Or. Admin. R. 584-255-0010 - [Effective 1/1/2024 until 6/28/2024] Professional Development Requirements
(1) The Commission
believes that high quality and individualized professional development for
educators is essential to promote:
(a)
Effective educational practices;
(b) Supportive educational leadership;
and
(c) Enriched student
learning.
(2) The
Commission requires the completion of advanced or continuing professional
development units for:
(a) Promotion to the
Professional Teaching License or Professional CTE Teaching License (Advanced
PDUs);
(b) Renewal of most active
educator licenses (Continuing PDUs); and
(c) Renewal of School Nurses Certificates
(Continuing PDUs).
(3)
Professional Development Units (PDUs) are calculated as follows:
(a) One (1) hour of advanced or continuing
professional development activity equals one (1) PDU;
(b) One (1) semester hour of college credit
equals thirty (30) PDUs; or
(c) One
(1) quarter hour of college credit equals twenty (20) PDUs.
(4) Advanced Professional Development
(Advanced PDUs): The Commission requires completion of an advanced professional
education program for promotion to the Professional Teaching License and
Professional CTE Teaching License. The Commission has approved the completion
of an Advanced Professional Development Program as one method to meet the
requirement for an advanced professional education program. An Advanced
Professional Development Program must include 150 advanced professional
development units (advanced PDUs) that are:
(a) Tailored to the performance goals of the
teacher in accordance with ORS
342.815 to
342.856;
(b) Based on the core teaching standards as
provided in OAR 584-255-0020, Standards for Professional Development;
and
(c) Calculated as provided in
subsection (3) of this rule; and
(d) Completed while the applicant holds the
Preliminary Teaching License or Preliminary CTE Teaching License.
NOTE: Refer to OAR 584-210-0040 Professional Teaching License and OAR 584-230-0030 Professional CTE Teaching License for other methods to meet the advanced professional program requirements.
(5) Continuing Professional
Development: The Commission requires continuing professional development for
renewal of most active licenses and certificates that do not require
advancement to another license.
(a) To qualify
for renewal of a license, the applicant must complete 25 Continuing PDUs per
year of licensure term, as follows:
(A) 75
PDUs during the life of a three (3) year license; and
(B) 125 PDUs during the life of a five (5)
year license.
(b)
Completing any of the following advanced certifications will waive continuing
professional development requirements only for the renewal period during which
the certification is completed and the following licensure renewal cycle:
(A) National Board of Professional Teaching
Standards (NBPTS) certification;
(B) National Association of School
Psychologists (NASP) certification;
(C) National School Counselor Certification
(NSCC);
(D) National Association of
Social Workers (C-SSWS) certification; or
(E) Association of Speech, Hearing and
Audiology (ASHA) certification.
(c) Licensed educators may carry-over 25 PDUs
of excess Continuing PDUs obtained only in the previous reporting
period.
(d) Educators who hold dual
licensure with other state professional licensing boards are encouraged to
fulfill their continuing professional development requirements by completing
the PDUs provided by those professional licensure areas (for example: Speech
Language Pathologists).
(e)
Educators who are employed as faculty at university or colleges may use their
course presentation hours to fulfill their continuing PDU requirement. One (1)
hour of course presentation is equal to one (1) PDU.
(f) The requirement for continuing
professional development applies to the renewal of the following teaching,
administrative, and personnel service licenses:
(A) Preliminary Teaching License [Note: If
the applicant is renewing the Preliminary Teaching License with Advanced PDUs,
Continuing PDUs are not required];
(B) Professional Teaching License;
(C) Teacher Leader License;
(D) Legacy Teaching License;
(E) Limited Teaching License;
(F) American Indian Language Teaching
License;
(G) Preliminary CTE
Teaching License; [Note: If the applicant is renewing the Preliminary CTE
Teaching License with Advanced PDUs, Continuing PDUs are not
required];
(H) Professional CTE
Teaching License:
(I) Professional
Administrator License;
(J) Legacy
Administrator;
(K) Distinguished
Administrator;
(L) Exceptional
administrator;
(M) Preliminary
School Counselor [Note: If the applicant is renewing with requirements to move
to Professional School Counselor license, Continuing PDUs are not
required];
(N) Professional School
Counselor;
(O) Legacy School
Counselor;
(P) Preliminary School
Psychologist;
(Q) Professional
School Psychologist;
(R) Legacy
School Psychologist;
(S) Limited
Student Services;
(T) Preliminary
School Social Worker; and
(U)
Professional School Social Worker.
(6) Continuing Professional Development for
School Nurse Certificates: To qualify for renewal of a School Nurse Certificate
pursuant to OAR chapter 584, division 021, an applicant must:
(a) Meet the professional development
requirements provided in OAR 584-021-0150 (Renewal of Professional School Nurse
Certification); or
(b) Meet the
professional development requirement provided in OAR 584-021-0155 (Emergency
School Nurse Certification Renewal).
(7) It is the sole responsibility of the
licensed educator to ensure accurate completion of professional development
upon renewal or issue of a subsequent license. Generally, failure to complete
advanced professional development or continuing professional development does
not constitute an "emergency" for the purposes of receiving an Emergency
License.
(8) If employed during the
life of the license, the supervisor or professional development advisor will
verify that the educator has successfully completed all continuing professional
development requirements to the district superintendent or designee on the TSPC
Professional Educational Experience Report (PEER) form prior to renewal of
licensure.
(9) The following
licenses and registrations do not have continuing professional development
requirements because the licenses require the completion of additional specific
coursework or other licensure requirements to move to the next stage license,
or the licenses or registrations do not require continuing professional
development:
NOTE: Applicants for teaching licenses may be required to
complete
(a) All reciprocal licenses;
(b) All substitute licenses;
(c) Preliminary Administrator
license;
(d) Restricted CTE
Teaching license;
(e) International
Visiting Teacher License;
(f) All
restricted licenses;
(g) All
emergency licenses;
(h) License for
Conditional Assignment;
(i) Teacher
Associate License; and
(j) All
charter school registrations.
(10) Substitute teaching licenses do not have
continuing professional development requirements due to a substitute shortage
in the profession. The Commission has reserved the right to reconsider this
continuing professional development waiver at any time in the future.
(11) Educators holding a Restricted CTE
Teaching License may be subject to other professional development requirements
consistent with their CTE Professional Development Plan pursuant to OAR
584-230-0070.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 342
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 342.120 - 342.430, 342.455 - 342.495 & 342.553
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