584-060-0250 -- ADOPT
License for Conditional Assignment
See 7.2b for example of how this rule would look at amendments to the current CAP rule 584-036-0081.
(1) Upon filing a correct and complete application in form and manner prescribed by the commission, a school district, registered charter school or registered private school in Oregon may request a License of Conditional Assignment (LCA) for any educator holding a Initial, Continuing, Basic, Standard or Five-year License. The purpose of an LCA is to allow a school district to request an educator be misassigned to teach an out-of-field endorsement while the educator completes requirements necessary either to add the same endorsement to the underlying license or to obtain a new license type.
(2) Use of a license of conditional assignment by a charter school or private school is voluntary. However, an LCA may be necessary for an educator teaching out of field in order for the educator to use that experience for addition of a new subject-matter endorsement or grade authorization area.
(3) The LCA is required when teaching out-of-field under any of the following circumstances:
(a) Assignment at any grade level not held on the underlying license;
EXAMPLE: A high school authorized teacher teaching in grade 4 would require an LCA for any amount of time teaching outside of her grade level.
(b) Teaching assignments for more than 10 hours weekly in one subject-matter area without the appropriate subject-matter endorsement;
EXAMPLE : A physical education teacher without a health endorsement teaching health three periods of the day would require a LCA for health. If only teaching two periods a day; that would fall under the 10 hours per week threshold.
(c) Teaching in more than one unendorsed subject-matter endorsement area; or
EXAMPLE : If the physical education teacher above was teaching one period of health and one period of math; then an LCA would be required for both areas regardless of the 10 hours per week rule. The 10 hours per week rule applies to one subject only.
(d) Moving from one license to another;
EXAMPLE: A teacher moving to administration; an administrator moving to teaching (if educator does not hold a valid teaching license); a teacher moving to school psychology.
(4) Duration of the LCA: The LCA is a license, but it is unique in that it provides temporary conditional approval to teach out-of-field under the following conditions:
(a) One year for endorsements requiring only a test and experience to be added to a teaching license.
(b) Three years for endorsements requiring coursework exceeding nine quarter or six semester hours through an academic program.
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(c) The LCA will not be “back dated.” Time spent on assignments where the district failed to request the LCA will be deducted from the allowable LCA total (either one year or three years). Violation of this provision may be grounds for disciplinary action by the commission (see subsection (8) below.)
(d) The LCA is not renewable and is not eligible for a 120 day extension beyond its expiration date.
(e) The LCA is not a stand-alone license. An underlying license must be kept current in order for the LCA to remain active. The LCA will not be issued for a duration that exceeds the expiration date of the underlying license. In cases where there is a lapse in the underlying license, the LCA may be re-activated for a time as determined by the Executive Director upon reinstatement of the underlying license.
(5) The district, charter school or private school applying for an LCA is assumed to have informed the educator for which the LCA is being requested. Failure to inform the educator may result in an invalid LCA upon a finding by the Commission that the educator did not grant the district, charter school or private school permission to add the LCA to the educator's license.
(6) Licenses not eligible for an LCA include, but are not limited to the following provisional licenses:
(a) Any Restricted Transitional;
(b) Limited Teaching License;
(c) American Indian Language;
(d) Teaching Associate License;
(e) Career and Technical Education Teaching License;
(f) NCLB Alternative Route License;
(g) Substitute Teaching License;
(h) Restricted Substitute Teaching License; or
(i) Exceptional Administrator License.
(7) Districts and educators who violate the provisions of this rule may be subject to discipline pursuant to OAR 584-020-0040 or forfeiture of state school funds pursuant to ORS 342.173 and OAR 584-050-0060 to 584-050-0070.
(8) Other Special LCA Limitations:
(a) An administrator, school counselor, or school psychologist who has never held a non-provisional teaching license in any state may not be issued an LCA to teach.
(b) An educator seeking conditional assignment as an administrator must hold a master’s degree in education to be eligible for the LCA.
(c) An educator seeking conditional assignment in either school counseling or school psychology must hold at least a bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in the respective field of counseling or psychology.
