Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 584 - TEACHER STANDARDS AND PRACTICES COMMISSION
Division 10 - PROCEDURES FOR APPROVAL
Section 584-010-0004 - Transition to National Accreditation
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
(1) The Oregon Legislative Assembly has delegated to the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission the authority to establish standards for approval of educator preparation programs through Oregon Revised Statutes 342.147 and 342.165.
(2) The Oregon Legislative Assembly has required all educator preparation programs to be nationally accredited by July 1, 2022, pursuant to Sections 2 through 6, chapter 756, Oregon Laws 2015 (Enrolled SB 78).
(3) Purpose of the rule: In order to facilitate the implementation of the national accreditation requirement, the agency is establishing transition provisions for the state approval process. The purpose of the transition provisions is to provide guidance and flexibility to educator preparation programs in the state approval process as they pursue new or renewing national accreditation.
NOTE: This transition rule does not apply to educator preparation programs that have completed a site visit prior to July 1, 2016, for a pending national accreditation or state approval process.
State Approval of Unit
(4) Effective July 1, 2016, the Commission is establishing the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) 2013 Accreditation Standards as the Oregon standards for state approval of units.
(5) In accordance with subsection (4) of this rule, the unit will not be required to meet the following standards for the state approval process:
(6) Single Subject Endorsements: The unit may aggregate all single-subject endorsement areas into one program review report, unless the endorsement requires completion of a Commission-adopted program as provided in Chapter 584, Division 220. The Commission will provide state recognition of the aggregated single-subject programs in accordance with state standards for educator preparation (INTASC).
(7) Program Review Templates: The unit may submit a program review report in any of the following forms:
State-Specific Standards
(8) State-Specific Standards (State Addendum Report): The units must submit a state addendum report for review of state-specific standards.
(9) Applicability: Unless otherwise stated, all requirements and procedures set forth in this rule become effective July 1, 2016. This rule supersedes any provisions contained in OAR Chapter 584, Division 10 and 17 relating to the continuing state approval process and any conflicting rule requirements will be resolved accordingly.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 342
Stats. Implemented: ORS 342.120 - 342.430, 342.455- 342.495 & 342.553