HM 18 — TEACHER WORKFORCE TASK FORCE

HOUSE MEMORIAL 18 55TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEWMEXICO - FIRST SESSION 2021 INTRODUCED BY Natalie Figueroa 6 8 10 A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE SECRETARY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TO CONVENE A TEACHER WORKFORCE TASK FORCE TO STUDY INCREASING THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF TEACHERS AND TO CREATE A DIVERSE, QUALIFIED AND EFFECTIVE TEACHER WORKFORCE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER STUDENTS, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND LOW-INCOME e t 17 STUDENTS, AS IDENTIFIED IN MARTINEZ AND YAZZIE v.

STATE OF NEW w l n d 18 MEXICO.

= = 19 a l i a e r 20 WHEREAS, New Mexico's public education system is facing a t m m 21 tough challenges as it grapples with school closures and remote d r e 22 learning disruption caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 c e s k 23 pandemic;

and e a n b 24 u [ WHEREAS, the challenges facing New Mexico's public education system were daunting even before the onset of the .219955.5 coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in March 2020;

and WHEREAS, the creation of a teacher workforce task force to study and better understand the needs of Native American students, English language learner students, students with HM 18 Page 1 disabilities and low-income students, as identified in Martinez and Yazzie v.

e t 17 B.

the assistant secretary of Indian education and w l n d 18 the Hispanic education liaison of the public education = = 19 a l department;

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two deans of the colleges of education at the a t m m 21 four-year public post-secondary educational institutions d r e 22 appointed by the secretary of higher education;

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one faculty member from a four-year public post-post-secondary e a n b 24 secondary educational institution, who represents expertise in u [ the education of Native American students, appointed by the .219955.5 - 2 - secretary of higher education, to be selected from a list of candidates submitted by the dean of the college of education;

one faculty member from a four-year public post-post-secondary secondary educational institution, who represents expertise in the education of English language learners, HM 18 Page 2 appointed by the secretary of higher education, to be selected from a list of candidates submitted by the dean of the college of education;

one faculty member from a four-year public post-post-secondary secondary educational institution, who represents expertise in the education of low-income students, appointed by the secretary of higher education, to be selected from a list of candidates submitted by the dean of the college of education;

one faculty member from a four-year public post-post-secondary secondary educational institution, who represents expertise in the education of students with disabilities, appointed by the secretary of higher education, to be selected from a list of e t 17 candidates submitted by the dean of the college of education;

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two faculty members of teacher preparation = = 19 a l programs at the two-year public post-secondary educational i a e r 20 institutions, at least one of whom is involved in alternative a t m m 21 licensure preparation programs, appointed by the secretary of d r e 22 higher education;

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one representative of teacher preparation e a n b 24 programs at Native American colleges in New Mexico, appointed u [ by the secretary of higher education;

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one school superintendent from a rural school district and one school superintendent from an urban school e t 17 district appointed by the secretary of public education on the w l n d 18 recommendation of the New Mexico school superintendents = = 19 a l association;

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two members of the legislative education study a t m m 21 committee appointed by the chair of the legislative education d r e 22 study committee;

and c e s k 23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force be requested to e a n b 24 create subcommittees to include non-task-force members with u [ state, tribal and local technical knowledge and expertise in .219955.5 - 4 - the education of Native American students, HM 18 Page 4 English language learners, students with disabilities and students from low-low-income income families;

teacher credentials and licensing, including bilingual and teaching English as a second language e t 17 endorsement, five hundred twenty certification and special w l n d 18 education;

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teacher preparation programs for general i a e r 20 education teachers, including instruction that incorporates a t m m 21 effective strategies to teach the state's diverse student d r e 22 population in culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy c e s k 23 and practices, and that meet the educational needs of Native e a n b 24 American students, English language learners, students with u [ disabilities and low-income students;

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teacher preparation programs for Native HM 18 Page 5 language and Spanish-English bilingual teachers that build on the work conducted by the faculty of the departments of education bilingual and teaching English as a second language teacher preparation workgroup;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force and subcommittees be requested to collect, analyze and evaluate the e t 17 gaps and barriers to creating a diverse, qualified and w l n d 18 effective teacher workforce that meets the needs of Native = = 19 a l American students, English language learners, students with i a e r 20 disabilities and low-income students, including:

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the current and future need for teachers in the d r e 22 state, including mapping of teacher shortages by license level c e s k 23 and license endorsement, short- and long-range needs for e a n b 24 teachers by license level and each license endorsement and u [ mapping of teacher diversity at the school district level in .219955.5 - 6 - relation to student population served;

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and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the teacher workforce task force be requested to develop a comprehensive teacher workforce strategic plan that includes one- to two-year goals, five- to e t 17 ten-year goals and short-term and long-term action steps to w l n d 18 achieve those goals;

that identifies whether action is required = = 19 a l by the legislature, the public education department, the higher i a e r 20 education department, institutions of higher education or any a t m m 21 combination of those;

and that includes funding requirements to d r e 22 fully implement the teacher workforce strategic plan;

and c e s k 23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that vacancies on the task force e a n b 24 may be filled by the original appointing authority, and the u [ co-chairs of the task force may request the appointing .219955.5HM -18 7Page -7 authority to replace a task force member or replace a subcommittee member if needed;

the legislative education study committee, the e t 17 legislative finance committee and the legislature by filing the w l n d 18 report with the legislative council service library;

the boards = = 19 a l of regents or governing bodies of the public post-secondary i a e r 20 educational institutions;

and the council of university a t m m 21 presidents, the public education department and the higher d r e 22 education department by September 1, 2023 for publication on c e s k 23 the departments' websites;