Administrator/Instructional Leader Checklist

 

 

July

Administrator will:

 

(New Teacher(s) Only)

___     (For Prospective T&I and BITE Teachers) Ensure completion of the Statement of Qualifications (Form 8 ).. verifying three years of full-time experience within the last five years.  A Form 8 must be on file in the Trade and Industrial Education Office for all prospective teachers before any application can be processed.  Form can be found at www.okcareertech.org/ti/certific.htm

___     (For Prospective Health Teachers) Ensure completion of the Faculty Record Form from any prospective Health teacher to verify qualifications and send to Health Occupations Division, ODCTE.

___   Hire new teacher.

___   Contact appropriate ODCTE division to have New Teacher Academy invitation letter sent to teacher. (Remember, college credit requirements begin with New Teacher Academy.)

____   Ensure teacher has contacted university to develop required plan of study.

____   Ensure application has been made by teacher for teaching certificate/ license. Applications may be obtained at www.okcareertech.org/ti/certific.htm.  (Please be sure to use the most current form.  On the most current form, teacher’s signature must be notarized.)

____   Ensure registration of new teacher for CareerTech Summer Conference.

___   Acquaint mentor and new teacher with each other with the intent of the mentor assisting the new teacher at Summer Conference.

 

(New and Experienced Teacher(s))

___  Assign an instructional mentor to the teacher to serve on the Teacher Induction committee at onset of new teacher’s employment.

____   Complete Form 002 of the SDE Resident Teacher Packet and send to the appropriate division of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, Stillwater. Please note that the choice of higher education representative for your committee will be based upon your school location.  Please refer to the geographical policy in the handbook.

____   Complete Teacher Induction Participation Form and Contact Form, and send to ODCTE as instructed on form.

____   Conduct mentor orientation and training sessions for all local mentors to review local school mentor process and coaching skills.

 

Teacher Education University Contacts

 

Oklahoma State University

Dr. Mary Jo Self

207 Willard Hall

Stillwater, OK   74078

(405) 744-9191   

marycj@okstate.edu

University of Central Oklahoma

Dr. Gayle Kearns

100 North University Drive

Box 120

Edmond, OK   73034

(405) 974-5802 or 974-5741

gkearns@ucok.edu

 

August

 

____   Contact appropriate teacher education representative and schedule

an initial Residency/Teacher Induction meeting with all committee members.

____   Ensure that the initial orientation meeting of your teacher and instructional mentor has taken place.

____  Ensure mentor and teacher have access to the Content Expert List provided by the occupational division for the teacher.

 

September

 

____  Facilitate the scheduled meeting of the Residency/Teacher Induction committee to establish a Teacher Induction Plan based upon the perceived needs by the teacher and the committee.  (Remember to schedule your second committee meeting before the end of this meeting.  It should be scheduled before the end of December.)

____  If desired, contact the appropriate division program administrator/specialist for the name of a Technical Content Mentor to provide local technical content assistance.

a.     Conduct at least three observations as a Residency/teacher Induction committee member between September and March.  Use the core concepts received within the coaching skills training.

b.     Refer to the Effective Teaching CD modules as needed for just-in-time resources.  Please consider your teacher’s learning style when selecting the delivery method for the module information.

c.     Establish an observation of other teachers in any identified areas being focused upon within the Teacher Induction Plan.

 

 

October – December

 

____        Facilitate the second scheduled meeting of the Residency/Teacher Induction committee to review the Teacher Induction Plan based upon the perceived needs by the teacher and the committee.

_____           Ensure and support ongoing communications, visits, and observations for teacher educator and instructional mentor. Teacher will be guided towards strategies to prove effective teacher competency.  His/her efforts can be banked in college course requirements.

 

January

 

____         Ensure the attendance of your teacher to the Teacher Induction Follow-Up Workshop at University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, to complete college credit requirements.

 

February – March

 

___       Ensure and support ongoing communications, visits, and observations from teacher educator and instructional mentor.

____        Contact appropriate teacher education representative, and schedule a final Residency/Teacher Induction meeting with all committee members.

 

April – May

 

____         Facilitate the final scheduled meeting of the Residency/Teacher Induction committee to review certificate renewal and need for more technical assistance for the second year.

____         Complete Form 003 of the SDE Resident Teacher Packet and send to the appropriate Program Administrator at the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, 1500 West Seventh Avenue, Stillwater, OK 74074-4364.