Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director
Chapter 3301-24 - Licensing and Education Programs
Section 3301-24-16 - Senior professional educator license
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3301-24-16
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) The senior professional educator license, issued in the areas specified in paragraph (B) of this rule, shall be valid for five years and shall be renewable. The senior professional educator license shall be issued to an individual who is deemed to be of good moral character and who evidences completion of the requirements specified in paragraphs (A)(1) to (A)(4) of this rule:
(1) An applicant for a
senior professional educator license shall have completed a master's degree or
higher from an accredited institution of higher
education that is accredited by a regional accrediting organization;
(2) An
applicant for a senior professional educator license shall hold one of the
following teaching credentials in the same teaching area for which the senior
professional educator license is requested: a five year professional teaching
license, or a permanent teaching certificate; and
(3) An applicant for a senior professional
educator license shall have completed nine years of successful teaching
experience under a standard teaching certificate or license, in accordance with
the following specifications:
(a) A "year" of
teaching experience means actual service of not less than one hundred twenty
days within a school year, as defined in section
3319.09 of
the Revised Code.
(b) At least five years of the required nine years of
teaching experience shall have been under a five year professional teaching
license, an eight year professional teaching certificate, or a permanent
teaching certificate.
(4) An applicant for a senior professional
educator license shall have met the criteria for the accomplished or
distinguished level of performance described in the Ohio standards for the
teaching profession adopted by the state board of education under section
3319.61 of the
Revised Code . An
applicant for a senior professional educator license shall demonstrate that
he/she has met the criteria for the accomplished or distinguished level of
performance through the applicant holding a valid master
teacher designation in accordance with the
definition and criteria for a master teacher adopted by the state board of
education under section
3319.61 of the
Revised Code .
(B) Senior professional educator licenses shall be issued in the same areas for which the applicant holds a five year professional teaching license, or a permanent teaching certificate .
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