584-036-0083 Special Assignments
Summary of Proposed Action: Changes
the rule associated with Special Assignments.
Background:
The Licensure Redesign Committee has
made recommendations with regard to clarifying the types of licenses needed in
various “special assignments.” The
committee believes full preparation should be required for courses that do not
“belong” to a specific licensure endorsement area. The committee sought to clarify areas that
have previously been confusing.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Copy of Proposed Rule:
584-036-0083 (Amended Version)
Special Assignments
(1) Special assignments are assignments that
have special requirements and/or limitations associated with the assignment
that are different from the requirements and limitations associated with
conventional teaching assignments associated with endorsements on the license.
(2) Special Assignments include but are not
limited to the following:
(a) Assignments in areas that do not require a
specific licensure endorsement;
(b) Coaching Assignments within the school
day;
(c) Assignment of “subjects” within an
endorsement;
(d) Teachers on Special Assignment (TOSA);
(e) Driver’s Education Assignments;
(f) Public Alternative Education Assignments;
or
(g) Public Charter Schools Assignments.
(3) Assignments not Requiring Specific
Endorsements:
(a) The Commission requires full licensure,
but does not require a specific licensure endorsement for credit courses that
do not generally fall within a specific subject-matter endorsement area;
(b) To be assigned to courses that require no
specific endorsement, a person must have a valid and unrestricted Oregon
teaching license. Administrator and
Personnel Services licenses are not eligible to “teach” in areas that do not
require an endorsement unless they also hold a valid unrestricted teaching
license.
(c) It is not acceptable to act as, or compel
a licensed educator to be, the “Teacher of Record” for special assignments
unless the teacher of record is actively engaged in direct instruction of the
students enrolled in the courses for which credit is granted. Failure to honor
this provision may result in discipline related to the license pursuant to OAR
584-020-0040(4).
(d) (1) No Endorsement Areas:
Any Basic, Standard, Initial, Limited, Continuing or Five-Year teaching license
is valid for assignment in areas in which the Commission has no licensure
endorsements, Courses that do not require a specific
endorsement may comprise electives, credit recovery and other areas in which
any credit is granted, including but not limited
to:
(a) (A) Computer education, including software programs;
(b) (B) Personal finance;
(c) (C) Driver’s Education;
(d) (D) Outdoor education; or
(e) (E) Other World languages other than Chinese, French, German, Japanese,
Latin, Russian, and Spanish;
(F)
Study skills, essential skills, or tutoring;
(G)
Talented and Gifted separate course offerings;
(H)
Career and Technical Education (CTE) separate course offerings provided outside
of a structured CTE program approved by the Oregon Department of Education
pursuant to Chapter 581, Division 44.
(I) Observing Occupations and related job
duties such as supervising work study, work experience, or career education
where credit is assigned;
(J) Photography;
(K) Leadership Class or Student Government; or
(L) SAT or ACT preparation.
(2) (4) Coaching
Assignments: A person must have a
valid An Oregon teaching license is required for coaching
assignments that are included within the regular school day and for coaching assignments that involve
any class time for which graduation credit is offered obtained by the participating students.
(3) (5) Assignments
in "subjects" contained within an endorsement: Assignments in
subjects which are a component of a broader endorsement (such as [history],
jazz band which is subsumed in the [social
studies] music endorsement)
necessitate the broader endorsement or a Limited Teaching License (See OAR
584-060-0171).
(4) (6) Teachers On
Special Assignments (TOSA): (a)
Any Basic, Standard, Initial or Continuing unrestricted teaching license that
is valid to teach full time in one or more endorsed subject-areas, is valid
for an assignment involving leadership responsibilities, such as planning and
development of curriculum, organization and maintenance of professional growth
programs for licensed personnel, or improvement of instructional practices.
(b) A
TOSA is not valid if the administrative position’s duties require evaluation
of licensed personnel. to serve as
an administrator if the duties include:
(A) Evaluation of licensed personnel;
(B) Discipline of licensed personnel; or
(C) Authorization of out-of-school suspension
or expulsion of students.
(5) (7) Driver’s Education Assignments: A person must have A teacher holding
[a Basic, Standard, Initial, Limited, Continuing Professional or] pre-1965 [Five-Year
Regular Teaching License] an
unrestricted Oregon teaching license and the appropriate Oregon motor
vehicle operator's license may to
serve as a driver education instructor for the classroom portion of the course.
An instructor who provides the behind-the-wheel portion of the course shall
meet requirements established by the Oregon Department of Transportation.
(6) (8) Public Alternative
Education Assignments: Any
Basic, Standard, Initial, Continuing, Professional or pre-1965 Five-Year
teaching license is valid to teach any subject or grade level in a public
alternative education program in
accordance with ORS 336.615 to 336.675.
(8) (9) Public Charter
Schools Assignments: (a) No person shall serve as a teacher as
defined by ORS 342.120 in a public charter school unless such person either
holds a valid Oregon license issued by TSPC or is registered with TSPC as a
charter school teacher pursuant to ORS 338.135 in accordance with OAR
584-023-0005 and ORS 342.125(5).
(b) For
non-virtual charter schools at
least one-half of the total full-time equivalent (FTE) teaching and
administrative staff at the public charter school shall be licensed by the Commission
pursuant to ORS 338.135(7). For
virtual charter schools, 95 percent of the teaching staff must hold a valid
TSPC teaching license pursuant to ORS 342.125.
Any Basic, Standard, Initial or Continuing Professional Teaching License may count as the fifty-percent of
required licensed staffing pursuant to ORS 338.135.
(c) Licensed
and registered charter school
personnel may be assigned outside the scope of the endorsements and
authorizations on her or his the
educator’s license[.] or
registration without limitation.
However, charter schools teachers are required to comply with the
federal Elementary Secondary Education Act provisions related to “highly
qualified teachers”.
(7) (10) Private
Schools and Programs Assignments: A teaching license is not required to
teach in a private regular or private alternative education program.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 342
Stats. Implemented: ORS 342.120 - 342.430 & 342.985
Hist.: