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584-080-0012 – Initial School Administrator

• New Rule þ Amend Existing Rule • Repeal Rule

Public Comment Date: April 1, 2014 to July 30, 2014

Prompted by:
þ Staff Review •State Law Changes • Other
Action Requested:
• First Reading þAdoption • Consent Agenda

Summary of Proposed Action: Housekeeping. Eliminates outdated provision that expired 4 months ago related to an extra year on the license between October 13, 2003 and October 13, 2013. This license allowed for employment without completing the initial administrator program in 9 years. That is a practice the Commission eliminated many years ago and is not allowed in any other licensure area.

Background: In the early 2000’s, people who did not complete their programs were still able to obtain jobs by using a “restricted transitional” route. The “restricted transitional” was always intended to be an alternative route license and not a loop-hole license for incompleters. Accordingly, this provision was never eliminated from this rule.

The 10 year provision was due to changes the Commission was making in 2002-2004 that gave other licensees extra time to complete while the Commission considered the status of requiring completion of the Continuing Teaching License program. (e.g., the 10 years was given to other new licensees as well even though their licensure requirements did not substantially change.)

Issues/Concerns that Surfaced (if any):

Changed Since Last Commission Meeting?

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

þ No; same as last meeting considered

¨ Yes – As follows:

Fiscal Impact: None

Staff Recommendation:

þ Adopt rule as presented

¨ Adopt rule in the future, refer to public comment

¨ No recommendation

¨ Adopt as temporary rule and refer to public comment

Permanent Rule for Adoption

584-080-0012 (Final Version)

Initial Administrator License (IAL)

(1) Upon filing a correct and complete application in form and manner prescribed by the commission, a qualified applicant may be granted an Initial Administrator License.

(2) The Initial Administrator License is valid for three (3) years and may be renewed under the conditions set forth in subsections below.

(3) The Initial Administrator License is valid for school administration at all age or grade levels in any administrative position. This license is also valid for substitute teaching at any level in any specialty.

(4) To be eligible for an Initial Administrator License, an applicant must satisfy all of the following provisions within this subsection. The applicant must:

(a) Educator Fitness: Possess the personal qualifications for licensure including attainment of at least eighteen (18) years of age and possessing good moral character and mental and physical health necessary for employment as an educator;

(b) Licensed Experience: Have three (3) academic years of experience as a full-time licensed educator on any license appropriate for the assignment in:

(A) A public school or regionally accredited private school in any state or other U.S. jurisdiction; or

(B) In one or more of the following schools in Oregon:

(i) An education service district school;

(ii) A state-operated or state-supported school;

(iii) A federal school;

(iv) A private elementary or secondary school registered by the state Department of Education; or

(v) A private proprietary career school licensed by the superintendent of public instruction.

(c) Master's Degree: Hold a master's or higher degree in the arts and sciences or an advanced degree in the professions from a regionally accredited institution in the United States, or the foreign equivalent of such degree approved by the commission, together with an equally accredited bachelor's degree;

(d)(A) Approved Administrator Program: Complete, as part of the master's degree or separately, an initial graduate program in school administration at an institution approved for administrator education;

(B) A candidate for initial licensure who has completed an administrator preparation program outside the state of Oregon must:

(i) Have completed at least eighteen (18) semester hours or twenty-seven (27) quarter hours of graduate credit in school administration or educational leadership; and

(ii) Receive a passing score on tests of knowledge of Oregon school law and finance at the conclusion of or in lieu of a course or courses approved by the commission.

(e) Civil Rights: Obtain a passing score on a commission-adopted test of knowledge of U.S. and Oregon civil rights laws and professional ethics. An emergency license will be issued for ninety (90) days during which time the applicant must complete the civil rights requirement; and

(f) Fingerprints: Furnish fingerprints in the manner prescribed by the commission and provide satisfactory responses to the character questions contained in the commission’s licensure application. (See OAR 584-036-0062 for Criminal Records Check Requirement.)

