Building the Teacher Pipeline Through Partnerships

A collaborative partnership between Xavier University and a Southwest Ohio school district proved to be the key to successfully supporting paraprofessionals in their journey to becoming initially licensed teachers in Ohio.

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2026-27 Schedule

Join the Ohio Deans Compact and P20 Literacy Collaborative in-person and/or virtually in 2026 & 2027.

Download our meeting schedule below and we look forward to seeing you at our next meeting!

Meeting Schedule
Rising Education Leaders: A Peek into Ohio's Future

Hear from a panel of teacher education students from universities across Ohio as they share insights into their literacy instruction training.

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Our Impact: Literacy

Hear from Ohio educators as they share how the Compact and its partners are working to improve literacy outcomes in Ohio.

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Our Impact: Workforce

Hear from Ohio educators as they share how the Compact and its partners are contributing toward expanding representation in Ohio’s educator workforce.

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Our Impact

Hear from Ohio educators as they share the impact of our work on Ohio students, schools, institutions of higher education, and beyond.

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About the Ohio Deans Compact

The Ohio Deans Compact believes that all students deserve the opportunity to learn at high levels and can do so when held to high expectations and provided the necessary services and supports. For this to happen, educators must have the right knowledge and skills to support higher levels of learning for all students, which requires many partners across the P20 continuum working together.

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Our Work

To advance our mission, our work is focused on:

  • Creating and strengthening blended and comprehensive models of educator preparation programs, 
  • Exploring and incentivizing innovative practices,
  • Identifying and responding to critical personnel needs of those working with students, and
  • Developing partnerships across the P20 continuum.
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Collaborative Inquiry, Communication & Collective Action
Preparation, Practice, Personnel, Partnership
Improving Educator Capacity
Every child learns at high levels

Our Priorities

To strengthen and expand our work, the Compact is also committed to the following priorities:

Improving Literacy Outcomes

Responding to Personnel Shortages

Promoting Workforce Readiness

Accelerating Learning for all Students

Advancing Postsecondary Outcomes for All Students

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“I think the work of the Low Incidence Committee is some of the most important work. The work of the Compact has really moved forward equity for kids with vision and hearing loss to receive a quality education that meets their needs.”
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“Because of the meetings and the quality of the meetings, it makes me a better teacher and probably a better human being as I consider all the different types of work that we’ve looked at.”
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“I think the Compact takes the priorities the state has put forth and really builds a coalition or supports all of the partners and actually doing the work.”
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“We are collaborative rather than competitive, and that’s one of the things I really appreciate about the Compact is there’s such a strong feeling of collaboration.”
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“I felt like this is a group with a shared purpose, who really, not only believes in the work but is acting on the work to make a difference for kids”
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Committee Chair
“We’re a better school of education because of the Deans Compact.”
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Compact Member
“[The Ohio Deans Compact], is—in my estimation—the defining group of Ohio. It is where we gather, we discuss relevant and current information that people bring to us and we find solutions.”
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Quarterly Meeting Updates
13th Annual Conference