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//**Better Teachers Better Classroom**  // ====== //Ignacio Arcas, Graduate Student, Educational Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA, iag@hawaii.edu//

  Within the State of Hawaii Department of Education there are more than 1000 teachers deemed by the United States Department of Education as “Non-Highly Qualified” (NHQ). The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires every classroom teacher in nine educational categories to be deemed Highly Qualified (HQ). The problem at this time is that not all districts and teachers have an understanding of what the requirements are for a teacher to be HQ. These teachers rely on a face to face meeting with district staff to understand the requirements. This instructional design project focused on the construction of online modules that will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the current system that aids teachers with the HQ process. The module was only developed for new teachers to the Central Maui Schools and will be further develop to also address veterans and out-of-state teachers. Data was collected from participants in order to measure their understanding of the law, as well as the level of support provided by the state. The outcome of this design project will be the implementation of online modules that will be modified based on the feedback provided by teachers who took part in this project.

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