Crosswalk
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Teacher 2.0
This update of the OLAC OTES crosswalk aligns to the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System 2.0, and helps align on-going educator PD align to the 6 domains of practice by which teachers will be evaluated in the Teacher Performance Evaluation Rubric (p. 20-23, 29).
The OLAC Crosswalk functions to show how the tools that principals and teachers already use to guide their professional learning to the standards line up directly with the measures that drive the Teacher Performance Evaluation Rubric. This January 2023 revised version of the OTES Crosswalk features the same standards and elements, and where applicable the same resources. It features updates, highlights, and additions as needed to make the OLAC OTES Crosswalk tightly coupled to state improvement priorities as well as OTES 2.0 evaluation measures. Any educator, school, or district can make use of this crosswalk to target professional learning as needed.
Teacher Standard 2
Teachers know and understand the content area for which they have instructional responsibility.
O.T.2.5: Teachers connect content to relevant life experiences and career opportunities.
Focusing Questions for Principal's Conversation with a Teacher
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How comfortable are you connecting the knowledge and skills you teach to relevant life experiences and career choices? Some resources include:
- Ohio Academy of Science and Entrepreneurial Engagement: Believe in Ohio
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Career Connections: Resources for Teachers
- Responsive Classroom: Making Learning Meaningful: It’s all about the Why (2016)
- Edutopia: Keeping Learning Real, Relevant, and Relatable (Grafwallner, 2017)
- NASA: Practical Uses of Math and Science (PUMAS)
- SciStarter: A Citizen Science Project Database
- Edsurge: The Value of Modern Social Studies in Cultivating Real World Literacy (Sciascia, 2016)
Focusing Questions for Teacher's Self-Reflection
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Would I benefit from strategies and lessons that help me apply relevant life and career contexts to the subject(s) I teach? If so, resources include:
- Ohio Department of Education: Career Connections
- Responsive Classroom: Making Learning Meaningful: It’s all about the Why
- Edutopia: Keeping Learning Real, Relevant, and Relatable (Grafwallner, 2017)
- NASA: Practical Uses of Math and Science (PUMAS)
- Edsurge: The Value of Modern Social Studies in Cultivating Real World Literacy (Sciascia, 2016)
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Would I benefit from curriculum resources that help me tie content to career and life information and contexts? Resources include:
- Ohio Academy of Science and Entrepreneurial Engagement: Believe in Ohio
- Getting Smart: 7 Real-World Projects that Allow Students to Tackle Big Problems
- Project-based Learning (PBL) Works
- SciStarter: A Citizen Science Project Database
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Career Connections: Career Pathways
- U.S. Department of Labor: Career OneStop: Explore Careers
- U.S. Department of Labor Statistics: Career Planning for High Schoolers
Download Crosswalk Professional Development Plan
Consider using this to fulfill your individual professional development plan (IPDP) to be approved by your Regional Local Professional Development Committee (LPDC).