(A) The superintendent of public instruction may create the center for creativity and innovation in the department of education. If created, the center shall assist schools in city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school districts, educational service centers, community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, and STEM schools established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code with any of the following:
(1)The design and implementation of strategies and systems that enable schools to become professional learning communities, including the following:
(a)Mentoring and coaching teachers and support staff;
(b) Enabling school principals to focus on supporting instruction and engaging teachers and support staff as part of the instructional leadership team so that teachers and staff may share the responsibility for making and implementing school decisions;
(c)Adopting new models for restructuring the learning day or year, such as including teacher planning and collaboration time as part of the school day;
(d) Creating smaller schools or smaller units within larger schools to facilitate teacher collaboration to improve and advance the professional practice of teaching and to enhance instruction that yields enhanced student achievement.
(2)The use of strategies in collaboration with the teach Ohio program to promote, recruit, and enhance the teaching profession, including:
(a)The design and implementation of “grow your own” recruitment and retention strategies that are designed to support individuals in becoming licensed teachers, to retain highly qualified teachers, to assist experienced teachers in obtaining licensure in subject areas for which there is need, to assist teachers in obtaining senior professional educator and lead professional educator licenses, and to assist teachers to grow and develop in the profession;
(b)Enhanced conditions for new teachers;
(c) Incentives to attract qualified mathematics, science, or special education teachers;
(d)The development and implementation of a partnership with teacher preparation programs at colleges and universities to help attract teachers qualified to teach in shortage areas;
(e) The implementation of a program to increase the cultural competency of both new and veteran teachers.
(3)Identifying statutes, rules, and regulations that impede the adoption of innovative practices and make recommendations to the superintendent of public instruction for the repeal, rescission, revision, or waiver of those provisions;
(4)Identifying promising programs and practices based on high quality education research and developing models for their early adoption, including research and practices in arts education and creativity;
(5)Other duties as assigned by the superintendent of public instruction.
(B) If created, the center shall promote collaboration between school districts and community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code to enhance the academic programs of both and to broaden the application of successful and innovative academic practices developed by community schools. In doing so, the center shall work with the office of community schools to do the following:
(1)Study, gather information concerning, and serve as a clearinghouse of best practices and innovative programming developed and utilized by community schools that could be adopted by school districts;
(2) Identify circumstances in which students could benefit from collaboration between the complementary programs of school districts and community schools.
(C)The department may accept, receive, and expend gifts, devises, or bequests of money, lands, or other properties for the center for creativity and innovation. The state board of education may adopt rules for the purpose of enabling the center to carry out the conditions and limitations upon which a bequest, gift, or endowment is made.
Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
(A) The superintendent of public instruction may create the center for creativity and innovation in the department of education. If created, the center shall assist schools in city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school districts, educational service centers, community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, and STEM schools established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code with any of the following:
(1)The design and implementation of strategies and systems that enable schools to become professional learning communities, including the following:
(a)Mentoring and coaching teachers and support staff;
(b) Enabling school principals to focus on supporting instruction and engaging teachers and support staff as part of the instructional leadership team so that teachers and staff may share the responsibility for making and implementing school decisions;
(c)Adopting new models for restructuring the learning day or year, such as including teacher planning and collaboration time as part of the school day;
(d) Creating smaller schools or smaller units within larger schools to facilitate teacher collaboration to improve and advance the professional practice of teaching and to enhance instruction that yields enhanced student achievement.
(2)The use of strategies in collaboration with the teach Ohio program to promote, recruit, and enhance the teaching profession, including:
(a)The design and implementation of “grow your own” recruitment and retention strategies that are designed to support individuals in becoming licensed teachers, to retain highly qualified teachers, to assist experienced teachers in obtaining licensure in subject areas for which there is need, to assist teachers in obtaining senior professional educator and lead professional educator licenses, and to assist teachers to grow and develop in the profession;
(b)Enhanced conditions for new teachers;
(c) Incentives to attract qualified mathematics, science, or special education teachers;
(d)The development and implementation of a partnership with teacher preparation programs at colleges and universities to help attract teachers qualified to teach in shortage areas;
(e) The implementation of a program to increase the cultural competency of both new and veteran teachers.