(5) Renewal: The Initial Administrator License may be renewed up to two (2) times if the applicant makes progress or has made progress toward completion of the Continuing Administrator License by completing at least six (6) semester hours or nine (9) quarter hours of academic credit in an state approved administrative licensure preparation program or its equivalent upon each renewal application. A transcript of the completed coursework is required for renewal.

(6) Reinstatement for Administrator Experience: An applicant may reinstate an expired Initial Administrator License for one (1) three-year period for the purposes of completing the administrative experience requirements for the Continuing Administrator License under the following conditions:

(a) The applicant has completed all requirements for the CAL except for the administrative experience required;

(b) The application includes a request from a district for reinstatement.

(7) Superintendency on the Initial Administrative License: The Continuing Administrator Licensure program or the equivalent graduate hours in an approved administrator preparation program must be completed within the three (3) years following the next renewal of the Initial Administrator License if the holder of an Initial Administrator License takes a position as a superintendent in Oregon at any time within the life of the Initial Administrator License.

Stat. Auth.: ORS 342
Stats. Implemented: ORS 342.120, 342.147 & 342.165
Hist.: TSPC 10-2006(Temp), f. 6-15-06, cert. ef. 7-1-06 thru 12-27-06; TSPC 13-2006, f. & cert. ef. 11-22-06; TSPC 7-2008, f. & cert. ef. 8-20-08; TSPC 3-2009(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 5-15-09 thru 11-11-09; TSPC 5-2009, f. & cert. ef. 10-5-09; TSPC 4-2010, f. & cert. ef. 7-15-10

584-080-0012 (Amended Version)

Initial Administrator License (IAL)

(1) Upon filing a correct and complete application in form and manner prescribed by the commission, a qualified applicant may be granted an Initial Administrator License.

(2) The Initial Administrator License is valid for three (3) years and may be renewed under the conditions set forth in subsections below.

(4) To be eligible for an Initial Administrator License, an applicant must satisfy all of the following provisions within this subsection. The applicant must:

(b) Licensed Experience: Have three (3) academic years of experience as a full-time licensed educator on any license appropriate for the assignment in:

(A) A public school or regionally accredited private school in any state or other U.S. jurisdiction; or

(B) In one or more of the following schools in Oregon:

(i) An education service district school;

(ii) A state-operated or state-supported school;

(iii) A federal school;

(iv) A private elementary or secondary school registered by the state Department of Education; or

(v) A private proprietary career school licensed by the superintendent of public instruction.

(B) A candidate for initial licensure who has completed an administrator preparation program outside the state of Oregon must:

(i) Have completed at least eighteen (18) semester hours or twenty-seven (27) quarter hours of graduate credit in school administration or educational leadership; and

(ii) Receive a passing score on tests of knowledge of Oregon school law and finance at the conclusion of or in lieu of a course or courses approved by the commission.

(a) The applicant has completed all requirements for the CAL except for the administrative experience required;

(b) The application includes a request from a district for reinstatement.

[(7) Incomplete CAL Programs: Initial Administrator License holders who are unable to complete the academic requirements for the Continuing Administrator License within nine (9) years after the Initial Administrator License was first granted may only take an administrator position upon joint application with an employing district requesting an Restricted Transitional Administrator License. ]

[(8) Licenses issued prior to October 13, 2003: All Initial Administrator Licenses for positions other than a Superintendent issued after January 1, 1999 and prior to and including October 13, 2003 have ten (10) years to complete the requirements of the Continuing Administrator License. Initial Administrator Licenses issued after October 13, 2003, with the exception of Superintendents subject to subsection (9) below, have nine (9) years, or two (2) renewal cycles to complete the requirements of the Continuing Administrator License. ]

[~~(9)~~] (7) Superintendency on the Initial Administrative License: The Continuing Administrator Licensure program or the equivalent graduate hours in an approved administrator preparation program must be completed within the three (3) years following the next renewal of the Initial Administrator License if the holder of an Initial Administrator License takes a position as a superintendent in Oregon at any time within the life of the Initial Administrator License.