General Licensure Information

The department offers teacher licensure programs, approved by the Ohio State Board of Education, for:

• Early Childhood
• Middle Childhood
• Multi-age
• Adolescent to Young Adult (secondary)
• Intervention Specialist*
• Montessori pre-primary and primary

* (mild/moderate, moderate/intensive, gifted/talented, early childhood).(Graduate program only).

Specific brochures on these programs are available and give suggested sequences of courses and rules for admission to the program. Please note that courses required for licensure which are more than 10 years old must be repeated. In adolescent to young adult (grades 7 -12) and pre-K- 12 teaching, students take a major in their area field and complete licensure requirements in professional education courses.

Adolescent to young adults (grades 7- 12) teaching licenses can be attained in the following subject fields:

• Integrated Language Arts, Integrated Mathematics, Integrated Social Sciences, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, Life/Chemistry, Life/Physics and Physical Sciences (Chemistry/Physics).

Multi-age (grades Pre-K - 12) teaching licenses can be attained in the following subject fields:

• Foreign Language (French, German, Greek, Latin or Spanish), Music, Physical Education, and Visual Arts.

Intervention Specialist for grades K - 12 are available in mild/moderate educational needs and moderate/intensive educational needs. These are undergraduate or graduate programs. A licensure program (K - 12) at the graduate level only is also offered. Intervention Specialist (Early Childhood) licensure can be fulfilled at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

For more information, contact the department of education at 513 745-3521.