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JECS President's Statement       In today's challenging education environment, the teacher licensure process is an essential tool that requires more than a basic understanding to ensure that only highly qualified teachers are hired for our K-12 classrooms. The licensure regulations for school personnel can be cumbersome and difficult to understand. The licensure regulations also have undergone several changes in recent years and are pending additional revisions this year. At the same time, the federal legistation, "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB), has placed an increased burden on our local school divisions to identify and hire only those teachers who meet the "highly qualified" standards as established by the federal guidelines. Therefore, it is important that Human Resources Directors and licensure staff understand all aspects of the licensure puzzle. Based upon the extensive licensure background and expereince working with several school divisions of its President, Joseph Education Consulting Services (JECS) is capable of providing school divisions with the expertise, training, and support to assist them in making appropriate hiring decisions and facilitate the licensure application process. This training can be completed on-site in the form of in-services or one-on-on-one training with the licensure staff. Assistance at Job Fairs, individual teacher counseling as well as a year-long retainer can be used in which 48-hour turn around on any licensure realted question can be provided. JECS can also provide advice and individual counseling to those who are unable to receive evaluations from either local school divisions or the Department of Education. As our motto indicates, "education puts the world in your hands". JECS stands ready to play a key part in that process by helping you, through a better understanding of the licensure requirements, to hire only highly qualified teachers for your classrooms.