Or. Admin. Code § 584-255-0020

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 584-255-0020 - Standards for Professional Development

(1) Standards for advanced professional development: To qualify as advanced professional development for purposes of promotion to the Professional Teaching License, the advanced professional development units must be aligned with OAR 584-420-0030 Professional Teaching License: Program Standards and ORS 342.856 Core Teaching Standards (InTASC).

(2) Standards for continuing professional development: To qualify as continuing professional development for licensure renewal, the continuing professional development units must conform to the following national standards adopted by Learning Forward (2011):

(a) Learning Communities: Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students occurs within learning communities committed to continuous improvement, collective responsibility, and goal alignment.

(b) Leadership: Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students requires skillful leaders who: develop capacity, advocate and create support systems for professional learning.

(c) Resources: Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students requires prioritizing, monitoring, and coordinating resources for educator learning.

(d) Data: Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students uses a variety of sources and types of student, educator, and system data to plan, assess, and evaluate professional learning.

(e) Learning Designs: Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students integrates theories, research, and models of human learning to achieve its intended outcomes.

(f) Implementation: Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students applies research on change and sustains support for implementation of professional learning for long term change.

(g) Outcomes: Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students aligns its outcomes with educator performance and student curriculum standards.

Or. Admin. Code § 584-255-0020

TSPC 12-2015, f. 11-13-15, cert. ef. 1/1/2016

Stat. Auth.: ORS 342

Stats. Implemented: ORS 342.120 - 342.430, 342.455 - 342.495& 342.553