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The 11th Annual Statewide Conference will take place March 13-15, 2024, at the OCLC Conference Center in Dublin, Ohio.

Please bookmark the conference page where details and event information will be updated.

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Fall Action Forums

Integrating High-quality Vocabulary and Fluency Instruction within Tutoring

When: October 9, 10, & 11
Forum Trainers: Phil Capin, PhD &
Sarah Powell, PhD

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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 inclusive models of educator preparation programs, 
  • Exploring and incentivizing innovative practices,
  • Identifying and responding to critical personnel needs of those working with students, and
  • Developing collaborative 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

Expanding Representation in the Educator Workforce

Accelerating Learning for all Students

Advancing Postsecondary Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities

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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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Core Team Member
“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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Core Team Member
“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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Committee Chair
“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
“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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“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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Committee Chair
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