Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director
Chapter 3301-24 - Licensing and Education Programs
Section 3301-24-18 - Resident educator license
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3301-24-18
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) The two year resident educator license shall be issued in the areas specified in paragraph (D) of this rule and shall require the license holder to successfully complete the Ohio resident educator program in order to qualify for the professional educator license in the same area(s). The resident educator license shall be issued to an individual who holds a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education, who has successfully completed an approved program of teacher preparation, who is deemed to be of good moral character, who has successfully completed an examination prescribed by the state board of education, who has demonstrated skill in integrating educational technology in the instruction of children, who is prepared to implement evidence-based instructional strategies addressing individual learner differences and employ practices that address the diversity of students' cultures, language origins, and communities, who has been recommended by the dean or head of teacher education at an institution approved to prepare teachers, and who has completed:
(1) A minimum of twelve semester
hours in the teaching of reading, as required in section
3319.24 of the Revised Code,
including at least one separate three semester hour course in the teaching of
phonics, and coursework on knowledge and beliefs about reading; knowledge base;
individual differences; reading difficulties; creating a literate environment;
word identification, vocabulary, and spelling; comprehension; study strategies;
writing; assessment; communicating information about reading; curriculum
development; professional development; research; supervision of
paraprofessionals; and professionalism for the early childhood resident
educator license, the middle childhood resident educator license, the
intervention specialist resident educator license; and the early childhood
intervention specialist resident educator license; and
(2) A minimum of three semester hours on the
teaching of reading in the content area that includes instruction in organizing
instruction, use of protocols for oral language development, strategies for
word skill development, strategies for reading comprehension, and assessment
strategies for instructional purposes for the multi-age resident educator
license, the adolescence to young adult resident educator license, and the
career-technical resident educator license.
(B) Notwithstanding paragraph (A) of this rule, a two year resident educator license shall be issued to each person who is assigned to teach in the state of Ohio as a participant in the teach for America program and who meets the following four conditions:
(1) The person holds a bachelor's degree from
an accredited institution of higher education;
(2) The person has maintained a cumulative
undergraduate grade point average of at least
2.5 out of
4.0, or its
equivalent;
(3) The person has
passed an examination prescribed by the state board of education in the subject
area to be taught; and
(4) The
person has successfully completed the summer training institute operated by
teach for America.
(C) Also notwithstanding paragraph (A) of this rule, a two year resident educator license shall be issued to any applicant who has completed at least two years of teaching in another state as a participant in the teach for America program and who meets all of the conditions specified in paragraphs (B)(1) to (B)(4) of this rule. An applicant under this paragraph will be credited as having completed the teacher residency program under section 3319.223 of the Revised Code.
(D) Resident educator licenses shall be issued in the following areas:
(1) Early childhood resident educator
license, valid for teaching in grades prekindergarten through three. A minimum
of twelve cumulative semester hours in the teaching of reading as described in
section 3319.24 of the Revised Code
shall be required for the early childhood resident educator license, except
that this shall not be a requirement for an early childhood resident educator
license issued pursuant to paragraph (B) or paragraph (C) of this rule and
section 3319.227 of the Revised
Code.
(2) Primary resident educator
license, valid for teaching in grades prekindergarten through five. A minimum
of twelve cumulative semester hours in the teaching of reading as described in
section 3319.24 of the Revised Code as
required for the primary resident educator license, except for primary resident
educator licenses issued pursuant to paragraph (B) or paragraph (C) of this
rule and section 3319.227 of the Revised
Code.
(3) Middle childhood resident
educator license, valid for teaching in grades four through nine in the
curriculum areas named in such license. The middle childhood teacher
preparation program shall include areas of concentration in at least two of the
following: reading and language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies,
except that this shall not be a requirement for a middle childhood resident
educator license issued pursuant to paragraph (B) or paragraph (C) of this rule
and section 3319.227 of the Revised Code. A
minimum of twelve cumulative semester hours in the teaching of reading as
described in section 3319.24 of the Revised Code
shall be required for the middle childhood resident educator license, except
that this shall not be a requirement for a middle childhood resident educator
license issued pursuant to paragraph (B) or paragraph (C) of this rule and
section 3319.227 of the Revised Code. A
middle childhood license may be issued in one or more of the concentration
areas listed in this paragraph to the holder of a standard teaching certificate
or license who has completed an approved middle childhood program and an
examination prescribed by the state board of education.
(4) Adolescence to young adult resident
educator license, valid for teaching in grades seven through twelve in the
curriculum areas named in such license. Preparation in the teaching field shall
constitute at least an academic major or its equivalent with sufficient
advanced coursework in all areas to be taught as specified by the teacher
preparation institution, except that this shall not be a requirement for an
adolescence to young adult resident educator license issued pursuant to
paragraph (B) or paragraph (C) of this rule and section
3319.227 of the Revised Code. A
minimum of three semester hours in the teaching of reading in the content area
shall be required for the adolescence to young adult resident educator license,
except that this shall not be a requirement for an adolescence to young adult
resident educator license issued pursuant to paragraph (B) or paragraph (C) of
this rule and section
3319.227 of the Revised Code.