(3)Identifying statutes, rules, and regulations that impede the adoption of innovative practices and make recommendations to the superintendent of public instruction for the repeal, rescission, revision, or waiver of those provisions;
(4)Identifying promising programs and practices based on high quality education research and developing models for their early adoption, including research and practices in arts education and creativity;
(5)Other duties as assigned by the superintendent of public instruction.
(B) If created, the center shall promote collaboration between school districts and community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code to enhance the academic programs of both and to broaden the application of successful and innovative academic practices developed by community schools. In doing so, the center shall work with the office of community schools to do the following:
(1)Study, gather information concerning, and serve as a clearinghouse of best practices and innovative programming developed and utilized by community schools that could be adopted by school districts;
(2) Identify circumstances in which students could benefit from collaboration between the complementary programs of school districts and community schools.
(C)The department may accept, receive, and expend gifts, devises, or bequests of money, lands, or other properties for the center for creativity and innovation. The state board of education may adopt rules for the purpose of enabling the center to carry out the conditions and limitations upon which a bequest, gift, or endowment is made.
Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
(A) The superintendent of public instruction may create the center for creativity and innovation in the department of education. If created, the center shall assist schools in city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school districts, educational service centers, community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, and STEM schools established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code with any of the following:
(1)The design and implementation of strategies and systems that enable schools to become professional learning communities, including the following:
(a)Mentoring and coaching teachers and support staff;
(b) Enabling school principals to focus on supporting instruction and engaging teachers and support staff as part of the instructional leadership team so that teachers and staff may share the responsibility for making and implementing school decisions;
(c)Adopting new models for restructuring the learning day or year, such as including teacher planning and collaboration time as part of the school day;
(d) Creating smaller schools or smaller units within larger schools to facilitate teacher collaboration to improve and advance the professional practice of teaching and to enhance instruction that yields enhanced student achievement.
(2)The use of strategies in collaboration with the teach Ohio program to promote, recruit, and enhance the teaching profession, including:
(a)The design and implementation of “grow your own” recruitment and retention strategies that are designed to support individuals in becoming licensed teachers, to retain highly qualified teachers, to assist experienced teachers in obtaining licensure in subject areas for which there is need, to assist teachers in obtaining senior professional educator and lead professional educator licenses, and to assist teachers to grow and develop in the profession;
(b)Enhanced conditions for new teachers;
(c) Incentives to attract qualified mathematics, science, or special education teachers;
(d)The development and implementation of a partnership with teacher preparation programs at colleges and universities to help attract teachers qualified to teach in shortage areas;
(e) The implementation of a program to increase the cultural competency of both new and veteran teachers.
(3)Identifying statutes, rules, and regulations that impede the adoption of innovative practices and make recommendations to the superintendent of public instruction for the repeal, rescission, revision, or waiver of those provisions;
(4)Identifying promising programs and practices based on high quality education research and developing models for their early adoption, including research and practices in arts education and creativity;
(5)Other duties as assigned by the superintendent of public instruction.
(B) If created, the center shall promote collaboration between school districts and community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code to enhance the academic programs of both and to broaden the application of successful and innovative academic practices developed by community schools. In doing so, the center shall work with the office of community schools to do the following:
(1)Study, gather information concerning, and serve as a clearinghouse of best practices and innovative programming developed and utilized by community schools that could be adopted by school districts;
(2) Identify circumstances in which students could benefit from collaboration between the complementary programs of school districts and community schools.
(C)The department may accept, receive, and expend gifts, devises, or bequests of money, lands, or other properties for the center for creativity and innovation. The state board of education may adopt rules for the purpose of enabling the center to carry out the conditions and limitations upon which a bequest, gift, or endowment is made.
Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
