ohio resident educator program: focusing on years 3 and 4

Ohio Resident Educator Program:

Focusing on Years 3 and 4

Year 1

Introduction to the Life of Teaching

Year 2

Differentiated Support Provided By Trained Mentors

Year 3

Reflective Practice

Year 4

Reciprocal, Collaborative, Ongoing

Year 3: Resident Educator Summative Assessment (RESA)

Purpose: To assess Resident Educators’ skills and practices as measured by proficiency on the Ohio Standards for the Teaching Profession

Year 3: Resident Educator Summative Assessment (RESA)

Developed through collaboration with Stanford University, Teachscape, and Ohio Department of Education with input from RESA Advisory Design Group.

Lesson Plans

Instructional Materials

Analysis of Student Learning

Student Work Samples

Video Clips of Lessons

Teacher Reflections

Resident Educator Summative Assessment

Assessment of Artifacts Trained assessors review and score submitted artifacts.

Scorer reliability will be checked through random double-scoring of submitted artifacts.

Assessors will not score submissions of teachers they know.

RESA Assessors

Assessors have 5+ year of teaching experience; are current, retired, and former educators, professional developers, and coaches.

  Year in the RE Program

Prior Years of Teaching Experience

Resident

Educators in:

 Year 3 of RE program

 Year 2 of RE program AND

whose districts/schools have requested credit for 1 year of prior teaching experience and have submitted their names to ODE per the defined process 

 Year 2 of RE program AND

whose districts/schools have requested credit for 2 years of prior teaching experience and have submitted their names to ODE per the defined process

Determining Readiness for RESA

Employers (districts/schools) determine REs’ readiness to prepare for and take RESA in Year 3.

Supporting Resident Educators in Year 3

All Year 3 REs must receive support.

Year 3 Status Type of SupportREs not taking RESA State-trained mentor (one-to-one;

RE cohort; co-teaching)REs taking RESA State-trained facilitator

Supporting Year 3 Resident Educators NOT Taking RESA

REs not participating in RESA in Year 3 must have an assigned trained mentor.

Supporting Year 3 Resident Educators NOT Taking RESA

Mentors will follow a Year 3 Best Practices timeline (similar to Year 2) to support their REs who do not participate in RESA in Year 3.

Year 3 Timeline of Best Practices

for REs Not Taking RESA

Supporting Year 3 Resident Educators NOT Taking RESA

REs who do not participate in RESA in Year 3 and have completed Year 3 requirements will complete a Year 3 Formative Progress Review in Spring 2014 and begin RESA in Fall 2014.

Supporting Year 3 Resident Educators Taking RESA

REs who take RESA in Year 3 will be supported by a state-trained facilitator and are not required to have a state-trained mentor to support them, though a mentor may serve as a facilitator.

Supporting Year 3 Resident Educators Taking RESA

Required facilitation training will be online beginning in late summer 2013.

Holds a professional educator license

Understands the Resident Educator Program

Uses facilitation and questioning strategies

Considerations for Selecting a RESA Facilitator

Completes online facilitation training

Understands the RESA

Provides REs facilitative support per RESA training

Expectations for a RESA Facilitator

Year 3 RESA Timeline of Best Practices

for REs Taking RESA

RESA CompletionIf RESA participants are unsuccessful in passing all part of RESA in 2013-2014, they may retake deficient portions in 2014 – 2015.

Costs to implement RESA (use of software platform; site licenses; assessors; facilitation training, etc.) paid by ODE.

Field Test: 2012 – 2013Recruitment Spring 2013

Revision Summer 2013

RESA Timeline Spring – Fall 2013

Assessor training: Late Summer through Fall 2013RESA online facilitation training: Late Summer through Fall 2013

RESA Timeline Spring – Fall 2013

Districts/schools determine REs’ readiness for RESA Fall 2013

RESA launch date: Fall 2013

RESA Timeline Spring – Fall 2013

Supported through Learning Communities

Resident Educator Program Year 4

More information about professional learning opportunities for Year 4 REs will be provided in Fall 2013.

Upon successful completion of RESA and all Year 4 requirements, REs may apply for the 5-year professional license.• Questions: REprogram@education.ohio.gov

Resident Educator License Extension

While the RE license is not renewable, it is extendable on a case-by-case basis (per Ohio Revised Code 3301.24.04).

A license extension policy will be provided in Fall 2013.

The Challenge for

Resident Educators

education.ohio.gov

For More Information

@OHEducation

Ohio Teachers’ Homeroom

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Questions