Teacher Standards and Practices Commission



Teacher Standards and Practices Commission250 Division Street NESalem OR 97301January 29-30, 2015LicensureITEM:LICENSURE REDESIGN UPDATEACTION:ACTION ITEMRECOMMENDATION:The Licensure Redesign Committee recommends adoption of the following resolution:RESOLVED that, the Commission conceptually approve:Regardless of the route to the Preliminary Teaching License (educationally); the coursework requirements to obtain the Professional Teaching license are the same for all educators.RESOLVED FURTHER that, the Commission agrees to the experience requirements recommended by the Licensure Redesign Committee to move from the Preliminary Teaching License to the Professional Teaching License. These experience requirements are as follows:1. Four full years of experience to move to Preliminary to the Professional Teaching License.2. One year = 135 days.3. Substitute experience does not count unless it is long-term substituting (beyond 2 months in one assignment).4. Employment (experience) setting: a. Any public p-12 setting; b. Private p-12 setting; c. Teaching alternative education, dual credit, credit recovery or other post-secondary teaching closely-related to p-12 classroom RMATION:At the July, 2014 Commission meeting, the Commission went over many major concepts associated with licensure changes related to implementing a new licensure system.The Commission has agreed to abolish most existing non-provisional teaching licenses in favor of having all teachers in one licensure system.The major changes already agreed to are as follows:Create a true two tier licensure system that starts with a Preliminary Teaching License and ends with a Professional Teaching License.Create licensure recognition options for teachers who are seeking opportunities in the Teacher Leader arena through a Distinguished Teacher Leader License.Change the names of subject-matter endorsements that have varied between the two previous licensure systems (Basic and Standards; Initial and Continuing) and create one name that accurately describes subject-matter.Continue professional development requirements for renewal;Establish reinstatement requirements for applicants who have allowed their license to lapse.Allow persons currently holding soon-to-be outdated licenses who would need to meet additional requirements to choose which route they would like to go – forward into the new licensure system or into a “Legacy Teaching License” that will phase out when all of the previous license holders no longer renew their licenses.Created new requirements to add an endorsement onto a teaching license that accounts for the lack of experience for new teachers, by requiring experience or coursework pedagogy; and recognizes veterans’ pedagogical experience by allowing them add the endorsement by taking a passing a Commission-approved test or completing a required program if necessary.One of the lingering issues that has been debated is: What should the “advancement requirements” be to move from the Preliminary Teaching License to the Professional Teaching License?Copied here is the section from the July 2014 Commission meeting materials that relate to this issue. (Please read – Further Discussion regarding this issue will follow immediately below the this upcoming section on Moving From Preliminary to Professional.)0-635MOVING FROM PRELIMINARY TO PROFESSIONAL00MOVING FROM PRELIMINARY TO PROFESSIONALBackground from the July 2014 Commission Meeting on this issue:Movement from the Preliminary to the Professional (Necessary Background Information):History:1965 to 1999: The Commission issued Basic Teaching Licenses to all new teachers between 1965 and 1999. For new secondary (single subject) teachers, they were licensed to teach the subject in which they were at the high school level and the Commission gave them one renewal (six years) to obtain a master’s degree or equivalent. The “equivalent” meant at least:15q/10s graduate hours of pedagogy;15q/10s graduate hours of content; and15q/10s graduate hours of elective.The master’s degree requirement could be met by an M.Ed; an M.S., in either the subject in which they are licensed or special education, administration, personnel service (counseling/psychology).Teachers licensed at the elementary level were not required to obtain any post-secondary education following initial licensure.Secondary (single-subject) teachers who did not complete the graduate requirements had their grade-level authorization reduced to grades 5-9 (or K-9 for specialization such as art, music, PE, etc.)1999-presentWhen the Initial and Continuing Teaching Licenses were developed, it was contemplated that all new teachers would obtain a master’s degree (if initially licensed through an undergraduate program) or complete a Commission-approved Continuing Teaching Licensure program. These CTL programs ranged from nine quarter/six semester hours to 18 semester hours. Changes in 2004 resulted in still requiring post-initial licensure coursework, it just wasn’t required to be part of a “CTL” program.The Commission retained the “master’s or equivalent” with no modifications for persons completing a bachelor’s degree program for initial licensure. Persons obtaining licensure through either a master’s or post-baccalaureate program are required to complete nine quarter hours or six semester hours of graduate work. Additionally, the Commission currently only allows degree applicable graduate coursework. ***EXPERIENCE to move from Preliminary to the Professional:LRC recommends:1. Four full years of experience to move to Preliminary to the Professional Teaching License.2. One year = 135 days.3. Substitute experience does not count unless it is long-term substituting (beyond 2 months in one assignment).4. Employment (experience) setting: a. Any public p-12 setting; b. Private p-12 setting; c. Teaching alternative education, dual credit, credit recovery or other post-secondary teaching closely-related to p-12 classroom work.POST-Preliminary LICENSURE COURSEWORK:A. MAT or Post-Baccalaureate completers (bachelor’s degree in a subject other than education);LRC recommends:1. 