Navigating the OACI Web Page; Information for Mentor Teachers cech.uc/oaci/

1. Navigating the OACI Web Page; Information for Mentor Teachershttp://www.cech.uc.edu/oaci/ The Office of Assessment and Continuous Improvement (OACI) provides support to the Educator Preparation Programs at the University of Cincinnati and the Dean’s Office in the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services. The main purpose of the Office of Assessment and Continuous Improvement is to coordinate accreditation through assessments and tracking. The OACI also coordinates field experiences for candidates, payments to mentor teachers, and licensure application processing. This web page is intended to provide a central access point for candidates, mentor teachers, university supervisors, field coordinators and program chairs.

2. What is on the OACI web page that I need to know about? 1.Evaluation Forms—most are submitted electronically. 2. Program Handbooks—although these are specifically for the teacher candidate, there may be times you want to refer to it 3.Contact information if you are experiencing issues with using the evaluation forms. We will go into more detail about the evaluation forms later in this presentation

3. How do I access the web page? Do I need to log in? Do I need an ID? No special ID or log-in is necessary There are several ways to access the site The first, and probably easiest, is to type in the web address: http://www.cech.uc.edu/oaci/

5. Another way to access the site is through the College of Education, Criminal Justice and Health Services (CECH) web page: http://www.cech.uc.edu/ Scroll down the page until you see the “Links @CECH” box and click on “CECH Centers” Choose “Office of Assessment and Continuous Improvement”

9. A third way to access the web site is to search “OACI” through UC’s main web page: http://www.uc.edu/ In the “Search UC” box in the upper left hand corner, type “OACI” The first entry should be the direct link

12. How do I navigate the OACI web page? The part of this web page that will be of most use to mentor teachers is the Assessment forms tab On the left hand side of front page, choose the assessment forms

14. The assessment forms for several of our teacher preparation programs can be found on this page, including early childhood, middle childhood, special education, art education and secondary education Locate the program of the teacher candidate you are mentoring

15. Each program, Early Childhood, Art, Middle Childhood, Special Ed, Woodrow Wilson program and Secondary has its own set of forms Click on the appropriate program for the teacher candidate you are mentoring

16. After locating the teacher candidate’s program, you need to chose the type of field experience Our teacher preparation programs refer to experiences prior to student teaching as practicum or teaching associate We also refer to student teaching as internship

17. Each program, Early Childhood, Art, Middle Childhood, Special Ed, Woodrow Wilson program and Secondary has its own set of forms Click on the appropriate program for the teacher candidate you are mentoring

18. Each program’s page is divided into sections for all of the persons who have a role in the field experience: the mentor teacher, the teacher candidate, and the university supervisor The next slide is an example of one such page Notice that all the forms are linked in red Also note the due dates for the forms are listed.

20. Questions? If you are having any problems with this webpage or accessing the evaluation forms, please contact the university supervisor