Text Box: Administrative Rule Summary
584-060-0012 Initial I Teaching License Requirements
• New Rule	þ Amend Existing Rule	• Repeal Rule

Public Comment Date: September 1, 2014 to November 6, 2014

Prompted by:  
þ Staff Review	• State Law Changes	• Other
Action Requested:  
þ First Reading	þ File as Temporary Rule 	  •Adoption         • Consent Agenda

Summary of Proposed Action:  Eliminates the requirement that educators must qualify for an Initial II Teaching License upon expiration of ten years following the date the first Initial or Initial I Teaching License is issued.

 

Background:  Updates rule language to reflect current practice. 

 

Issues/Concerns that Surfaced (if any):

 

Changed Since Last Commission Meeting?

 

þ N/A; First reading – Hasn’t been before the Commission

¨  No; same as last meeting considered

¨ Yes – As follows

 

Fiscal Impact: N/A

 

Staff Recommendation:

 

¨   Adopt rule as presented

þ  Adopt rule in the future

¨  No recommendation

¨   File as Temporary Rule and Refer Rule to Public Comment

 

 


 

Temporary Rule for Adoption

 

584-060-0012

Initial I Teaching License Requirements

(1) Upon filing a correct and complete application in form and manner prescribed by the Commission, a qualified applicant may be granted an Initial I Teaching License for three years. The first license will be issued for three years plus time to the applicant's birthday.

(2) The Initial I Teaching License is valid for regular teaching at one or more designated authorization levels in one or more designated specialties and for substitute teaching at any level in any specialty.

(3) To be eligible for an Initial I Teaching License, an applicant must:

(a) Possess the personal qualifications for licensure including attainment of at least eighteen years of age and possessing good moral character and mental and physical health necessary for employment as an educator; and

(b) Hold a bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution in the United States, or the foreign equivalent of such degree approved by the Commission. A master's degree or a doctoral degree from a regionally accredited institution in the United States validates a non-regionally accredited bachelor's degree for licensure; and

(c) Complete an initial teacher education program approved by the Commission in Oregon, or complete a state-approved teacher preparation program in any U.S. jurisdiction, or complete a foreign program evaluated as satisfactory by an Oregon institution approved to offer the corresponding program; and

(d) Receive a passing score as currently specified by the Commission on each of one or more tests of subject mastery for license endorsement or authorization;

(e) Receive a passing score as currently specified by the Commission on a test of basic verbal and computational skills;

(f) Obtain a passing score on a test of knowledge of U.S. and Oregon civil rights laws and professional ethics; and

(g) Furnish fingerprints in the manner prescribed by the Commission and provide satisfactory responses to the character questions contained in the Commission’s licensure application.

(4) Applicants who have completed programs from states other than Oregon will be required to submit:

(a) A non-provisional license from another state or NASDTEC jurisdiction valid for unrestricted full time teaching; and

(b) Transcripts, verifying completion of the teacher education program;

(A) A teaching license issued by the U.S. Department of Defense will be considered as a license from another state.

(B) Completion of alternative route teaching programs resulting in licensure through school districts or other avenues are subject to Executive Director approval.

(5) Applicants who have completed programs from states other than Oregon will be required to submit:

(a) Transcripts, verifying completion of the teacher education program; and

(b) A non-provisional license from another state valid for unrestricted full time teaching.

(A) A teaching license issued by the U.S. Department of Defense or another National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) jurisdiction will be considered as a license from another state.

(B) Completion of alternative route teaching programs resulting in licensure through school districts or other avenues are subject to Executive Director approval.

(6) The Initial I Teaching License may be renewed two times for three years upon showing progress toward completion of the Initial II eligibility requirements during the life of the Initial I Teaching License under the following conditions. The progress must meet or exceed the equivalent of 3 semester hours or 4.5 quarter hours of graduate coursework germane to the license or directly germane to public school employment at each renewal period.

