Indiana
Occupational Specialist Teacher Certification

Indiana Division of Professional Standards (IDPS) OS related links.

http://www.doe.state.in.us/dps/licensing/occupational/welcome.html          http://www.doe.state.in.us/dps/licensing/assignmentcode/welcome.html

IDPS homepage: http://www.doe.state.in.us/dps/

IDOE homepage: http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/

Office of CTE - IDOE homepage: http://www.doe.state.in.us/octe/welcome.html

Important Announcements!!!! 

Workplace Specialist Date
The beginning date for the Workplace Specialist license has been delayed.  Tentatively the date the OS license will be replaced by the WS license is now January, 2009.   Note: This date has been altered from previously announced tentative dates!

Those seeking information about the Occupational Specialist 1 license (the first license which requires a special training program in the first year) should visit the OSI page.  http://scotton.iweb.bsu.edu/osi.htm

PDP representatives.

As of August 6th, 2004 all OSII or WSP license renewals will use one of two PDP representatives instead of one of the seven university representatives used in the past.  This will include signatures on old, completed PDP's.  First year teachers (only) applying for their first level OSII or WSP license that participated in the first year OSI or WSI first year teacher training project will work with their online instructors from the training project when developing and seeking signatures for the initial PDP.  See the PDP information link below for contact information and identification of the two new PDP representatives.

Online graduate classes available for interested Career and Technical teachers or those wishing to add a CTE area, including CTE director or cooperative education endorsements (ICT/ICE only for Rules 46 & 47 licenses).

Please note that ICT/ICE cannot be added to a Rule 2002 license.

BSU currently offers a Master's degree in Career and Technical Education that is delivered 100% online.    May be applied toward a degree or for a license renewal requirement, please contact Dr. Sam Cotton for additional information.  A contact link is available at the bottom of this page.  

Most forms available through this site are posted in PDF format.  This requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.  This software is available for free through Adobe.  Click on the link in the previous sentence to download this program.

  To be updated late October to early November.

 http://scotton.iweb.bsu.edu/wsfiles/PointChart.doc

The following PDP and PDP change forms are draft versions awaiting final approval.  These forms may now be used for current license applications, but may still undergo minor changes after final review.  Teachers should no longer be submitting license applications using the rules 46 & 47 PDP form for the new PDP's.  The forms below are required as of November 1, 2003.  Do not submit PDP using old or customized formats.

http://scotton.iweb.bsu.edu/wsfiles/PDPForm2002.pdf

http://scotton.iweb.bsu.edu/wsfiles/PDPForm2002.doc

http://scotton.iweb.bsu.edu/wsfiles/PDPChangeForm2002.pdf

http://scotton.iweb.bsu.edu/wsfiles/PDPChangeForm2002.doc

Please note:  All teachers applying for initial OSII licenses or renewal of same should now follow the guidelines described under the new PDP point chart for preparing the Professional Development Plans (PDP) that must accompany any license requests.  These documents are the equivalent to a contract for the activities that must be successfully completed before an expiring OSII license can be renewed.   

Announcing:  New PDP Represenatives

Beginning approximately early July, 2004; all PDP and change requests will no longer go to the traditional university representatives.  Two PDP representatives have been contracted to process all OS (WS) teacher PDP's with the exception of the initial OSII (WSII) for teachers just completing the new teacher training project.  These teachers will have their initial PDP authorized by their training project instructor's.  The two individuals contracted are Mr. John Jandura and Mr. Gene Pitts.  An announcement will be emailed when the official change takes place, as well as information about how to know which representative will be appropriate for each teacher.

The point chart will be used for all license applications beginning July 1, 2003.

NOTICE: All information on this site has been produced, obtained, or linked by Dr. Samuel Cotton and is in no way endorsed or sponsored by either Ball State University or the College of Applied Sciences and Technology. This site represents the personal views, opinions, and interests of Dr. Samuel Cotton.

Department of Technology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN  47306-0255