Gery J. Chico, Chairman
Christopher A. Koch, Ed.D., State Superintendent of Education Page 27
implement this schedule, Namaste employs five physical education teachers, two of whom have a wealth of experience in teaching and personal training but are still in the process of obtaining state certification.
Many charters also report that while they relied upon this flexibility in the last two school years, they now have policies to hire only certified staff for instructional positions and/or are moving toward 100 percent certification for instructional staff. Table 3B details the number of certified and noncertified instructional and administrative staff in the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years, by charter school. All of this data was self-reported by the charter schools on the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 surveys.
The table shows that most charter schools, both within and outside of Chicago, far exceeded the 75 percent certification thresh mark for teacher certification in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011. Indeed, in 2010-2011, 57 percent of reporting charter schools (24 of 42) had a greater than 90 percent teacher certification rate, including 12 charter schools with 100 percent teacher certification. The table also indicates that at least one Chicago charter school, Aspira, was not in compliance with teacher certification requirements as of 2009-2010, with only 7 percent of individuals in FTE instructional positions maintaining an Illinois teaching certificate. Likewise, Noble Charter, with only 73 percent of instructional personnel holding Illinois teaching certificates in 2009-2010, also appears to have been out of compliance with the charter school teacher certification requirements in effect at the time.
Table 3B: Instructional and Administrative Staff Certification
Charter School
School Year
Number of Certified Instructional Staff
Total Number of Instructional Staff
Percentage of Certified Instructional Staff (rounded)
Number of Certified Administrative Staff
Total Number of Administrative Staff
Head of School Certified? (Y/N)
CPS DISTRICT 299
AGC
09-10
10-11
17
17
100%
1
5
YES
ACT
09-10
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Not collected
10-11
Alain Locke
09-10
21
22
95%
NR
2
Not collected
10-11
21
22
95%
0
3
NO
Amandla
09-10
11
12
92%
2
3
Not collected
10-11
18
18
100%
0
5
NO
ACE Tech
09-10
49
49
100%
5
17
Not collected
10-11
43
44
98%
3
19
YES
Aspira
09-10
6
88
7%
4
5
Not collected
10-11
87
87
100%
26
26
NR
Betty Shabazz
09-10
26
52
50%
2
6.5
Not collected
10-11
53
71
75%
5
27
YES
Bronzeville Lighthouse
09-10
21
25
84%
1
1
Not collected
10-11
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Catalyst-Circle Rock
09-10
10-11
26
27
96%
2
3
YES
Catalyst-Howland
09-10
12
20
60%
2
5
Not collected
10-11
23
26
88%
2
5
YES
CICS
09-10
523
545
96%
13
13
Not collected
