Transcript UC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

UC PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
PD Team: Kim Heyob, Marcia Deddens, Shelby Ellis and Cass Johnson
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
Email: [email protected]
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Do you need to renew your license?
Do you need one semester hour to renew your license?
Want to add an endorsement to your license?
Do you want to develop a “cohort” with a group and get your
endorsement and a Master’s Degree?
TOGETHER, WE CAN DO THAT!
• UC has had courses online since 2000.
• We are NCATE/CAEP approved.
• RANKINGS:
• UC’s College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH)
landed at No. 33 on the 2013 ranking for Best Online Graduate Education
Programs (U.S. News & World Report 2013).
UC HAS A PROGRAM
FOR YOU
• WANT TO GET AN ENDORSEMENT?
• UC offers the reading, TESOL, gifted, teacher leader
endorsements ALL ONLINE among others using a
blended model.
• These programs can be completed in 1 year.
• Most are 15-18 credit hours (each course is 3 semester
hours).
• The cost is $355* a credit hour. This is our PD
(professional development) rate. The regular tuition rate
is $710*. So this is a 50% savings.
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Rates subject to change.
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
• Along with the PD rate if you can get 2O OR MORE
PARTICIPANTS that can greatly reduce your cost.
• This can be 20 people from one district or many districts
• This is called a Cohort.
• Our online courses are a blended learning model. This means
all classes are online and you meet at least once with a
facilitator per class per semester.
• The courses are all on BLACKBOARD.
• The facilitator will decide the locations for meetings (some
examples: local school library or media center at a school).
THE COHORT MODEL
Here is a list of our current endorsement/licensure/certificate programs:
• Autism Spectrum Disorders Certificate
• Gifted Endorsement
• Online Teaching and Learning Certificate
• Leadership in Online Learning Certificate
• 4/5 Generalist Endorsement
• Intervention Specialist Licensure (30-33 hrs)
• Reading Endorsement
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Priority acceptance will be given to those with 2 years of teaching experience
Principal Licensure (20 hrs)
• Must have a Master’s Degree
Teacher Leader Endorsement
• Must have a Master’s Degree and 4 years of teaching experience
STEM Certificate
TESOL endorsement
What program is right
for me?
These are the 6 courses
for the Reading
Endorsement
*100 hrs. of practicum
REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE IN ORDER TO
GET YOUR READING ENDORSEMENT:
• You must have completed a Phonics course in order to
apply to the state for your reading endorsement.
• If you need this course, please let us know.
• This is not part of the reading endorsement course of
study (as all students will not need it).
DID YOU HAVE A PHONICS
COURSE?
READING ENDORSEMENT:
THIS IS WHAT THE STATE’S DOCUMENT SAYS
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS ARE:
• Applicants holding the Adolescent/Young Adult (AYA), multiage, or
career technical license must have completed a pre-requisite 9 credit
hours of undergraduate level reading coursework before being admitted.
• All other applicants (ex: early childhood) must have completed the prerequisite 12 semester credit hours of undergraduate level reading
coursework before being admitted.
• Pre-requisite coursework is stipulated in Ohio Revised Code 3319.24:
Must include at least one separate three semester hour course in the
teaching of phonics.
OHIO BOARD OF REGENTS
Course Number
CI 6060
CI 6061
CI 6062
CI 6063
CI 6064
Course Title
Overview of Teaching Children and Youth who are GCT
Creating Learning Environments for Children and Youth who are GCT
Assessment of Children and Youth who are GCT
Collaboration on Behalf of Children and Youth who are GCT
Practicum: Teaching Children and Youth who are GCT
These are the 5 classes
for the Gifted
Endorsement
*75 hrs. of practicum
• The good news is that up to 12 hours from your
endorsement can count towards your Master’s program,
in turn you are getting (at a reduced rate) almost half of
your Master’s for more than 50% off *
*Master’s credit hour requirements vary by program
• Our Master’s Degree classes are also ONLINE so you
can do your coursework when you want to. Scholarships
are available as well.
WANT TO GET YOUR
MASTER’S DEGREE?
• WANT TO KNOW WHAT MASTER’S DEGREE YOUR WORK CAN COUNT
FOR
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The Reading endorsement leads to a Master's in Literacy and Second Language Studies
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Online Teaching and Learning Certificate leads to Curriculum & Instruction
Leadership in Online Learning leads to Curriculum & Instruction
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Teacher Leader leads to Curriculum & Instruction
*must have a Master’s Degree to get in
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4/5 Generalist leads to Curriculum & Instruction
TESOL leads to Literacy and Second Language Studies
Gifted leads to Curriculum & Instruction
Autism Certificate leads to Special Education
Stem leads to Curriculum & Instructoin
Principal Licensure leads to Educational Leadership
*must have a Master’s Degree to get in
Master’s programs are usually between 30 and 33 semester hours
So my hours for an
endorsement will count
towards a Master’s ---YES!
CAN I GET FINANCIAL AID?
If you are enrolled for at least 6 semester
hours, then you are eligible for Federal
Financial Aid.
Is there financial
assistance for me?
• JUST NEED ONE HOUR TO RENEW YOUR LICENSE:
• ASCD ONLINE (http://pdo.ascd.org/catalog/browsecatalog.aspx)
• These are 1 semester hour graduate level courses
• These are all ONLINE so you can work when you want and start
whenever you want (available 24/7) -must be completed within 3 months
• Find a course online and email [email protected] and Shelby Ellis
will send you a login to get in and begin
• The cost is $355* per credit hour
• There are over 100 classes to choose from such as:
• Embracing Diversity, Bullying, Common CORE Math, Differentiated
Instruction, Multiple Intelligences, Leadership, & Literacy Strategies to
name a few
*subject to change
ASCD ONLINE 1 SEMESTER
HOUR COURSES
• WHAT DO I DO NEXT?
• If you decide to enroll, you will start during the next cycle
in the course. We will get you set up in Blackboard and
invite you to an online orientation.
• Flex courses:
• In the gifted program, the courses are flex terms, which means a
class is only 7 ½ weeks long and then the next course starts
(gifted). One class is a full semester (practicum).
• Reading is only doing flex in the summer at this time.
NEXT STEPS
• QUESTIONS?
• EMAIL OR CALL US
• CONTACTS
• KIM HEYOB / MARCIA DEDDENS /
SHELBY ELLIS /CASS JOHNSON
• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: 513.556.2496
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
WE ARE HERE FOR YOU!