North Carolina High Objective Uniform State Standard for Evaluation (HOUSSE)
HOUSSE may be an alternative for you to use to show you are highly qualified under NCLB. HOUSSE is not a test - it is a check list of competencies used as an assessment.

A Review of NCLB Federal Legislation and State Policies Regarding Highly Qualified Teachers

HOUSSE requirements by grade level/discipline
(each file below is .rtf and can be opened by your word processor)

• Entire HOUSSE document including all grade levels/disciplines
• PreK HOUSSE
• Elementary Education
• 6-9 Language Arts and 9-12 English
• 6-9 and 9-12 Math
• 6-9 and 9-12 Science
• 6-9 and 9-12 Social Studies
• K-12 Visual Arts
• K-12 Music
• K-12 Theatre Arts
• K-12 Dance
• K-12 Foreign Languages
• PE and ESL, pp. 6-26 (pdf)

The following is a link to a 79 page pdf file at DPI's web site. It contains HOUSSE information for all EC disciplines. Your download will be 79 pages long.

• Exceptional Children