Teacher Qualifications

 

 

Parents of SHS students have the right to know the professional qualifications of classroom teachers who instruct their child. 

Federal law allows parents to ask for certain information about their child's classroom teachers:

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

Any parent of an SHS student who would like to receive any of
this information should send a written request to the Principal's attention.