Licensure

On July 1, 2010, the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation conducted a webinar on licensure and HQT requirements for community schools. With the Ohio Transition Resident Educator program in place, ODE’s licensure requirements have changed within the last two years. In addition, in-district support programs for new teachers, including mentoring and goal-setting, are now a required part of the licensure process.

This webinar covers appropriate types of licensure for community school teachers, requirements for teacher licensure, the newly created Ohio Resident Educator license, information on the Ohio Transition Resident Educator program.

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Current as of July 1, 2010

Ohio Achievement Assessment Training

Fordham conducted a webinar on April 12, 2010 to review Ohio Achievement Assessment preparations including scheduling, materials, and basic logistics concerned with test security and monitoring. The training also reviewed recent rule book changes, and the Spring 2010 schedule change. OAC 3301-13-02 (A) (4) (b) was changed and approved. The new text:

The second test administration period each year shall begin not earlier than Monday of the week containing April twenty-fourth and the make-up testing shall be completed by the Friday of the week following the regular test administration. A participating school may schedule the regular administration of the test on any day of this test administration period, but the regular administration of the test shall occur on the same day throughout all buildings of each participating school as defined in paragraph (A)(14) of rule 3301-13-01 of the Administrative Code.

There are conditions that must be followed:

  • The starting date for each grade-level test administration must be the same district-wide.
  • All schools within a district must test the same grade level content area on the same day.
  • The testing sequence must be reading, mathematics and science.
  • Any make-up test may be administered after the test has been initially administered to the entire grade level.
  • The week of May 3 should be used for make-up testing, not initial testing, which should be done the weeks of April 19 and 26. Initial testing involves the entire grade level; make-up testing only involves individual students who were absent at the time of the initial testing. Please note that make-up tests may be given on the “in between” days if tests are administered on non-consecutive days.
  • Scorable materials must be returned no later than Friday, April 30; Monday, May 3; or Tuesday, May 4 (subject to the “rolling pickup” provision below). The return schedule for the initial test administration, excluding make-up testing, is based on K–12 school enrollment. If a school has fewer than 2,500 students tests must be returned no later than Friday, April 30.

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Current as of April 12, 2010


Fordham Safety & Violence Training Webinar

The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation conducted a webinar on Safety and Violence Prevention December 17, 2009.

School districts and community schools must develop a program of in-service training in child abuse prevention for all of their elementary school teachers, administrators, nurses, counselors, and school psychologists.  New employees must complete the training within two years of starting employment and every five years thereafter (ORC 3319.073). 

The webinar covered resources available in specific regions, the ODE developed curriculum, and training requirements on all four modules, which include:

  • Module 1: mental and behavioral health components;
  • Module 2: depression and suicidal behavioral signs and symptoms; 
  • Module 3: substance abuse by a student or member of a student’s family;
  • Module 4: recognizing and intervening in incidents of both bullying and child abuse behaviors. 

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Current as of December 17, 2009

LPDC Training

On July 23, 2009 the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation held a web training on LPDCs.  A local professional development committee (LPDC) is a facilitator for professional development for school employees. The committee reviews professional development proposed and completed by educators and determines if license or certificate requirements have been met. The purpose of the committee is to renew educator licenses and certificates through professional development.  

This presentation includes lots of information about local professional development committees (LPDCs). Learn about the purpose of an LPDC, mentoring, LPDC requirements, teacher licensure, and how Ohio House Bill 1 affects licensure. 

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Current as of July 23, 2009

AOIS Training

Fordham sponsored community schools all use AOIS, a MicrosoftTM web-based software.   AOIS allows both school and sponsor to store, share, and access documents remotely, making the sponsor's oversight of community schools more convenient and efficient. 

On April 14th Fordham hosted a webinar on AOIS and its recent updates.  This training covered multiple topics from new reports to compliance problems. 

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Current as of April 14, 2009