Parent's Right-To-Know

Dr. Edwin J. Dawson

Office of Title I Programs

2238 East Ginter Road

Tucson, Arizona 85706

Phone: (520) 545-2108

TITLE I PARENTS’ RIGHT-TO-KNOW

All schools in the Sunnyside Unified School District receive federal funds for Title I, Part A programs. As a parent of a student in a Title I 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 the school to give you this information in a timely manner. Specifically, you have the right to ask for the following information about each of your child’s classroom teachers:

1.    Whether the teacher meets the state qualifications and licensing criteria for the grades and subjects he or she teaches.

2.    Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or provisional status because of special circumstances.

3.    Whether the teacher has any advanced degrees and the field of discipline of the teacher’s certification or degree.

If at any time your student has been taught for four (4) or more consecutive weeks by a teacher(s) that is not highly qualified, then you will be notified by the school.

You also have the right to request information regarding the qualifications of the intervention assistant(s) assisting your child’s teacher(s). If your child is receiving Title I, Part A services from an intervention assistant, then our district or school is able to provide you with the following information:

1.    Whether the intervention assistant has completed at least two years of study at an institution of higher education.

2.    Whether the intervention assistant has completed an associate’s degree (or higher).

3.    Whether the intervention assistant has met a rigorous standard of quality through our state’s certification procedure for determining the quality of paraprofessional staff.

4.    Whether the intervention assistant has: (a) the knowledge of and ability to assist in instructing reading, writing, and mathematics or (b) the knowledge of and the ability to assist in learning activities, such as homework, reading readiness, writing, mathematics and other support as appropriate.

Please send your professional qualification inquiries to the Sunnyside Human Resources Department at (520) 545-2003, or email at HumanResourcesEmail@susd12.org. For general questions about this or any Title I issue, please contact Dr. Ed Dawson (520) 545-2018 or edwind@susd12.org.