Licenses shall be issued in, but not limited to, the following teaching fields:
(a) Earth sciences
(b) Integrated language arts
(c) Integrated mathematics
(d) Integrated science
(e) Integrated social studies
(f) Life sciences
(g) Physical sciences (individuals may seek
licensure in physical sciences: chemistry; physical sciences: physics; or
physical sciences: chemistry and physics)
(5) Multi-age resident educator license,
valid for teaching in grades prekindergarten through twelve in the curriculum
areas named in such license. Preparation in the teaching field shall constitute
at least an academic major or its equivalent with sufficient advanced
coursework in all areas to be taught as specified by the teacher preparation
institution, except that this shall not be a requirement for a multi-age
resident educator license issued pursuant to paragraph (B) or paragraph (C) of
this rule and section
3319.227 of the Revised Code. A
minimum of three semester hours in the teaching of reading in the content area
shall be required for the multi-age resident educator license, except that this
shall not be a requirement for a multi-age resident educator license issued
pursuant to paragraph (B) or paragraph (C) of this rule and section
3319.227 of the Revised Code.
Licenses shall be issued in, but not limited to, the following teaching fields:
(a) Computer
information science
(b)
Dance
(c) Drama/theater
(d) World language
(e) Health
(f) Library/media specialist
(g) Music
(h) Physical education
(i) Teaching English to speakers of other
languages
(j) Visual arts
(6) Intervention specialist
resident educator license, valid for teaching in the areas designated in this
paragraph. A minimum of twelve cumulative semester hours in the teaching of
reading as described in section
3319.24 of the Revised Code
shall be required for the intervention specialist resident educator license,
except that this shall not be a requirement for an intervention specialist
resident educator license issued pursuant to paragraph (B) or paragraph (C) of
this rule and section
3319.227 of the Revised Code.
Licenses shall be issued in the following areas:
(a) Gifted, valid for teaching learners ages
five through twenty-one and in grades kindergarten through twelve;
(b) Mild/moderate educational needs, valid
for teaching learners ages five through twenty-one and in grades kindergarten
through twelve;
(c)
Moderate/intensive educational needs, valid for teaching learners ages five
through twenty-one and in grades kindergarten through twelve;
(d) Visually impaired, valid for teaching
learners ages three through twenty-one and in grades prekindergarten through
twelve;
(e) Hearing impaired, valid
for teaching learners ages three through twenty-one and in grades
prekindergarten through twelve.
(f)
Early childhood intervention specialist resident educator license, valid for
teaching mild/moderate/intensive educational needs in grades prekindergarten
through three, and for providing service coordination. A minimum of twelve
cumulative semester hours in the teaching of reading as described in section
3319.24 of the Revised Code
shall be required for the early childhood intervention specialist resident
educator license, except that this shall not be a requirement for an early
childhood intervention specialist resident educator license issued pursuant to
paragraph (B) or paragraph (C) of this rule and section
3319.227 of the Revised
Code.
(g) Primary intervention
specialist resident educator license, valid for teaching
mild/moderate/intensive educational needs in grades prekindergarten through
five and for providing service coordination. A minimum of twelve cumulative
semester hours in the teaching of reading as described in section
3319.24 of the Revised Code are
required for the primary resident educator intervention specialist license,
except for a primary intervention specialist resident educator license issued
pursuant to paragraph (B) or paragraph (C) of this rule and section
3319.227 of the Revised
Code.
(7) Dual licensed
intervention specialist resident educator license, valid for teaching in the
areas designated in paragraphs (D)(7)(a) and (D)(7)(b) of this rule. Licenses
are to be issued under this paragraph to individuals who have successfully
completed a dual licensure program approved by the Chancellor of the Ohio
department of higher education. A dual licensure program includes preparation
leading to licensure listed in paragraph (D)(3) or (D)(4) of this rule and
preparation as an intervention specialist for students with mild to moderate
needs in the same grade band. Licenses issued under this paragraph are only
available to be issued with simultaneous issuance of a license listed in
paragraph (D)(3) or (D)(4) of this rule. A minimum of twelve cumulative
semester hours in the teaching of reading are required as described in section
3319.24 of the Revised Code.
Licenses are to be issued in the following areas:
(a) Middle childhood, valid for teaching
mild/moderate educational needs in grades four through nine;
(b) Adolescence to young adult, valid for
teaching mild/moderate educational needs in grades seven through
twelve.
(8)
Career-technical resident educator license, valid for teaching in grades four
through twelve in the subject areas named in such license. The career-technical
resident educator license may be obtained by an individual who holds a
bachelors degree, who has successfully completed an approved program of
preparation, who has successfully completed an examination prescribed by the
state board of education, who has been recommended by the dean or head of
teacher education at an institution approved to prepare career-technical
teachers and who evidences two years of recent and successful related work
experience or the equivalent in the teaching area, or to an individual who
meets the requirements specified in paragraph (B) or (C) of this rule.
Career-technical resident educator licenses shall be issued in, but not limited
to, the following teaching fields:
(a)
Agriscience
(b) Integrated
business
(c) Family and consumer
sciences education
(d) Technology
education
(e) Marketing
(E) A two year resident educator license may be extended by the Ohio department of education on a case by case basis in order to enable the license holder to complete the Ohio resident educator program.
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