9/3/2014
In September, the Ohio Department of Education will cease mailing of newly issued paper licenses, certificates and permits. To make these important documents available electronically to educators and their employers, the department continues to work on improvements to the My Educator Profile online licensure system. One of the improvements allows any educator who has an “issued” or currently valid credential to download and save a copy of it in PDF format and print it from his or her own computer.
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5/30/2014
Beach Bags give parents an easy way to keep their children's reading skills sharp with fun summer activities arranged around five themes: weather, pets, transportation, food and neighborhoods. Each themed online Beach Bag includes two free printable “little books,” two related activities, a list of classic picture books for further reading and suggested websites to explore.
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5/30/2014
No doubt, your students are greatly anticipating the closing of school and the kickoff to summer. But as the novelty of summer break wears off, many young people may find themselves feeling isolated and alone, having lost the daily interactions and social connections that school provides. Such feelings can lead to unhealthy coping behaviors (including substance abuse) and increased risk for developing depression, anxiety and other mental health problems. In the latest addition to the TEACHable Moments series, the Know! campaign offers suggestions you can share with your students to help them make, keep and strengthen their social connections this summer.
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5/30/2014
The department is offering a series of one-day workshops from June 16 to 25 in Toledo, Cincinnati and Columbus for high school teachers who are interested in refreshing and improving their teaching of advanced placement courses. The agenda will include teaching strategies for courses in U.S. history, government, physics, chemistry, statistics, English literature and Spanish.
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5/30/2014
Beginning June 11, the department is offering world language educators free professional development workshops on six different days this summer around Ohio. On each day, participants may participate in one or both of the timely sessions to be offered. Topics include Student Learning Objectives/Ohio Teacher Evaluation System and Instructional Best Practices for World Language Teachers.
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5/30/2014
Educators who hold permanent certificates and permanent non-tax certificates are required by state law to update their FBI criminal background checks every five years through the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI). As permitted in law, on July 1, 2014, the Ohio Department of Education will begin inactivating permanent certificates of individuals whose background checks have expired and were not updated. As a result, these educators will not be permitted to work in Ohio schools until they successfully update their background checks.
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5/30/2014
Training and tests will be available in June, rather than mid-May as previously announced, for educators who need to update their credentials as evaluators for the Ohio Teacher or Principal Evaluation Systems. The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET), which will administer the re-calibration process, will send notification of the training’s opening date to evaluators who have valid email addresses in the institute’s registration system.
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