Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) A two-year alternative superintendent or
administrative specialist license is valid for serving as a superintendent or
administrative specialist. This license shall be renewable one time. This
license shall be issued at the request of the board of education of a city,
educational service center, local, exempted village, joint-vocational school
district, or the governing authority of a chartered nonpublic school
or community school to an individual who is deemed to be of good
moral character and who evidences the following:
(1) A master's degree from an accredited
university for the alternative superintendent license; a bachelor's or master's
degree from an accredited university for the administrative
specialist;
(2) A position as a
superintendent for the alternative superintendent
license or administrative specialist working in a
central office or supervisory capacity for the alternative administrative
specialist license, and a board resolution of appointment to that
position;
(3) A
cumulative graduate grade point average of at
least 3.0out of 4.0 for the alternative
superintendent license and either
a
cumulative undergraduate grade point
average of at least 3.0out of 4.0 or a cumulative
graduate grade point average of at least 3.0 out of 4.0 for individuals holding
a master's degree for the alternative administrative specialist license;
and
(4) Five or more years of
documented successful experience in teaching, administration, education, or
management.
(B) The
employing school district shall provide a mentoring program for alternatively
licensed superintendents or administrative specialists that includes the
following:
(1) Assignment of a mentor
who holds a standard administrator license and who has
served in the capacity of an administrator under the license;
(2) Completion of a competency based
self-assessment approved by the Ohio department of education;
(3)
Development of a personal learning plan approved by the
mentor; and
(4) Participation
in a structured mentoring program aligned to the
personal learning plan and consisting of seventy clock hours during the
initial two-year license for individuals holding either a master's degree or
bachelor's degree. An additional fifty hours is required during the second
two-year license for individuals holding a bachelor's degree.
(C) For
an individual
who does not have two years of teaching experience under a standard teaching
license, a professional pupil services license, an alternative teaching
license, or a permanent non-tax certificate who is issued an alternative
superintendent license or an alternative administrative specialist license, the
employing school district shall require the administrator to develop a plan
that outlines observation of classroom instruction across grade levels and
subject areas within the school district.
(D) Eligibility for a professional license. A
professional license will be issued to the holder of a two-year alternative
superintendent or administrative specialist license upon the successful
completion of the following:
(1) Four years of
successful experience under the alternative superintendent or administrative
specialist license;
(2) For
individuals not holding a master's degree, completion of
a three semester hour course in school law, a three
semester hour course in school finance and a minimum of
nine
additional semester hours from an accredited university leading toward a
master's degree in education administration
held during their initial two-year license, and completion of a master's degree
in education administration during their second
two-year license;
(3) For
individuals holding a master's degree, completion of
a three semester hour
course in school law, a three semester hour course in school finance as well as
three additional semester hours from an accredited university or
forty-five clock hours of professional development
based on their personal learning plan during their initial two-year license,
and completion of an additional six semester hours from
an accredited university or ninety clock hours of professional
development based on their personal learning plan during their second two-year
license;
(4) Participation in a
structured mentoring program provided by the school district as outlined in
paragraph (B) of this rule; and
(5)
Successful completion of the state board of education examination required for
administrators pursuant to rule
3301-26-01
of the Ohio Administrative Code.
