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New online tool lets you learn about your
child's teacher |
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February 14, 2018 |
Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri
Ybarra unveiled a new Certification Lookup Tool
Wednesday that allows Idahoans to quickly find
information about the certification status of
teachers, administrators and other education
professionals.
“I’m excited to add this to our toolbox of
efforts for transparency and making the process
quicker and easier,” Superintendent Ybarra said.
The new site,
https://apps2.sde.idaho.gov/certificationlookup,
is a public-access version of a tool released to
Idaho school district and charter school
administrators two weeks ago.
The tool provides access to the following
information about individuals:
• Certification status
• Professional endorsement status
• Application status
• Endorsement information, which includes • subjects/assignments that can
be taught with current endorsements
• Contract information, which includes assignments currently being taught
The lookup tool is expected to have an added
benefit in giving the State Department of
Education’s certification staff more time to
process applications and perform other tasks.
Now, many questions from districts, media and
the public can be answered directly online.
“We get questions all the time, such as ‘I want
to know what certification my son’s teacher
has,’” said Lisa Colon Durham, director of
certification and professional standards. “We
can get more than 1,000 phone calls a week, many
of them from educators wondering whether their
application has been received.”
“This tool will allow educators and members of
the public to find the answers themselves,
quickly and easily,” she said. |
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