(d) Educators holding a Basic or Standard Teaching License must only seek a LCA for school counseling if the assignment exceeds .50 FTE.
(e) An educator must have already completed at least half of the coursework for a Special Education program before being eligible to be considered for an LCA in Special Education.
(9) The conditional assignment permit is restricted to use within the district, charter school or private school that has applied for it. However, a new district, charter school or private school may request the same type of conditional assignment so long as there is time remaining since the date the LCA was first issued.
(10) A district, charter school or private school must:
(a) Apply for an LCA by October [1] 31 for the fall term or otherwise within two weeks after the assignment has begun; and
(b) Agree to provide professional assistance specific to the assignment for the educator during the first year of the conditional assignment.
(11) LCAs submitted in error by the district, charter school or private school may be removed upon contacting TSPC in writing and indicating the nature of the error.
(12) An LCA cannot be renewed or later re-issued for the same authorization level or specialty endorsement approved.
(13) After an LCA has expired, the educator must have completed all requirements necessary to add the appropriate endorsement, grade-level authorization or new licensure program in order to continue working in the area in which the educator is not properly licensed. Continuing to work as an educator on an expired LCA is a violation of licensure law and is unauthorized. The license-holder or the assigning administrator or both may be subject to sanctions by the commission pursuant to OAR 584-020-0040.
(14) Districts, charter schools or private schools and co-applicant educators may jointly petition the Executive Director for a hardship extension for up to one year under the following conditions:
(a) The district, charter school or private school and educator must explain hardship and the exact circumstances that have prevented the educator from obtaining the endorsement, authorization level or license needed to remain in the conditional assignment; and
(b) The educator has made significant progress toward completing the requirements which includes but is not limited to:
(A) Having taken any applicable subject-matter tests at least two times; or
(B) Has completed at least half of the coursework for any program required to continue to teach the subject; or
(C) Has taken steps toward completing an alternative assessment as part of meeting the LCA requirements; and
(c) The educator and the district, charter school or private school has a plan for completing the requirements for the assignment within the next calendar year.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 342
Stats. Implemented: ORS 342.120 – 342.143, 342.153, 342.165, 342.223 - 342.232
Hist.:
584-042-0008
Five-Year Career and Technical Education Teaching License
Note changes to last paragraph. Allows the old Five-Year CTE to be continuously renewed. Recommends that reinstatement requires meeting requirements for the CTE II.
(1) Upon filing a correct and complete application in form and manner prescribed by the Commission, an applicant may be granted a Five-Year Career and Technical Education Teaching License, valid for five years of teaching in an approved career and technical education program. [may be issued.] The Five-Year Career and Technical Education Teaching License is valid to teach in ODE-approved career and technical education programs for which the educator is specifically licensed. The license is not eligible for any other district assignment.
(2) The application shall be a joint application from the applicant and the school district who seeks to employ the applicant. The application must be directly submitted by the applicant only. TSPC will not accept application submitted by third parties.
(3) The application must provide documentation that the applicant:
(a) Meets all the requirements for the Three Year Career and Technical Education Teaching License as set forth in OAR 584-042-0006; and
(b) Has one year of career and technical education teaching experience while holding a career and technical education license as verified on a Professional Educational Experience Report Form (PEER); and
(c) Has attained a passing score as currently specified by the commission on a test of basic verbal and computational skills, unless the applicant held an Oregon educator license before 1985 or has a regionally accredited doctor's degree; and
(d) Has attained a passing score on a test of knowledge of U.S. and Oregon civil rights laws at the conclusion of a course or workshop approved by the commission; and
(e) Has completed 15 quarter hours of teaching methodology and/or structured work experience as advised by the Instructor Appraisal Committee. The applicant must submit transcripts or other credible evidence that provisions of this subsection have been met.
(4) Preparation for the Five-Year Career and Technical Education Teaching License may be completed at an approved teacher education institution; a community college; or through inservice instruction approved by the employing school district. If formal credit is not granted by a college or university, 30 clock hours of inservice shall be equivalent to one quarter hour of credit.
