OCTEO Fall 2025 Conference
Thursday 1:00-1:50 AM Breakout Sessions II
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| Accreditation Coordinators |
General Session Room
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Melissa Askren-Edgehouse,
Melissa Cardenas,
With Malina Monaco, CAEP
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| Join us for an open session where accreditation coordinators can ask questions and share ideas. |
| AI as Co-Intelligence: Course Redesign and the Science of Learning |
Training Room 1
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Jennifer Lisy, Ohio University Zanesville
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| To forage ahead into this new era of generative artificial intelligence, teacher educators have a responsibility to prepare preservice teachers to ethically utilize AI without short-circuiting their learning. New course materials, assignments, and resources must be developed to support students' successful use of these tools. By applying the science of learning and utilizing AI as a co-intelligence or a collaborator to support the development of content, professors can reshape their courses to meet the changing needs of their preservice teachers in this new digital landscape. As programs prepare for new license bands, teacher educators will shift their curriculum and reenvision their courses. Now is the time to apply what we know about what makes learning stick, along with our extensive knowledge of preparing preservice educators, and develop the skills to utilize AI as a co-intelligence to create opportunities that support preservice teachers’ learning and their ethical use of generative AI. |
| Using SEL Together: Infusing Fun while Building Emotionally Safe Classrooms for Children and Adults |
Training Room 2
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Romena Holbert, Wright State University
Cassidy Bathgate, Wright State University
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| Social-emotional learning doesn’t have to be heavy to be powerful. This joyful, hands-on session, Forging Ahead with SEL: Infusing Fun while Building Emotionally Safe Classrooms for Children and Adults, invites educators to explore playful, trauma-informed strategies that foster emotional literacy, empathy, and respectful communication. Co-led by a teacher education
Collaboration Space – Meeting Room 6
Use Room 6 during Breakout Sessions to
collaborate with colleagues on various projects
you are working on.
professor and a preschool teacher candidate, the session draws on classroom experiences from both a university childcare center and a college-level education course. Participants will engage in interactive activities including role plays, games using A Little SPOT of Feelings curriculum, and adaptations of DBT’s DEAR MAN skill for learners of all ages. The presenters will model how simple, engaging tools rooted in CASEL competencies can be adapted across educational levels to support co-regulation, classroom connection, and inclusive learning environments. Whether you're working with young children or adult learners, this session offers practical, high-energy strategies that bring joy and emotional safety to your classroom community. |
| Interdisciplinary ILA/TESOL Collaborations: Exploring Ways to Enhance Pre-Service Teacher Education for Teaching Multilingual EL Students |
Training Room 3
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Theresa Thanos, The Ohio State University
Steven Wisnor, The Ohio State University
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| This session focuses attention on how teacher educators in the fields of Integrated Language Arts (ILA) and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) can jointly enhance the preparation of their pre-service teachers (PSTs) for teaching multilingual students in grades 7-12 designated as “English learners.” In our discussion-based session, the presenters introduce a dialogic and collaborative project that Ohio State’s ILA and TESOL programs are implementing with PSTs from both the ILA and TESOL licensure programs. Details and initial findings regarding how ILA and TESOL candidates are working together will be shared. This session also provides space for fellow teacher educators to share approaches for preparing PSTs to teach ML students in language arts contexts, identify successes and challenges in their work, and engage all participants in productive conversation and offer feedback on each other’s programs. |
| Ohio Assessments for Educators (OAE) Update: A Walkthrough of Assessment Development for New OAE Tests and Analyzing Score Results to Guide Preparation |
Training Room 4
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Jerry DeLuca, Evaluation Systems of Pearson
Eric Steinhauer, Evaluation Systems of Pearson
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| This session will provide a walkthrough of OAE assessment development process. The focus will be on activities that involve Ohio educators in development of new tests, such as upcoming tests for P-8 certification. The session will also provide a practical demonstration of how faculty can use Results Analyzer to analyze OAE results to identify areas of strength or weakness leading to improvements for candidates and the program. |
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