child’s school.

If you would like to receive any of this information, please contact your child’s school at 893-2780. You may call the school between 7:05 a.m. and 3:00 pm, Monday through Friday and ask to speak to Ms. Felicia Davis, the Assistant Principal, regarding this request. An appointment will be made for you to come to the school to view this information.