Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 584 - TEACHER STANDARDS AND PRACTICES COMMISSION › Division 220 - ENDORSEMENTS › Section 584-220-0050 - Career Trades Generalist

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Purpose: A Career Trade Generalist endorsement indicates that an educator is
			 qualified to teach prekindergarten through grade 12 assignments in Career
			 Trades: Generalist as provided by the TSPC Licensure Guide for Career Trades:
			 Generalist.
(2) An educator is not
			 authorized to teach in the endorsed area unless and until the endorsement is
			 officially added to the license, except as provided in OAR 584-210-0170  Atypical Assignments and OAR 584-210-0160  License for Conditional Assignment.
(3) Adding to Existing Preliminary
			 Teaching License: A Career Trades: Generalist endorsement may be added to an
			 existing Preliminary Teaching license by demonstrating content knowledge and
			 completing Career Trades: Generalist pedagogy requirements as defined in this
			 rule. To be eligible to add a Career Trades: Generalist endorsement to an
			 existing Preliminary Teaching License, an applicant must:
(a) Provide documentation of a passing score
			 on the Commission-approved subject mastery test for Career Trades: Generalist;
			 and
(b) Meet one of the following
			 Career Trades: Generalist pedagogy requirements:
(A) Admission to and completion of a
			 Commission-approved Career Trades: Generalist preparation program; or
(B) Complete a Career Trades:
			 Generalist pedagogy course of at least three quarter or two semester hours
			 acceptable to the Commission. The course must include the word pedagogy or
			 methods in the course title or must be acceptable to the Commission upon
			 evaluation of course syllabi or other evidence; or
(C) Complete a supervised practicum in a
			 career trade assignment in a public school setting. To verify the practicum, a
			 school district must submit a PEER form and a statement verifying that:
(i) The applicant completed at least 60 hours
			 of a supervised practicum in career trade courses;
(ii) The practicum was supervised by a
			 teacher holding a Professional, Teacher Leader or Legacy Teaching license with
			 a career trade: generalist endorsement;
(iii) The applicant has obtained the required
			 pedagogy skills to teach career trades.
Note:
The district must indicate in the statement
				that the supervisory teacher supports the verification of applicant skill
				level.
(iv) At the
			 Executive Director's or Licensure Director's discretion, other Career Trades:
			 Generalist teaching experience such as teaching in at a post-secondary
			 institution or in a private school setting may qualify to satisfy the practicum
			 experience. In these settings, verification from the employer of satisfactory
			 completion of the teaching experience with at least 60 clock hours of Career
			 Trade Generalist instruction is required to qualify as a suitable practicum to
			 add the endorsement.
(c) Submit a complete and correct application
			 to obtain the endorsement in the form and manner required by the Commission,
			 including payment of all required fees as provided in OAR 584-200-0050.
Note:
Adding the endorsement at the time of
				renewal will not require an additional cost to add the licensure renewal
				process.