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House Bill (HB) 1 was signed into law by Gov. Ted Strickland on July 17, 2009. The legislation has many implications for educators in Ohio. There is a new direction, but no significant changes, for the Master Teacher (MT) Program. The bill contains the following modifications: The remainder of the program remains the same (e.g., committee processes and procedures, application and scoring). The Master Teacher program allows teachers to demonstrate their practice based on the Ohio Standards for the Teaching Profession. Now that it is recognized as a path for an advanced-level educator license in Ohio, there is even stronger motivation for teachers to complete the program.
 * =Master Teacher Program Overview= ||
 * Ohio Senate Bill 2 directed the Educator Standards Board (ESB) to define a //master teacher// in a manner that can be used uniformly by all districts and to adopt criteria to use in determining whether a person is a master teacher.
 * The current Master Teacher program will align with the new licensure structure in House Bill 1. Successful completion of the MT program will satisfy one of the requirements for an advanced license (available in 2011).
 * Districts will no longer be required to report their number of master teachers in EMIS. Since districts no longer need to have names for the December EMIS report, they can use the entire school year to facilitate the Master Teacher process.
 * In 2011, the number of Lead Teachers will be placed on the Local Report Card; this information will be obtained from the Ohio Department of Education’s licensure data base.

Information on the new licensure structure, along with Master Teacher Scoring training, will be available in spring 2010. Registration will be through STARS. Check the ODE Web site regularly for updates at [|www.education.ohio.gov], search keywords: //Master Teacher//. || =**To view the power point slides created by ODE.**= = .= =Master Teacher at a Glance.=