Rule 3302-24-28 | Interim resident educator teaching license.
(A) Upon the request of the superintendent or CEO of a city, local, municipal, exempted village, or joint vocational school district or educational service center that wishes to employ a qualifying individual, an interim resident educator teaching license will be issued to an individual who:
(1) Is deemed to be of good moral character;
(2) Has successfully completed an educator preparation program approved under section 3333.048 of the Revised Code;
(3) Has obtained a passing score on the Ohio assessment for educators assessment of professional knowledge for educators examination or other assessment designated by the state board of education to assess pedagogical expertise;
(4) Has obtained a score of at least two hundred six on the content assessment(s) in the content area(s) for the license sought;
(5) Has obtained a score of at least two hundred and six on the foundations of reading assessment, assessment number one hundred ninety, if the foundations of reading assessment is required for the professional license in the subject area of the license being sought; and
(6) If applicable, for the American council on the teaching of foreign languages (ACTFL) oral proficiency interview (OPI) and writing proficiency test (WPT) assessment for world languages, has obtained a wholistic score of intermediate mid.
(B) The interim resident educator teaching license may only be used in the district or educational service center of the superintendent or CEO that requested the license. If an interim resident educator teaching license holder changes employment and becomes employed in a different school or district, the superintendent of the school district or educational service center that employs the interim resident educator teaching license holder will need to submit a new request for an interim resident educator teaching license.
(C) The interim resident educator teaching license is valid for one year and may be renewed at the request of the superintendent or CEO of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district, or educational service center that wishes to employ a qualifying individual. The license may be renewed up to two times after initial issuance.
(D) After three years of successfully teaching under the interim resident educator teaching license, a five-year professional license will be issued to an interim resident educator teaching license holder who:
(1) Has participated in the school district or educational service center's resident educator program;
(2) Has obtained a passing score on the resident educator summative assessment; and
(3) Has achieved a wholistic range of skilled or accomplished in two out of three years on the teacher evaluation conducted by the school or school district in accordance with sections 3319.111 and/or 3319.112 of the Revised Code. The interim resident educator teaching license holder who has not received a full formal evaluation each of the years in which he or she holds the license is not eligible to advance to a five-year professional license.
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