Ohio Admin. Code 3333-1-05 - Standards and processes for consideration of educator preparation programs of study
(A) Authority
This rule is adopted under authority conferred upon the
chancellor of higher education by section
(B) Definitions
(1) "Institution of higher education" means
any state-assisted institution of higher education as defined by section
3345.011 of the Revised Code as
well as any institution as defined by section
1713.01 of the Revised
Code.
(C) General
(1) An institution of higher education
desiring to prepare individuals for Ohio teacher and other school personnel
licensure in grades prekindergarten through twelve shall request approval from
the chancellor to offer a program leading to a specific type of license
or licenses . This requirement includes programs
leading to an endorsement to an Ohio educator license, as designated by the
state board of education pursuant to section
3319.22 of the Revised Code. The
determination of the chancellor to approve an institution of higher education
to offer an educator preparation program shall
will be based
on the following:
(a) Evidence of meeting the
standards of a national educator preparation accrediting agency recognized by
the U.S. department of education and/or the council for
higher education accreditation ;
(b) Consideration of the performance of
graduates as demonstrated by the statewide educator preparation program metrics
as provided in paragraph (E) of this rule;
(c) Chancellor requirements for curriculum,
clinical experiences, faculty qualifications, and faculty development as
outlined in the Ohio department of higher education's manual, titled
"Guidelines and Procedures for Academic Program Review" and dated August 2,
2016;
(d) The manual is available
on the chancellor's website.
(2) Evidence of faculty credentials,
coursework, assessments and experiences designed to include the following:
(a) All requirements for licensure including
the resident educator license established by the state board of
education;
(b) The Ohio standards
for the teaching profession, the Ohio standards for principals, or the Ohio
standards for superintendents, and the Ohio standards for educator professional
development adopted by the state board of education, as applicable;
(c) Specialized national professional
association standards or state standards as determined by the chancellor and
listed on the chancellor's website;
(d) The Ohio learning standards and
curriculum models adopted by the state board of education for prekindergarten
through twelfth grade education;
(e) Minimum standards for elementary and
secondary schools prescribed by the state board of education pursuant to
division (D) of section
3301.07 of the Revised Code, as applicable ;
(f) Preparation in relating curriculum
content for prekindergarten through grade twelve students to essential
long-term skills and career fields;
(g) A minimum of one hundred clock hours of
field experience prior to supervised student
teaching and a minimum of twelve weeks of supervised student teaching for initial teacher
licensure, with the field and clinical experiences
split as evenly as possible for dual programs that lead to two licenses
simultaneously ;
(h) A minimum
of fifty clock hours of field experiences for each endorsement and each
additional licensure area beyond the candidate's initial license;
(i) Training in the value-added progress
dimension and student growth measures implemented by the Ohio department of
education for elementary and secondary schools, and methods of interpreting
such data;
(j) Coursework in the
teaching of reading and phonics as required in section
3319.24 of the Revised
Code;
(k) Training in all programs
leading to early childhood
primary (PK-5) , middle childhood,
adolescence/young adult, and intervention specialist licensure on effective
methods of instruction for individuals with dyslexia.
(l) Instruction in opioid and other substance
abuse prevention for all educator and other school personnel preparation
programs for all content area and grade levels that includes the following:
(i) Information on the magnitude of opioid
and other substance abuse;
(ii) The
role educators and other school personnel can play in educating students about
the adverse effects of opioid and other substance abuse;
(iii) Resources available to teach students
about the consequences of opioid and substance abuse;
(iv) Resources available to help fight and
treat opioid abuse.
(m)
A semester course, or the equivalent to address
positive behavior interventions, social emotional learning, and trauma informed
instruction for programs leading to license to teach in any grades
pre-kindergarten through five as required in section
3319.237 of the Revised
Code;
(n)
A requirement that each candidate for an educator
license who enters the program in the 2022-2023 academic year, or any academic
year thereafter, receive instruction in computer science and computational
thinking, as applied to student learning and classroom instruction, as
appropriate for the grade level and subject area of the candidate's prospective
educator license as required by section
3333.049 of the Revised
Code.
(3)
Annually, the chancellor shall
will report a licensure examination pass rate
status to each institution of higher education that has been approved to
prepare individuals for teacher licensure in grades prekindergarten through
twelve. The status shall
will be one of the following:
(a) "Effective"
(b) "At risk of low performing"
(c) "Low performing"
(i) The chancellor shall
will determine
that an educator preparation provider is "effective" if the overall
institutional summary pass rate of candidates who have completed that
institution's educator preparation programs on all requisite examinations is
eighty per cent or greater.
(ii)
The chancellor shall
will determine that an educator preparation
provider is "at risk of low-performing" if it has a licensure pass rate under
eighty per cent on all requisite examinations.
