Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 584 - TEACHER STANDARDS AND PRACTICES COMMISSION
Division 17 - STANDARDS FOR UNIT APPROVAL
Section 584-017-1035 - Verification of Program Completion for All Licensure Programs

(1) The unit documents that candidates for licensure have acquired the knowledge and demonstrated the competencies required for the authorization level(s) and endorsement(s).

(2) The unit documents that candidates for licensure have completed the required field experience successfully.

(3) The unit attests that the candidates have passed the licensure tests required for the authorization levels and endorsements for which the unit is recommending. Evidence of program completion is stored in each student's appropriate files including a copy of the C-2 form filed with the Commission as verification of the student's having met all licensure requirements.

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(5) Candidates for an Initial I Teaching License will hold a minimum of a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution or from an institution that is deemed to offer a degree comparable to a regionally accredited institution, including but not limited to a foreign equivalent of such a degree.

(6) Candidates for a Professional Teaching License will hold a master's or higher degree in arts and sciences or an advanced degree in the professions from a regionally accredited institution in the United States, or the foreign equivalent of such degree approved by the Commission.

(7) Candidates for Initial Administrator License will hold a Master's degree or higher in the arts and sciences or an advanced degree in the professions from a regionally accredited institution in the United States, or the foreign equivalent of such degree approved by the Commission.

(8) Candidates for Continuing Administrator License shall have completed a minimum of 18 semester or 27 quarter hours of graduate credit beyond the Master's degree.

(9) Candidates for Initial School Counselor, School Psychologist or School Social Worker License will hold a minimum of a Master's degree in behavioral sciences from a regionally accredited institution in the United States, or the foreign equivalent of such degree approved by the Commission.

(10) Candidates for Continuing School Counselor, School Psychologist or School Social Worker License will have completed an advanced program in professional competencies consisting of a minimum of six semester hours of graduate credit.