Stat. Auth.: ORS 342
Stats. Implemented: ORS 342.120 - 342.165 & 342.136
Hist.: TSPC 1-2005, f. & cert. ef. 1-21-05; TSPC 5-2005(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 7-1-05 thru 12-28-05; TSPC 7-2005, f. & cert. ef. 8-24-05; TSPC 1-2007(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 3-30-07 thru 9-26-07; Administrative correction 10-16-07; TSPC 7-2007, f. & cert. ef. 12-14-07; TSPC 2-2008, f. & cert. ef. 4-15-08; TSPC 7-2008, f. & cert. ef. 8-20-08; TSPC 3-2009(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 5-15-09 thru 11-11-09; TSPC 6-2009, f. & cert. ef. 11-2-09; TSPC 8-2009, f. & cert. ef. 12-15-09; TSPC 3-2013, f. & cert. ef. 8-19-13; TSPC 2-2014, f. & cert. ef. 3-15-14

584-060-0012  (Amended Version)

Initial I Teaching License Requirements

(1) Upon filing a correct and complete application in form and manner prescribed by the Commission, a qualified applicant may be granted an Initial I Teaching License for three years. The first license will be issued for three years plus time to the applicant's birthday.

(2) The Initial I Teaching License is valid for regular teaching at one or more designated authorization levels in one or more designated specialties and for substitute teaching at any level in any specialty.

(3) To be eligible for an Initial I Teaching License, an applicant must:

(a) Possess the personal qualifications for licensure including attainment of at least eighteen years of age and possessing good moral character and mental and physical health necessary for employment as an educator; and

(b) Hold a bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution in the United States, or the foreign equivalent of such degree approved by the Commission. A master's degree or a doctoral degree from a regionally accredited institution in the United States validates a non-regionally accredited bachelor's degree for licensure; and

(c) Complete an initial teacher education program approved by the Commission in Oregon, or complete a state-approved teacher preparation program in any U.S. jurisdiction, or complete a foreign program evaluated as satisfactory by an Oregon institution approved to offer the corresponding program; and

(d) Receive a passing score as currently specified by the Commission on each of one or more tests of subject mastery for license endorsement or authorization;

(e) Receive a passing score as currently specified by the Commission on a test of basic verbal and computational skills;

(f) Obtain a passing score on a test of knowledge of U.S. and Oregon civil rights laws and professional ethics; and

(g) Furnish fingerprints in the manner prescribed by the Commission and provide satisfactory responses to the character questions contained in the Commission’s licensure application.

(4) Applicants who have completed programs from states other than Oregon will be required to submit:

(a) A non-provisional license from another state or NASDTEC jurisdiction valid for unrestricted full time teaching; and

(b) Transcripts, verifying completion of the teacher education program;

(A) A teaching license issued by the U.S. Department of Defense will be considered as a license from another state.

(B) Completion of alternative route teaching programs resulting in licensure through school districts or other avenues are subject to Executive Director approval.

(5) Applicants who have completed programs from states other than Oregon will be required to submit:

(a) Transcripts, verifying completion of the teacher education program; and

(b) A non-provisional license from another state valid for unrestricted full time teaching.

(A) A teaching license issued by the U.S. Department of Defense or another National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) jurisdiction will be considered as a license from another state.

(B) Completion of alternative route teaching programs resulting in licensure through school districts or other avenues are subject to Executive Director approval.

(6) The Initial I Teaching License may be renewed two times for three years upon showing progress toward completion of the Initial II eligibility requirements during the life of the Initial I Teaching License under the following conditions.[: (a) ] The progress must meet or exceed the equivalent of 3 semester hours or 4.5 quarter hours of graduate coursework germane to the license or directly germane to public school employment at each renewal period.

(b) The educator must qualify for an Initial II Teaching License upon expiration of ten years following the date the first Initial or Initial I Teaching License is issued.

Stat. Auth.: ORS 342
Stats. Implemented: ORS 342.120 - 342.165 & 342.136
Hist.: TSPC 1-2005, f. & cert. ef. 1-21-05; TSPC 5-2005(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 7-1-05 thru 12-28-05; TSPC 7-2005, f. & cert. ef. 8-24-05; TSPC 1-2007(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 3-30-07 thru 9-26-07; Administrative correction 10-16-07; TSPC 7-2007, f. & cert. ef. 12-14-07; TSPC 2-2008, f. & cert. ef. 4-15-08; TSPC 7-2008, f. & cert. ef. 8-20-08; TSPC 3-2009(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 5-15-09 thru 11-11-09; TSPC 6-2009, f. & cert. ef. 11-2-09; TSPC 8-2009, f. & cert. ef. 12-15-09; TSPC 3-2013, f. & cert. ef. 8-19-13; TSPC 2-2014, f. & cert. ef. 3-15-14