(iii) The chancellor
shall
will
determine that an educator preparation provider is "low performing" if it has a
licensure pass rate under eighty per cent on all requisite examinations for
more than three consecutive years.
(4) Any educator preparation provider at an
Ohio institution of higher education with a status of "Low performing" may
request technical assistance from the chancellor in formulating and
implementing a continuous improvement plan.
(D) The chancellor will review program
proposals at least twice a year and determine their approval status as approved
or not approved.
(1) The chancellor
shall
will
designate a new or continuing educator preparation program as approved for a
maximum of seven years if the program meets applicable conditions of paragraph
(E) of this rule to the satisfaction of the chancellor and if the institution
maintains the chancellor's authorization and recognized institutional
accreditation.
(2) The chancellor
may require annual progress reports as a condition of approval;
(3) The chancellor may designate a new or
continuing educator preparation program as not approved if it fails to meet
applicable requirements in paragraph (C) of this rule.
(a) Any student enrolled in an educator
preparation program at the time of the determination of the program's status as
not approved will be permitted to complete the program by a deadline
established by the chancellor and upon completion of program requirements may
be recommended by the institution as a candidate for licensure.
(b) A program designated as not approved
shall not admit any new students until the program is granted approval by the
chancellor. Any student enrolled in the program at the time of the denial may
complete the program and be recommended by the institution as eligible for
licensure. Within sixty days of the chancellor's denial of approval, the
institution must submit academic transition and/or graduation plans for
currently enrolled students to the chancellor for review and
approval.
(c) An institution of
higher education may re-submit a proposal for a new program deemed not approved
in a subsequent review period.
(E) Any institution offering an educator
preparation program that leads to an Ohio license shall submit data to the
chancellor for inclusion in an annual public report. The report will include
aggregate measures of educator preparation programs based on key metrics, such
as:
(1) Assurance indicators, including:
(a) Aggregate program completer pass rates on
the state licensure test, identified by the state board of education;
(b) Program completer pass rates on teaching
skills assessments;
(c) A growth
metric identified by the Ohio department of education (ODE), reporting student
growth data and linked to educator effectiveness; and
(d) Candidate academic and non-academic
measures requisite for program admission.
(2) Continuous improvement indicators,
including:
(a) National
accreditation;
(b) Field and
clinical experience descriptors;
(c) Teacher candidate satisfaction survey
results;
(d) Alumni survey
results;
(e) Mentor survey
results;
(f) Employer survey
results;
(g) Percent of candidates
transitioning from residency to professional license;
(h) Other initiatives or measures determined
by the chancellor.
(3)
Excellence and innovation indicators, including:
(a) Partnerships with elementary and
secondary schools;
(b) Placement in
hard-to-staff schools;
(c) Use of
innovative technologies for instruction;
(d) Quality of partnerships with
prekindergarten through grade twelve schools;
(e) Other initiatives or measures determined
by the chancellor.
(F) At any time, the chancellor may call for
follow-up review of any educator preparation program leading to an Ohio license
to ensure continued compliance. The following conditions may prompt an
immediate inspection of an institution:
(1) A
program that is designated further development required, recognized with
conditions, recognized with probation, or not recognized status from a
specialized professional association;
(2) Aggregate program pass rate on a teaching
skills assessment that falls below the minimum benchmark established by the
chancellor;
(3) Three years of
aggregate program mean scores on the employer survey, alumni survey, and/or
resident educator survey that indicate areas for improvement as determined by
the chancellor;
(4) Changes in
program requirements or standards in paragraph (C) of this rule;
(5) Changes in data or indicators required
under paragraph (E) of this rule for the annual educator preparation program
performance report;
(6) Ranking in
the bottom quartile of assurance indicators in paragraph (E)(1) of this rule
for three consecutive years, compared to peer programs;
(7) The chancellor does not approve the
degree program responsible for the educator preparation program;
(8) Aggregate annual program pass rates on
state licensure tests that fall below the minimum benchmark established by a
national accreditor.
(G)
The chancellor may revoke the approval of any educator preparation program
leading to an Ohio license if the follow-up review reveals insufficient
evidence that the program is meeting all state requirements.
(H)
Institutions may
place an approved educator license or endorsement program into dormancy and
immediately stop admitting new students into the program by submitting the form
provided by the chancellor for dormancy. Institutions will be able to
reactivate the program and admit new students by submitting the form provided
by the chancellor for reactivation so long as the reactivation occurs within
the same chancellor approval period as the dormancy. Reactivations requested
after the chancellor approval period has been renewed will have to go through
the new program approval process as described in paragraph (D) of this
rule.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3333.048, 3333.0414, 3333.049
Rule Amplifies: 3333.048, 3333.0414, 3333.049, 3319.237
Prior Effective Dates: 11/11/2016, 06/28/2018
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