Resident Educator Summative Assessment

Important Dates and Deadlines

  • Submission Window Opens
    10/01/2024
  • Core Registration Deadline
    11/15/2024
  • Submission Deadline
    04/04/2025
  • Final Day to Download Score Reports
    06/15/2025

What is the Ohio RESA?

After participating in a comprehensive mentoring program, Resident Educators are expected to successfully complete the Resident Educator Summative Assessment (RESA).  The new RESA provides Resident Educators with the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to meet or exceed the Ohio Standards for the Teaching Profession.

RESA benefits:

  • Resident Educators analyze and reflect on their teaching, which is critical to continuously improving as an educator.
  • Resident Educators have the ability to choose their best practice to submit as evidence.
  • Resident Educators receive score reports that provide comprehensive feedback on their submission from an objective assessor who is an experienced Ohio educator and has completed extensive training.
  • Resident Educators have time to use the comprehensive feedback to work with their mentors and improve their practice before the end of the school year.

Overview of the Ohio RESA

During the Resident Educator Program, Resident Educators (with the support of mentors) have systematically and continually engaged in inquiry and reflection as they progressed through the Teaching and Learning Cycle. The Ohio RESA gives Resident Educators the opportunity to reflect on their practice and receive objective feedback, based on evidence they have chosen, through the submission of a video of their classroom teaching and written commentary.

Resident Educators must be registered to take the RESA and are required to complete and submit their Lesson Reflection by the deadline. After a Resident Educator submits the Lesson Reflection, a well-trained assessor will carefully review the work and provide comprehensive feedback.

The Lesson Reflection
  • This instructional reflection is submitted online and scored by Ohio educators who are trained and certified to objectively assess a teacher’s performance and provide comprehensive feedback.