Summary of Proposed Action: The proposed amendments are
recommended by the Licensure Redesign Team and include recommendations that
make the amount of days a substitute may work in a school year “unlimited” in
terms of total days worked. The
amendments reduce the term of the license from three years to one year and also
make sure that continuing professional development is completed prior to
renewal.
Background: There
has been substantial debate about how much a restricted substitute may
substitute throughout a school year.
This proposal from the Licensure Redesign Team attempts to create more
flexibility for districts, but allow the Commission to keep track of how many
of these licenses are being used each year.
Issues/Concerns that Surfaced (if
any): Fully licensed
substitute teachers object to allowing persons who have not completed teacher
preparation to substitute on an unlimited basis.
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
¨ Adopt
rule in the future
¨ No
recommendation
þ
File as Temporary Rule and Refer
Rule to Public Comment
Temporary Rule for
Adoption
584-060-0182
Restricted Substitute License
(1) Upon filing a correct and complete application in
form and manner prescribed by the commission, a qualified applicant and a
co-applying district or districts may be granted a Restricted Substitute
Teaching License.
(a)The Restricted Substitute Teaching License is valid
for substitute teaching at any level in any specialty to replace a teacher who
is temporarily unable to work.
(b) The license is valid for one year or less and
expires on June 30 of each school year for which it is issued.
(c) Districts who did not co-apply with the applicant
may request permission to add the substitute to their district upon filing an
additional application and fee.
(d) Any single assignment on this license may not
exceed 10 days consecutively under any circumstances. [See subsection (4) below for further
information.]
(2) To be eligible for a Restricted Substitute
Teaching License, the applicant must:
(a)(A) Hold a bachelor's degree or higher from a
regionally accredited institution or an approved foreign equivalent;
(B) Awarding of a higher degree in the arts and
sciences or an advanced degree in the professions from a regionally accredited
institution in the United States validates a non-regionally accredited
bachelor's degree for licensure;
(b) Furnish fingerprints in the manner prescribed by
the commission if the applicant has not been fingerprinted or has not held an
active license issued by the commission in the past three years;
(c) Provide a letter from the co-applicant district
stating the reasons for the license; and
(d) Obtain a passing score on a commission-approved
test of knowledge of U.S. and Oregon civil rights and professional ethics.
(3) To be eligible for renewal of the Restricted
Substitute Teaching License an applicant must:
(a) Submit letter from district requesting
renewal;
(b) Obtain a passing score as currently specified by
the commission on a test of basic verbal and computational skills, unless the
applicant has a master’s degree; and
(c) Complete three professional development units in
accordance with OAR 584, Division 90.
(4) (A)A district and co-applicant educator may apply
for an Emergency Teaching License for the holder of a Restricted Substitute
Teaching License if the district is unable to obtain a regularly licensed
teacher for any position lasting more than ten consecutive days.
(B) The Emergency Teaching License will allow the
educator to teach for a time beyond the allowed timelines stated in subsections
(1) above.
(C) The Executive Director may approve the Emergency
Teaching License upon proof of the district’s emergency.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 342
Stats. Implemented: ORS 342.120 - 342.430; 342.455 - 342.495; 342.533
Hist.: TSPC 2-2009, f. & cert. ef. 3-12-09; TSPC 5-2010(Temp), f. &
cert. ef. 8-13-10 thru 12-31-10; TSPC 9-2010, f. 12-15-10, cert. ef. 1-1-11
584-060-0182
Restricted Substitute License
(1) Upon filing a correct and complete application in
form and manner prescribed by the commission, a qualified applicant and a
co-applying district or districts
may be granted a Restricted Substitute Teaching License.
(a) [This license, issued for three years and
renewable,] The Restricted
Substitute Teaching License is valid [to] for substitute teaching [for a total of 60 days a school year
(September through June)] at any level in any specialty to replace a
teacher who is temporarily unable to work.
(b) The license is valid for one year or less and expires on June
30 of each school year for which it is issued.
[(b) The 60 days a year limit applies regardless if
the holder of the license substitutes in multiple districts as may be the case
if an applicant and an ESD hold the license.]
(c) Districts who did not co-apply with the applicant
may request permission to add the substitute to their district upon filing an
additional application and fee.
(d) [An] Any
single assignment on this license may not exceed 10 days consecutively
under any circumstances; [.] [See
subsection (4) below for further information.]
(2) To be eligible for a Restricted Substitute
Teaching License, the applicant must:
(a)(A) Hold a bachelor's degree or higher from a
regionally accredited institution or an approved foreign equivalent [related to teaching at one or
more levels];
(B) Awarding of a higher degree in the arts and
sciences or an advanced degree in the professions from a regionally accredited
institution in the United States validates a non-regionally accredited
bachelor's degree for licensure;
(b) Furnish fingerprints in the manner prescribed by
the commission if the applicant has not been fingerprinted or has not held an
active license issued by the commission in the past three years;
(c) Provide a letter from the co-applicant district
stating the reasons for the license; and
(d) Obtain a passing score on a commission-approved
test of knowledge of U.S. and Oregon civil rights and professional ethics.
(3) To be eligible for renewal of the Restricted
Substitute Teaching License an applicant must:
(a) Submit letter from district requesting renewal; [and]
(b) Obtain a passing score as currently specified by
the commission on a test of basic verbal and computational skills, unless the
applicant has a master’s degree; [.]
and
(c) Complete three professional development units in accordance
with OAR 584-090.
(4) (A)A
district and co-applicant educator may apply for an Emergency Teaching License
for the holder of a Restricted Substitute Teaching License if the district is
unable to obtain a regularly licensed teacher for any position lasting more
than [three consecutive months] ten
consecutive days.
(B) The Emergency Teaching License will allow the educator
to teach for a time beyond the
allowed timelines stated in subsections (1) above.
(C) The Executive Director may approve the Emergency
Teaching License upon proof of the district’s emergency.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 342
Stats. Implemented: ORS 342.120 - 342.430; 342.455 - 342.495; 342.533
Hist.: TSPC 2-2009, f. & cert. ef. 3-12-09; TSPC 5-2010(Temp), f. &
cert. ef. 8-13-10 thru 12-31-10; TSPC 9-2010, f. 12-15-10, cert. ef. 1-1-11