10 semester hours or 15 quarter hours of degree applicable coursework related to education.2. Up to 50% of the coursework may be degree applicable undergraduate coursework related to education.B. Baccalaureate completers (or fifth year undergraduates):LRC recommends:1. Master’s or equivalent; (all coursework must be graduate)2. Eliminate the current 15 content; 15 pedagogy, 15 elective requirement.Moving from Preliminary to Professional Policy issues for Commission:The first four questions are all related/integrated and should be asked together1. Are the post-initial licensure requirements “fair?”2. Should the state (e.g., the Commission) be involved in requiring a master’s degree?3. Should all out of state applicants be subject to the same requirements regardless of experience?4. Should all post-initial licensure requirements be the same to avoid confusion? (e.g., some have a smaller amount of coursework and bachelor’s degree folks have a master’s degree)5. Degree Applicable – To Be or Not To Be: Should the coursework be “degree applicable?” This means the coursework has been vetted by the School, college or department of education within the university. There are significant offerings through most higher education institution’s continuing education division. Continuing education does not contain the rigor that degree applicable coursework may include – although many Oregon preparation programs allow graduates in programs to take courses as “pass/fail” rather than obtain a letter grade.We need a sense of the direction Commissioners are leaning on this one.END OF JULY MATERIALScenter25740Continuing the Discussion0Continuing the DiscussionNo consensus was reached at the July Commission meeting. A discussion in November also did not result in a consensus largely due to confusion regarding rules that were passed at the July and November meeting to conform to legislation that was passed in 2013.Explanation for January events:In 2013, legislation was passed changing the name of the Continuing Teaching License to the Professional Teaching License. The legislation also directed the Commission to create a Distinguished Teacher Leader license.Those changes were enacted in spite of the fact that the Legislature was told that the Commission was engaging in a long-term redesign of the licensure system.Consequently, we were required to layer the new names onto the old licenses. Thus the Continuing Teaching License (CTL) was renamed the Professional Teaching License. This change was an “in name only” change. The requirements for the Continuing Teaching License which were established in 1997, then later amended in 2004 INCLUDED a requirement that all CTL holders must obtain a full master’s degree to be eligible for the license. {These are old requirements that align with the 1999-present history presented above from the July materials.}Some Commissioners believed, that because we needed to layer the name “Professional Teaching License” onto the former “Continuing Teaching License” (that includes the master’s degree requirement) meant that the Commission had decided that a master’s was required to move from the Preliminary to the Professional Teaching.FAST FORWARD TO THIS MEETINGTHE ISSUE: Should educators who hold the Preliminary Teaching License continue to have differing requirements to move to the Professional Teaching License depending on whether they completed their initial teacher licensure program based on a bachelor’s degree (in which case they would need a master’s or equivalent); or whether they completed their initial teaching licensure program based on a master’s (MAT) or post-baccalaureate program (in which case the LRC is recommending 10S or 15 Q hrs of additional coursework ? of which must be graduate coursework.)?Additional information:Over 80% of Oregon’s new teacher complete master’s or post-baccalaureate programs;The LRC does not have a “basis” for recommending the 10 semester or 15 quarter hours ? of which may be graduate;Diagram of Current Requirements:4972434169072Initial II or Continuing Teaching LicenseInitial II or Continuing Teaching License3795233120656 S or 9 Q Grad Hrs of ed-related coursework 6 S or 9 Q Grad Hrs of ed-related coursework 25301217620Initial I Teaching LicenseInitial I Teaching License12404657207MATMATleft11430BA/BSSUBJECT-MATTERBA/BSSUBJECT-MATTER+=+=385245611799Initial II or Continuing Teaching LicenseInitial II or Continuing Teaching License25335919378Masters (MEd) or Equivalent(30 S or 45 Q) Masters (MEd) or Equivalent(30 S or 45 Q) 130071644612Initial I Teaching LicenseInitial I Teaching Licenseleft55378BA/BS EducationBA/BS Education=+=Diagram of LRC Recommendation:4972434169072Professional Teaching LicenseProfessional Teaching License37952331206510 S or 15 Q (? Grad Hrs) ed-related coursework 10 S or 15 Q (? Grad Hrs) ed-related coursework 25301217620Preliminary Teaching LicensePreliminary Teaching License12404657207MATMATleft11430BA/BSSUBJECT-MATTERBA/BSSUBJECT-MATTER+=+=385245611799Professional Teaching LicenseProfessional Teaching License2533591937810 S or 15 Q (? Grad Hrs) ed-related coursework 10 S or 15 Q (? Grad Hrs) ed-related coursework 130071644612Preliminary Teaching LicensePreliminary Teaching Licenseleft55378BA/BS EducationBA/BS Education=+= ................
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