Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 3301-24-17 | Lead professional educator license.

                                                
(A) The lead professional educator
		  license, issued in the areas specified in paragraph (B) of this rule, shall be
		  valid for five years and shall be renewable. The lead professional educator
		  license shall be issued to an individual who is deemed to be of good moral
		  character and who evidences completion of the requirements specified in
		  paragraphs (A)(1) to (A)(4) of this rule:
(1) An applicant for a
			 lead professional educator license shall have completed a masters degree or
			 higher from an accredited institution of higher education that is accredited by
			 a regional accrediting organization;
(2) An applicant for a
			 lead professional educator license shall hold one of the following teaching
			 credentials in the same teaching area for which the lead professional educator
			 license is requested: a five- year professional teaching license, a senior
			 professional educator license, or a permanent teaching certificate;
			 and
(3) An applicant for a
			 lead professional educator license shall have completed nine years of
			 successful teaching experience under a standard teaching certificate or
			 license, in accordance with the following specifications:
(a) A "year" of teaching experience means actual
				service of not less than one hundred twenty days within a school year, as
				defined in section 3319.09 of the Revised Code.
(b) At least five years of the required nine years of
				teaching experience shall have been under a five- year professional teaching
				license, a senior professional educator license, an eight year professional
				teaching certificate, or a permanent teaching certificate.
(4) An applicant for a
			 lead professional educator license shall have met the criteria for the
			 distinguished level of performance described in the Ohio standards for the
			 teaching profession adopted by the state board of education under section
			 3319.61 of the Revised Code. An applicant shall demonstrate that they have met
			 the criteria for the distinguished level of performance through one of the
			 following:
(a) Holding a valid certificate issued by the national board for
				professional teaching standards ; or
(b) By meeting both of the following two
				requirements:
(i) The applicant is the
				  holder of a teacher leader endorsement earned through completion of an approved
				  program of preparation, as established in rule 3301-24-05 of the Administrative
				  Code; and
(ii) The applicant has a
				  valid master teacher designation in accordance with the definition and criteria
				  for a master teacher adopted by the state board of education under section
				  3319.61 of the Revised Code.
(B) Lead professional educator licenses
		  shall be issued in the same areas for which the applicant holds a five year
		  professional teaching license, a senior professional educator license, or a
		  permanent teaching certificate.


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