Or. Admin. Code § 581-021-0013 - Child Development Specialist Programs
(1) A Child Development Specialist program is
an optional elementary component of a district's comprehensive school
counseling program for grades K-8, (or any configuration therof), based on the
Oregon Department of Education's Framework for Comprehensive School Counseling
under OAR 581-022-2060.
(2) The
district school board of every school district operating elementary schools may
make the services of a Child Development Specialist available to the children
and their families residing in attendance areas of the schools. A Child
Development Specialist may serve as counseling staff trainined to help
implement the comprehensive school counseling program.
(3) If a district school board chooses to
establish a child development specialist program, the school district must meet
the following requirements:
(a) The school
district shall submit a written plan describing the program to the Department
of Education and the program must be approved by the department.
(b) Upon department approval of a district's
plan, a school district may submit a child development specialist candidate
application for department approval.
(c) The school district shall conduct an
annual review of the program and submit an updated plan to the department for
reauthorization of the program.
(d)
Each Child Development Specialist employed by a school district shall complete
an annual evaluation of the specialist's child development plan to be included
with the school district's updated plan.
(4) The department will:
(a) Conduct an annual program review of any
district that has established or chooses to establish a Child Development
Specialist Program as an elementary, grades K-8, component of the district's
K-12 comprehensive school counseling program.
(b) Conduct an annual review of each Child
Development Specialist's Summary of Activities as part of the reauthorization
process.
(c) Up-date and post all
child development specialist forms needed for program approval and CDS
authorization/reauthorization on the Oregon Department of Education web page
annually.
(d) Maintain a Child
Development Specialist Advisory Committee to hear appeals by districts or Child
Development Specialist, or to serve when requested by the department for
input.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 326.051 & 329.275
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 329.255, 329.265 & 329.385
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