*As of May 2010, the Louisiana Teacher Assistance and Assessment Program (LaTAAP) was removed from LA Statute.

• Any teacher who ever participated in LaTAAP and successfully completed it and is found as a “completer” in the LaTAAP database, is eligible for a higher-level certificate if he/she also has completed three (3) years of teaching in the area of certification. 

• Teachers who were granted out-of-state LaTAAP exclusion by May 2010 can be found in the LaTAAP database. These teachers are eligible for a higher-level certificate if he/she also has completed three (3) years of teaching in the area of certification.  No other out-of-state applicants will be granted LaTAAP exclusion after May 2010. 

• If an individual completed three years of formal, successful local evaluations for the following three school years: 2009-2010, 2010-2011, and 2011-2012, this teacher can move to a higher-level certificate if he/she also has completed three years of teaching in the area of certification.    The teacher must have been employed during the 2009-2010 school year.

• If a teacher began teaching during the 2010-2011 school year, he/she falls under Compass requirements for issuance of a higher-level certificate.  ACT 54 requires three (3) years of effective Compass evaluation ratings beginning with the 2012-2013 school year for issuance of a higher-level certificate.  Teachers who fall into this category may be granted a three-year extension of their Level 1 certificate to allow additional time for them to earn three (3) effective Compass evaluation ratings.

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The Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry, along with the Louisiana Forestry Association, would like to announce we they are now accepting applications for the 2013 Louisiana Forestry Teacher’s Tour and would like to invite Louisiana educators to apply. The tour is open for ALL teachers, not just science and environmental. Come see how the forests can work for you!

The Teacher’s Tour includes spending four days touring the forests of Louisiana, examining forest practices and the forest industry. This outdoor environmental education course is designed to provide an unbiased look into the forest industry, and includes a Project Learning Tree overview, activities and lesson plans. Teachers are also eligible for 30 CLU's.

This year's tour is scheduled for June 12^th-15^th in and around the Alexandria area. The tour is limited to 40 participants. All meals, lodging, materials and transportation (during tour) are provided at no cost , due to the generosity of tour sponsors. Tour participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from Alexandria.

La Forestry Teachers Tour is now on Facebook!  Please request us to be your friend.  It is a great way to stay updated on the latest news and events with the tour and Project Learning Tree!

Registration is simple!

Teachers can either apply online or submit an application attached and return it either by email, mail or fax. If you have any questions, please email or call Whitney N. Wallace at 225.925.4500 or 985.543.4057.  The deadline to apply is April 22, 2013.  Use the link below to get an application!

Click here to watch last 2011 tour on YouTube!!

Click here to watch the 2012 tour “movie trailer” advertisement on You Tube!

Click here to watch Louisiana’s This week in Louisiana Agriculture television show featuring the 2012 Teachers Tour!

Teachers and Parents:

Register for LPB LearningMedia, a new digital resource library that is free to all teachers and parents statewide.  More than 18,000 research-based digital videos, interactives, images, audio files, lesson plans, worksheets, and more are available to use in your teaching or homework assignments.  LPB LearningMedia is a robust library aligned to Common Core Standards and available to all PreK-16 classrooms. Click here to register and see a collection of tens of thousands of resources by subject area.