Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 584 - TEACHER STANDARDS AND PRACTICES COMMISSION › Division 200 - LICENSURE: GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 584-200-0005 - Transition to New Licensure System

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Effective January 1, 2016: All OAR
			 chapter 584 rule titles, numbers and provisions adopted on or after January 1,
			 2016 will supersede all OAR chapter 584 rule numbers, titles and provisions
			 adopted prior to this date. Any conflicting rule requirements within OAR
			 chapter 584 will be resolved according to the OAR chapter 584 rule provisions
			 effective on or after January 1, 2016.
(2)
Endorsements:
(a) Effective July 1, 2015, the endorsements
			 as provided in OAR 584-220-0010  will be placed on first-issue licenses and
			 renewals.
(b) Effective July 1,
			 2015, all teaching licenses will be issued endorsements in accordance with
			 Division 220, Endorsements on Teaching Licenses and subsection (2)(c) of this
			 rule, except as provided in subsections (2)(c) and (2)(d).
(c) Multiple Subjects endorsement authorized
			 at the Middle Level: Effective July 1, 2015, the Multiple Subjects endorsement
			 authorized at the Middle Level is abolished. The Multiple Subjects endorsement
			 authorized at the Middle Level will not be added to or retained with an
			 applicant's Initial, Initial I, Initial II, Continuing, Professional Teaching
			 Licenses or any future licenses the applicant holds. Holders of a current or
			 expired Multiple Subjects endorsement authorized at the Middle Level are
			 subject to the following transition provisions:
(A) If the applicant has been assigned and
			 taught multiple subjects (self-contained) for four full years or more in a
			 public, charter or private school setting as evidenced by Professional
			 Educational Experience Report (PEER) forms, the Elementary-Multiple Subjects
			 endorsement may be added to the license. If the applicant has not taught four
			 full years or more in an assignment that requires a multiple subjects
			 (self-contained) endorsement, the Elementary-Multiple Subjects endorsement may
			 not be added to the license. If necessary, the applicant and an Oregon school
			 district may apply for an Emergency Teaching License pursuant to OAR
			 584-210-0130  or a License for Conditional Assignment (LCA) pursuant to OAR
			 584-210-0160  while the applicant is in the process of qualifying for an
			 Elementary - Multiple Subjects or another valid endorsement.
(B) If the applicant has been assigned and
			 taught Foundational Mathematics, Foundational Language Arts, Foundational
			 Social Studies or Foundational Science for four full years or more in a public,
			 charter or private school setting, as evidenced by Professional Educational
			 Experience Report (PEER) forms, the appropriate foundational subject matter
			 endorsement may be added to the license. If the applicant has not taught four
			 full years in an assignment that requires a foundational subject matter
			 endorsement, the foundational subject matter endorsement may not be added to or
			 retained on the license under this provision. If necessary, the applicant and a
			 district may apply for an Emergency Teaching License pursuant to OAR
			 584-210-0130  or a License for Conditional Assignment (LCA) pursuant to
			 584-210-0160  while the applicant is in the process of qualifying for a valid
			 subject-matter endorsement. The applicant may add the Foundational Mathematics,
			 Foundational Language Arts, Foundational Social Studies or Foundational Science
			 endorsement by receiving a passing score of the appropriate Commission-approved
			 subject mastery test. The applicant is not required to complete the pedagogy
			 requirements for adding an endorsement to a Preliminary Teaching License as
			 provided in chapter 584, division 220.
(C) If an educator held a Multiple Subjects
			 endorsement authorized at the Middle Level on an Initial I, Initial II,
			 Continuing or Professional teaching license prior to July, 1 2015, the Legacy
			 Middle Level endorsement may be added to the license.
(d) Basic and Standard teaching licenses with
			 Elementary Endorsements: If an educator holds or held a Basic or Standard
			 Teaching License with an elementary endorsement and has been assigned and
			 taught Foundational Mathematics, Foundational Language Arts, Foundational
			 Social Studies or Foundational Science for four full years or more in a public,
			 charter or private school setting, as evidenced by Professional Educational
			 Experience Report (PEER) forms, the appropriate foundational subject matter
			 endorsement may be added to the license under this provision. If the applicant
			 has not taught four full years in an assignment that requires a foundational
			 subject matter endorsement, the foundational subject matter endorsement may not
			 be added to the license. If necessary, the applicant and a district may apply
			 for an Emergency Teaching License pursuant to 584-210-0130  or a License for
			 Conditional Assignment (LCA) pursuant to 584-210-0160  while the applicant is in
			 the process of qualifying for a valid subject-matter endorsement.