1. Ohio Deans Compact Overview CEEDAR CONVENING June 27-29, 2017

2. Compact Mission
The mission of the Ohio Deans Compact is to improve learning and outcomes for all PK12 students by using collective action and a shared commitment to equity and social justice to develop more inclusive pedagogy and leadership.
Fast Facts:
Established January 2013
Majority of members at the Dean/HTE level
Model designed to support sustainability, replicability, and scalability across the state
Funded through SEA

3. Compact Goals
Improved capacity of Ohio teacher, administrator, and related services personnel preparation programs to better prepare professional educators to more effectively teach and support every child.
Increased level of collaborative inquiry among Ohio’s institutions of higher education (IHE) that fosters improvement in the preparation and ongoing professional development of educators skilled in meeting the instructional needs of all children.

4. Need for Change
Marginalization and exclusion are far more common in American schools than inclusive practice, even though inclusive practices improve schooling for all children.
Programmatic silos within higher education, and within PK12 settings, limit opportunities for educators to work together to more effectively meet the instructional needs of all learners.
A dearth of P20 partnerships limits opportunities to harness the combined expertise of educators that is needed to support preparation and personnel development across the career continuum

5. Compact Strategies: Addressing Needs
Eliminate silos
Envision and support inclusive models of preparation
Broaden notion of inclusiveness beyond GE-SE conversation
Base work on set of guiding beliefs
Incentivize Ohio IHE program redesign, leading to inclusive teacher education and education leadership models of preparation

6. FOCUS OF COMPACT’S WORK EVERY LEARNER: OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
Is NOT:
The special education group
The disability group intended to “fix” special education
Intended to train people about special education
IS:
Intended to change the state’s system of personnel preparation and development
Intended to foster partnership and shared learning among higher education, PK12 personnel, and others (e.g., state personnel, professional association personnel)
Intended to prepare all educators to more effectively teach/support all children
Intended to improve results for all children

7. Compact Structures
Ohio Deans Compact: a 35-member group meets quarterly
Core Team meets frequently and includes ODE, ODHE, the Compact Chair, Vice Chair, and Director
Committee Chairpersons
CoP Facilitator
Linkages to State Partners:
SUED, OAPCTE, OCPEA, OEA, OFT, OAESA, OASSA, BASA
Both ODE and ODHE part of Core (leadership) Team

8. Fostering Collective Action
Standing Committees
Dissemination Committee
Impact Evaluation Committee
LI Committee
Policy Committee
Community of Practice (CoP) for Incentive Grantees

9. Fostering Collective Learning
Quarterly Meetings (day and a half each)
Day 1 – Facilitated presentation and small-group dialogue/discussion
Day 2 – Committee work; large-group reports; ongoing business
Other Learning Opportunities
Annual Statewide Conference & Pre-conference
June Luncheon for Ohio Stakeholders
Action Forums on specific topics

10. Work of the Compact
Incentivizing inclusive practice (teacher education and education leadership preparation)
Incentivizing simultaneous/symbiotic renewal
Incentivizing capacity building in critical gap areas (e.g., LISD)
Fostering shared learning opportunities
Evaluating impact

11. Incentive Grant Program
Development, adoption/adaptation of inclusive models for restructuring existing general & special education teacher preparation programs as develop dual licensure models
Course redesign or overhaul of existing education leadership preparation programs

12. Incentive Grant Program (continued)
Development of coursework leading to an endorsement in sensory impairment
Development or improvement of P20 partnerships through simultaneous renewal

13. National Collaborators
AACTE
Advocacy Institute
CEEDAR Center
NCEO

14. Ohio Deans Compact Website