Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 584 - TEACHER STANDARDS AND PRACTICES COMMISSION › Division 10 - PROCEDURES FOR APPROVAL › Section 584-010-0006 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) "Approved
			 Institution:" A U.S. regionally accredited or internationally accredited
			 institution of higher education approved to prepare licensed personnel by the
			 governmental jurisdiction in which the institution is located.
(2) "Approved Program:" A program of educator
			 preparation approved by the Commission and offered by a regionally accredited
			 institution. As it applies to out-of-state or international programs, a program
			 approved by the licensure body of the governmental jurisdiction authorized to
			 approve educator preparation programs.
(3) "Area for Improvement (AFI):" A statement
			 cited by the Commission or the on-site program or unit review team indicating
			 that a unit or program has not met expected levels of achievement in one or
			 more elements of a standard. The Commission and the unit or program review team
			 may cite one or more areas for improvement and still recommend or find that the
			 standard is "met."
(4) "At Risk
			 Unit:" A unit that the Commission determines is "at risk" of becoming
			 "low-performing." The "at risk" designation would follow an onsite review by
			 the Commission and findings of multiple areas for improvement. Such a unit is
			 required to respond to Commission-imposed conditions and stipulations and must
			 provide evidence within the time indicated by the Commission that the
			 Commission's concerns have been addressed. Units receiving an "at risk"
			 designation will be subject to an on-site review team follow-up visit that
			 focuses on the areas for improvement noted by the accreditation team during the
			 original visit.
(5) "Candidate:"
			 Candidate includes but is not limited to persons preparing to teach, teachers
			 who are continuing their professional development enrolled in an approved
			 program and persons preparing for other professional roles in schools such as
			 administrators, school counselors, school psychologists, and school social
			 workers in a program approved by the Commission.
(6) "Commission:" Teacher Standards and
			 Practices Commission (TSPC).
(7)
			 "Conceptual Framework:" An underlying structure in a professional education
			 unit that gives conceptual meaning to the unit's operations through an
			 articulated rationale and provides direction for programs, courses, teaching,
			 candidate performance, faculty scholarship and service, and unit
			 accountability.
(8) "Consortium:"
			 An advisory body to the unit that reviews, evaluates, and makes recommendations
			 in accordance with OAR 584-017-1025  Consortium.
(9) "Director of Teacher Education:" The
			 Commission staff member responsible for coordinating program approval within
			 the agency.
(10) "Educator
			 Preparation Programs:" Programs preparing licensed teachers, personnel service
			 specialists, or administrators. Oregon Revised Statutes use the term "teacher
			 education" to refer to all programs preparing licensed educational personnel
			 for public elementary and secondary schools, and is not exclusive to programs
			 for preparation of classroom teachers.
(11) "Executive Director:" The Executive
			 Director of the Commission.
(12)
			 "Field or Clinical Experiences:" All supervised clinical field experiences
			 including student teaching, internships, observation experiences and experience
			 necessary to complete an education preparation licensure program.
(13) "Institutional Report:" A report that
			 provides the institutional and unit contexts, a description of the unit's
			 conceptual framework, and evidence that the unit is meeting the
			 Commission-adopted unit standards. The report serves as primary documentation
			 for on-site review teams conducting on-site visits.
(14) "Liaison Officer:" The person designated
			 by the unit to submit all program modifications for Commission approval, issue
			 all recommendations for licensure under the approved program, authorize all
			 waivers of professional courses for students enrolled in the program, and
			 handle all correspondence between Commission staff and the unit.
(15) "Low Performing Unit:" A unit is
			 determined to be "low performing" by the Commission if following on on-site
			 review team visit, the imposition of conditions or stipulations and a
			 subsequent follow-up on-site visit, the institution failed to meet the
			 Commission's standards of quality and effectiveness. Units found to be "low
			 performing" are denied TSPC approval and accreditation to offer educator
			 licensure programs. A unit denied accreditation is prohibited from offering
			 educator preparation programs in Oregon and denied from recommending educators
			 for licensure for a minimum of two years. At the end of such time, the unit may
			 apply for program approval (accreditation) and is required to submit a formal
			 application and demonstrate that the problems identified in the original unit
			 review have been addressed and that the program meets all current requirements
			 for program approval and educator licensure in effect at the time of
			 application for approval.
(16)
			 "Major Modifications:" Changes of program philosophy, curricula, practica,
			 resources, personnel, or performance standards
(17) "Off Campus Programs:" Include but are
			 not limited to:
(a) Off-campus programs in
			 the same state; or
(b) Off-campus
			 programs offered at sites outside of the state or in another country.
(c) Branch campuses must be
			 included in the unit's review if the:
(A)
			 Programs are limited in number and size;
(B) Programs are located in close proximity
			 to the parent campus; or
(C)
			 Program completers are eligible for licensure in Oregon.