The Ohio Core is the state's rigorous curriculum required for all students beginning with the high school graduating class of 2014. This brief outlines a plan for using current tools to help alleviate the shortage of science, technology, mathematics and foreign language teachers. It also lists four new strategies to reach the teacher capacity necessary for the Ohio Core’s implementation: increase intensive, accelerated licensure programs for teachers who want to teach in high need areas; introduce a shared teacher program with colleges and universities; create regional summer STEM & language academies; and alter teacher preparation subsidies and induction programs to encourage students to become teachers in high-need areas. Finally, the brief outlines the anticipated state investment, $120 million over the next five years, in order to build teacher capacity in the key disciplines. This brief is ideal for states that have instituted new graduation requirements.
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Background and Context
Providing leadership across a state's vast education system is a daunting challenge. In an era of increased accountability, the state's role is even more central to the teaching that takes place in each classroom throughout the state. Whether through the establishment and improvement of state data systems, or shifting the internal organization of the agency, states are undertaking a variety of efforts to provide stronger leadership.
