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Full Description

The Alternative Licensure Professional Development Institute, Mathematics, non-degree program serve new teachers who completed the Ohio Department of Education requirements for an alternative resident educator license and now need to earn an Ohio five-year professional license. Self-paced and online, the program can be completed in under one year. The program prepares teachers in the principles and practices of teaching, student development and learning, pupil assessment procedures, curriculum development, classroom management and teaching methodology.

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ is one of a select number of universities approved by the Ohio Department of Higher Education to provide coursework and experiences for an alternative pathway to teaching grades 7-12. The alternative resident educator license is an accelerated pathway to classroom teaching. This pathway allows students, schools and communities to benefit from the candidates' content-related knowledge, life experience and successful career experience.

This program does not culminate in a master's degree. Students interested in a master's degree at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ must be fully admitted into and complete the requirements for the master's program, in addition to courses that are prescribed here for licensure.

Professional Licensure Disclosure

This program is designed to prepare students to sit for applicable licensure or certification in Ohio. If you plan to pursue licensure or certification in a state other than Ohio, please review state educational requirements for licensure or certification and contact information for state licensing boards at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ's website for professional licensure disclosure.

For more information about graduate admissions, visit the graduate admission website. For more information on international admissions, visit the international admission website.

Admission Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• Minimum 2.500 GPA on a 4.000-point scale
• Official transcript(s)
• Evidence of successful completion of an Intensive Pedagogical Development Institute or Alternative Resident Educator Institute approved by the Ohio Department of Education
• Evidence of passing scores for the Ohio Educator Assessment (OAE) test for licensure area
• Ohio Alternative Resident Educator License (and license number)

Application Deadlines

• Fall Semester
  • Rolling admissions
• Spring Semester
  • Rolling admissions
• Summer Term
  • Rolling admissions

Program Learning Outcomes

Completers of this non-degree program will be able to:

1. Plan and deliver instruction that is equitable, inclusive and skillfully aligned to state and national curriculum standards.
2. Design assessments that across a range of situations, both formal and informal, that provides data that leads to making valid and reliable inferences about student performance.
3. Critically reflect on instruction, assessment practices and professional engagements with colleagues and students.
4. Design learning environments, both physical and psychological, where students are safe, engaged and supported in their learning endeavors.
5. Model behaviors of learning, cognitive, social and emotional to lead learners toward self-regulation, personal growth and academic achievement.
6. Craft curriculum that aligns to school, state and national standards.
7. Gain professional practices related to content area.

Program Requirements

Licensure Requirements

Graduation Requirements

• Minimum B grade in all courses

• Delivery:
  • Fully online