Slide 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 Deans 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.
What is on the OACI web page that I need to know about?
1.Evaluation Formsmost are submitted electronically.2. Program
Handbooksalthough these are specifically for the teacher candidate,
there may be times you want to refer to it3.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
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 necessaryThere are several ways to
access the siteThe first, and probably easiest, is to type in the
web address:http://www.cech.uc.edu/oaci/
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 CentersChoose Office of
Assessment and Continuous Improvement
A third way to access the web site is to search OACI through UCs
main web page:http://www.uc.edu/In the Search UC box in the upper
left hand corner, type OACIThe first entry should be the direct
link
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
tabOn the left hand side of front page, choose the assessment
forms
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
educationLocate the program of the teacher candidate you are
mentoring
Each program, Early Childhood, Art, Middle Childhood, Special
Ed, Woodrow Wilson program and Secondary has its own set of
formsClick on the appropriate program for the teacher candidate you
are mentoring
After locating the teacher candidates program, you need to chose
the type of field experienceOur teacher preparation programs refer
to experiences prior to student teaching as practicum or teaching
associateWe also refer to student teaching as internship
Each program, Early Childhood, Art, Middle Childhood, Special
Ed, Woodrow Wilson program and Secondary has its own set of
formsClick on the appropriate program for the teacher candidate you
are mentoring
Each programs 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 supervisorThe
next slide is an example of one such pageNotice that all the forms
are linked in red Also note the due dates for the forms are
listed.
Questions? If you are having any problems with this webpage or
accessing the evaluation forms, please contact the university
supervisor