High School District and Teacher Information

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Serving our College Credit Plus partners is very important to us as Rhodes State College. We have an entire department dedicated to providing outstanding support and services to our teachers, students, counselors and administrators. 

CCP teachers will be mentored by their department chair throughout their entire teaching experience as a Rhodes State College adjunct. They will also be supported closely on all issues related to their college online accounts or other non-academic issues.

Rhodes State College provides annual Professional Development opportunities for our CCP teachers as well as annual networking meetings within individual departments.  An annual Superintendent summit is also hosted on our campus.

We provide training, testing and orientations in your high school buildings at your convenience.  We will greatly minimize your need to travel by coming to you and providing CCP services at your location whenever possible. In doing so, we are able to foster meaningful and productive relationships within our school districts.

High Schools considering credentialing faculty for the College Credit Plus (CCP) or Alternative Pathway programs with Rhodes State College. Please contact the Dean of K-12 Partnerships with additional questions at horn.k@rhodesstate.edu or 419.995.8430:

To begin the credentialing process, Rhodes State College will need the following:

  1. Name of high school teacher
  2. High School
  3. Teacher’s phone number and email address (in case additional information is needed)
  4. A completed credentialing OVERVIEW document.  The Dean of K-12 partnerships can provide this fillable form to the candidates.
  5. Resume/Vitae – this must include all college degrees as well as credits earned beyond those degree(s)
  6. Unofficial Transcripts – please note: Official transcripts will be required if the instructor is credentialed. Those official transcripts need to be sent to:

        Rhodes State College

        Human Resources Department PS2

        4240 Campus Dr.   Lima, OH 45804

  1. Other supporting documentation, such as earned certifications
  2. In the body of your email, please state the SUBJECT(s) that the teacher wishes to teach at the CCP level (for example, “English,” “Math,” “Accounting,” or “Science,” etc)

That information needs to be sent electronically to Kitt Horn at horn.k@rhodesstate.edu. Once Rhodes State has received that information, a member of the K-12 Partnership team will begin processing that request. It should take between 2-4 weeks to hear in writing from the Vice President of Academic Affairs (VPAA) and by email if the instructor is credentialed to teach for upcoming terms.

Credentialing for GENERAL EDUCATION courses

 

General Education Courses (English, Math, Sciences, History, Languages, Psych/Soc, Music, etc.):

Based on state mandates and our regional agency, The Higher Learning Commission, the rules for becoming credentialed to teach GENERAL EDUCATION courses are as follows:

  • Faculty members teaching general education courses must hold a master’s degree in the discipline

-OR-

  • A master’s degree in any discipline (for example, Education) and at least 18 semester credit hours of graduate coursework relevant to the discipline in which you will be teaching. The course codes for these 18 graduate hours must display an in-discipline prefix. For example, to qualify to teach CCP Psychology, the course code prefixes must be PSY or PSYCH or a similar prefix indicating that each course was taught out of a Psychology department. 

-OR-

  • Plan of Study: The Plan of Study only applies to general education courses that are specific to CCP coursework taught at a high school.  Plans of Study can be created for high school teachers who do not meet either of the above general education credentialing requirements. 

Plan of Study:  The Plan of Study only applies to general education courses that are specific to CCP coursework taught at a high school.  Plans of Study can be created for high school teachers who do not meet either of the above general education credentialing requirements. 

o   To qualify for a Plan of Study, the teacher must already have completed a minimum of nine graduate semester hours of coursework in the discipline

o   The plan must demonstrate how the teacher will complete the additional nine hours of graduate coursework within three years (i.e., a single master’s level course per year for three years)

o   If the instructor has no master’s degree, the Plan of Study must also demonstrate completion of a master’s degree within those same three years.

o   The teacher must also have a letter of validation from the superintendent of the school district requesting that the CCP teacher be allowed to instruct in the area of expertise and that the school district is committed to ensuring the teacher will meet credentialing requirements within three years.

o   The high school teacher will work directly with the appropriate Department Coordinator to develop the Plan of Study. Teachers should not enroll in a graduate program or pay any fees until their Plan of Study has been approved by the Department Coordinator at Rhodes. 

o   Once the Plan of Study has been approved and signed by the appropriate offices at Rhodes (and the applying teacher) and the teacher’s graduate coursework has begun, the teacher may begin teaching CCP courses for Rhodes.  Once the teacher is enrolled and taking class(es) from their approved plan, the teacher will be immediately and provisionally credentialed to teach their approved list of CCP courses.

Academic Department Information

If you have course content or Plan of Study questions, please reach out directly to the appropriate contact below:

o   Dr. Nora Beerline, beerline.n@rhodesstate.edu, 419-995-8288

o   Dr. Joseph Abbott, abbott.j@rhodesstate.edu , 419-995-8856