Licensure and Endorsements

Ohio University's The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education, in collaboration with other colleges within the University, has developed programs to prepare educators for licensure in the state of Ohio. All programs that lead to licensure are accredited at the state and national level.

Applying for Licensure
If you have completed a licensure program and graduated from Ohio University, click HERE for directions on the application process.

Initial Teacher Licensure Preparation Programs
PROGRAM	AGENCY REVIEWING PROGRAM	UNDERGRADUATE	GRADUATE
Early Childhood Education (Grades P-3)	National Association for the education of Young Children (NAEYC)	X
Middle Childhood Education (Grades 4-9)	Association for Middle level Education (AMLE)	X	X
Adolescent to young Adult Programs (Grades 7-12)
Adolescent to Young Adult (AYA) Integrated Science	National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)	X	X
AYA Physical Science	NSTA	X	X
AYA Life Science	NSTA	X	X
AYA Earth Science	NSTA	X	X
AYA Integrated Social Studies	National Council for the Social Studies	X	X
AYA Integrated Language Arts	National Council of Teachers of English	X	X
AYA Integrated Mathematics	National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)	X	X
Multi-Age Programs (Grade K-12)
Multiage Forgeign Language: French	American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)	X	X
Multiage Foreign Language: Spanish	ACTFL	X	X
Multiage foreign Language: German	ACTFL	X
Multiage Physical Education	National Association of Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)	X
Intervention Specialist (M-M)	Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)	X	X
Intervention Specialist (M-I)	CEC	X	X
Early Childhood- Intervention Specialist	CEC	X
Family & Consumer Sciences	Ohio Board of Regents	X
Multiage Music- (Choral or Instrumental)	National Association of Schools of Music	X

Advanced Preparation Progratms for the Continuing Education of Teachers and Other School Professionals
Program	Agency Reviewing Programs	Undergraduate	Graduate
TESOL Endorsement	Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)		Post Baccalaureate and Master's
School Principal	Educational Leadershop Constituent Council (ELCC)		X
School Superindendent	ELCC		X (Post Master's)
Reading Education (Reading Endorsement)	International Reading Association (IRA)		X
Computer/Technology (Technology Facilitator Endorsement)	International Scoiety for Technology in Education (ISTE)		X
School Counselor	Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)		X
School Speech-Language Pathologist	American Speech-Language-hearing Association (ASHA)		X