584-010-0090 Program
Completion Fast Track — Field Operation Audit
Summary: Removes reference to
OAR 584-036-00082.
Background:
Housekeeping. OAR 584-036-0082
was repealed.
Copy of Proposed Rule
584-010-0090
Program Completion Fast Track — Field Operation Audit
(1) The Commission will provide a program completion fast-track
option to units. The fast-track option will grant an expedited license to
completers of Commission-approved programs.
(2) The license will be granted so long as it is evident that all
requirements of the license have been met.
(3) For participating units, the Commission will schedule biennial
field operation audits of the program completion process of each unit.
(a) The review shall audit five (5) percent of the files of program
completers at the unit;
(b) A minimum of fifteen (15) files will be reviewed regardless of
the number of program completers recommended by a unit for licensure; and
(c) In the event there are less than fifteen (15) files total, all
files will be reviewed.
(4) The audit review team will be composed of Commission staff,
including at least one (1) licensure evaluator.
(5) The review shall examine files and documents for each
Commission-approved program. These files and documents include:
(a) Documentation of degrees identified on the Program Completion
Report, including:
(A) Degree level;
(B) Institution granting degree;
(C) Date degree granted; and
(D) Major, if specified;
(b) Coursework completion date;
(c) Evidence of subject-matter mastery. Preferred documentation is
passing scores on subject-matter test(s). In the alternative, completion of
alternative assessment process, per OAR 584-052-0031;
(d) Evidence of basic
skills mastery. Preferred documentation is passing scores on one of
Commission-approved basic skills tests. [In the alternative, completion of
specified coursework, per OAR 584-036-0082];
(e) Evidence of civil rights knowledge. Document is passing score
on a Commission-approved test of knowledge of U.S. and Oregon civil rights and
professional ethics.
(f) Evidence of fingerprint clearance prior to placement into any
practicum experience pursuant to OAR 584-017-0055; and
(g) Basis for recommendation of program completion requirements.
(6) As part of the audit, the review team shall examine the
following Commission agency files and documents for randomly chosen audited
candidates:
(a) PA1 forms submitted;
(b) Evidence of fingerprint clearance;
(c) Notices of Noncompliance issued to programs;
(d) C1 Educator application forms;
(e) Appropriate test score records;
(f) Fees;
(g) License issued, based on C-2 request and information; and
(h) Any appropriate correspondence based on licensure.
(7) All results of these audits shall be reported to the
Commission by Commission staff at the next regularly scheduled meeting
following the unit's audit.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 342
Stats. Implemented: ORS 342.120—342.430; 342.455-342.495 & 342.553
Hist.: TSPC 9-2006, f. & cert. ef. 6-15-06; TSPC
2-2008, f. & cert. ef. 4-15-08; TSPC 10-2010, f.
12-30-10, cert. ef. 1-1-11; TSPC 3-2012, f. &
cert. ef. 3-9-12