(5) The Five-Year Career and Technical Education Teaching License may be transferred to another Oregon school district if the new instructional assignment is comparable and in a career and technical education program approved by the Oregon Department of Education.
(6)(a) The Five-Year Career and Technical Education Teaching License is renewable upon joint application of the employing school board or school superintendent and the instructor under the following conditions:
(b) Completion of 125 clock hours or the equivalent of continuing professional development (CPD);
(A) CPD includes, but is not limited to:
(i) College and university coursework;
(ii) Community college course; or
(iii) Established workshops or planned experiences in business and industry.
(B) One quarter hour of college credit shall be equivalent to 20 clock hours of CPD; and 1 semester hour of college credit shall be equivalent to 30 clock hours of CPD. (See also OAR 584-090-0005 et seq for additional details.)
(7) Effective July 15, 2011, the Five-Year Career and Technical Education Teaching Licenses will no longer be issued. Holders of the Five-Year CTE licenses may continue to hold and renew this license. However, licensees allowing the Five-Year CTE license to expire more than one year must become eligible for the CTE II license upon reinstatement.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 342
Stats. Implemented: ORS 342.120 - 342.200 & 342.400
Hist.:
584-042-0012
Career and Technical Education Teaching License Renewal
Clarifies conditions for renewal of CTE licenses.
(1)(a) The Three-Year Career and Technical Education Teaching License and the Career and Technical Education (CTE) I Teaching License are [is] not renewable. To obtain further career and technical education licensure, the applicant must qualify for the [Five-Year ] Career and Technical Education (CTE) II Teaching License upon expiration of either the Three-Year Career and Technical Education Teaching License or the CTE I Teaching License. [(See OAR 584-042-0008 for requirements for the Five-Year Career and Technical Education Teaching License.)]
(b) In extenuating circumstances, an applicant may be eligible and may apply for a [restricted extension to the ]an Emergency Teaching License to complete the requirements of the Three-Year Career and Technical Education Teaching License. [(See OAR 584-042-0006.)]
(2)(a) The Five-Year Career and Technical Education Teaching License and the CTE II may be renewed upon joint application of the employing school district and the instructor and upon completion, during the life of the license, of 125 clock hours or the equivalent of continuing professional development (CPD). [See, OAR 584-042-0008(7) Five Year Career and Technical Education Teaching License for more information.]
(b) CPD may include, but is not limited to, college and university courses, community college courses, established workshops, or planned experiences in business and industry.
(c) If formal credit is granted, one quarter hour of credit equals 20 clock hours and one semester hour equals 30 clock hours of CPD.
(3) Holders of a Five-Year Career and Technical Education Teaching License may qualify to apply for the CTE II Teaching License, if requirements are met as specified in OAR 584-042-0036. Additionally, holders of the Five-Year Career and Technical Education Teaching License who allow their license to lapse more than one year, must meet the requirements for the CTE II Teaching License for future licensure.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 342
Stats. Implemented: [ORS 342.120 - 342.200 & 342.400]ORS 342.120 – 342.430; 342.455 – 342.495; 342.553
Hist.:
584-042-0021
Definitions
(1) "Approved Career and Technical Education Program:" A career and technical education program (CTE), approved by the Oregon Department of Education (ODE).
(2) " Career and Technical Education (CTE) Mentor:" A teacher holding a Five-Year (pre-1965), Five-Year CTE, CTE II, Basic, Standard, Initial, Initial I, Initial II or Continuing teaching license who guides and supports a beginning CTE teacher on a CTE I Teaching License with instructional planning and preparation, delivery of classroom instruction, classroom management, assessment of student performance, and professional development. The assigned mentor must be approved by ODE to be a CTE mentor.
(3) "Career and Technical Education Professional Development Plan:" A plan for personal professional growth during the life of the Career and Technical Education I Teaching License and the Career and Technical Education II Teaching License consistent with OAR 584-042-0051 Career and Technical Education Professional Development Plan.