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(E) A four 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.
Effective: 11/22/2014
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 01/29/2016
Promulgated Under:
Statutory Authority:
Rule Amplifies:
Prior Effective Dates: 1/29/2011, 2/24/2012
(A) A four year alternative resident educator license, valid for teaching the academic subject area
named in such license in grades kindergarten to twelve, shall be issued to an individual who is
deemed to be of good moral character and who evidences meeting the requirements specified in
paragraph (A) of this rule:
(1) A bachelors degree from an accredited institution of higher education;
(2) A minimum of twenty-four semester hours (thirty-six quarter hours) of coursework in the
subject area to be taught, with a grade point average of at least 2.5 related to that coursework,
with the exception of integrated social studies, integrated language arts, and integrated science,
which shall require a minimum of forty-eight semester hours (seventy-two quarter hours) in the
subject area to be taught, with a grade point average of at least 2.5 related to that coursework.
Six semester hours of the required forty-eight semester hours for integrated language arts shall
be in the area of teaching reading. Coursework shall be well distributed across the subject area
and show increasing depth and complexity and include advanced coursework in the subject area.
Extensive work experience directly related to the area to be taught may be considered towards
fulfillment of the requirements specified in paragraph (A)(2) of this rule by the Ohio credential
review board established under section of the Revised Code.
(3) Successful completion of the intensive pedagogical training institute established under section
of the Revised Code or a summer training institute that has been approved by the
chancellor of the Ohio board of regents pursuant to section of the Revised Code, in order
to receive instruction in the principles and practices of teaching for individuals seeking an
alternative resident educator license (information available at education.ohio.gov);
(4) Successful completion of the state board of education required examination for teacher
licensure that measures content knowledge of the subject area to be taught in grades seven to
twelve.
(B) The holder of an alternative resident educator license for teaching a designated academic
subject in grades kindergarten to twelve shall meet the requirements specified in paragraph (B) of
this rule as a condition of continuing to hold the license:
(1) Participate in the four year Ohio resident educator program (information available at
education.ohio.gov);
(2) Show satisfactory progress in taking and successfully completing at least twelve additional
semester hours (eighteen quarter hours) of professional education coursework, from a college or
university approved to prepare teachers, in the principles and practices of teaching, student