HR Training and Development Opportunities

State Evaluation Systems

In order to evaluate teachers, school counselors, principals, and assistant principals in Ohio, educators must become credentialed evaluators by attending a state-approved training and passing an examination. Evaluator credentials must be renewed every 2 years.

• OTES Credentialing - training options to become a teacher evaluator
• OTES Evaluator Network - additional support for those who evaluate teachers

• OPES Credentialing - training options to become an evaluator of principals and assistant principals
• OPES Support Series - additional support for those who evaluate principals/assistant principals or those who are evaluated under the OPES system

• OSCES Credentialing - training options to become an evaluator of school counselors

• OHIOES Training - training and assistance opportunities with LEA set-up, progress monitoring, or navigation

Licensure & Legislation

The following training and networks are in place to support districts as they navigate changes and updates to licensure and legislation in real time.

• LPDC Chairperson Network - quarterly virtual meeting to support LPDC Chairpersons
• Licensure and Legislation Power Hour - monthly virtual meetings focused on legal and licensure updates
• HR Compliance Best Practice Network - monthly virtual meeting to support compliance issues (like FMLA, BWC, Title IX, etc.)

Other HR Topics

• Managing Challenging Employees - in-person or virtual training options to assist with requirements, documentation, coaching, and support when dealing with challenging employees
• AI for the HR Office and Beyond - 6-session series focused on utilizing AI in the HR Office and Beyond; AI is not the future; AI is now
• Effective Investigation Practices - in-person or virtual training options to assist with structured interviewing, gathering reliable information, correct documentation, maintaining objectivity, and navigating unions (fee associated with this training)
• Standard Operating Procedures Roundtables - monthly roundtable discussion time for HR Directors on a timely topic with the goal of updating SOPs, discussing commonalities and differences, and improving practices across districts
• Culture Quick Hits - 60-minute sessions full of proven ideas to boost morale, reduce stress, improve teamwork, and create a positive culture district-wide

• NEOASPA - A professional organization open to all with the goal of collaboration and sharing effective practices, expertise and resources related to employment practices, personnel issues, human resource functions, and related legal topics. This network includes quarterly in-person meetings and an annual membership fee per district.
• The HR Collective - monthly virtual meetings state-wide; one meeting (1st Monday each month) focuses on the learning; (2nd Monday each month) focuses on the work; allowing district representatives to work in a guided, supportive, collaborative environment on the monthly topic.