Oregon Administrative Code

584-410-0070 Culturally Sustaining Practices to Promote Equity (1) Across curriculum, experiences, and assessments, the EPP integrates and models culturally sustaining practices to facilitate meaningful and equitable learning opportunities for all. (2) EPPs actively recruit and i…

584-410-0075 Social and Emotional Development to Promote Equity (1) Across curriculum, experiences, and assessments, the EPP embeds and models the social and emotional competencies outlined below to promote equity-focused personal and professional growth. (2) Self-Awareness – Usi…

584-410-0080 English Language Learners (ELL) (1) Purpose of the Standards: It is the Commission’s policy that every PreK-12 educator has a responsibility to meet the needs of Oregon’s English Language Learner (ELL) students. As such, accreditation and educator preparation require…

584-410-0090 Educator Preparation Provider (EPP) Partnerships (1) The Educator Preparation Provider (EPP) must engage with appropriate partners on educator preparation programs. Partnership with common understanding may be created and maintained through Traditional and Nontraditi…

584-410-0100 Verification of Candidate Recommendations (Field Audit) (1) The Educator Preparation Provider (EPP) meets the standards for recommending candidates for licensure, endorsements, and specializations, as provided in 584-400-0160, Candidate Recommendation and Program Com…

584-420-0015 Literacy: Program Standards (1) Purpose: These standards are designed to guide the preparation of Kindergarten through 5th Grade teachers on evidence-based practices for teaching literacy. These standards are in concert with the following two Oregon laws: (a) ORS 342…

584-420-0020 Preliminary Teaching License: Program Standards (1) Purpose of the Program: To prepare candidates for the Preliminary Teaching License. Program completers must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote…

584-420-0030 Professional Teaching License: Program Standards (1) On March 1, 2016, the Commission rescinds state approval of all Continuing Teaching License programs. If an educator preparation program would like to convert its Continuing Teaching License program to a Profession…

584-420-0040 Teacher Leader: Program Standards (1) Candidates in Teacher Leader programs will be prepared to meet the following (7) domains of Teacher Leader knowledge and skills. The completion of the program does not qualify a teacher for the Teacher Leader license. The teacher…

584-420-0050 Preliminary CTE License: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the Preliminary Career and Technical Education (CTE) Teaching License will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions, and cultural competencies necessary to promote the …

584-420-0310 Art: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the Art endorsement will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote the academic, career, personal and social development of students in art le…

584-420-0345 Elementary Education — Multiple Subjects: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the Elementary Education — Multiple Subjects endorsement will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote t…

584-420-0360 English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL): Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the ESOL endorsement will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote the academic, career, personal …

584-420-0365 Drama: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the Drama endorsement will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote the academic, career, personal and social development of students in dr…

584-420-0415 Library Media: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the Library Media endorsement will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote the academic, career, personal and social development o…

584-420-0420 Music: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the Music endorsement will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote the academic, career, personal and social development of students in mu…

584-420-0425 Physical Education: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the Physical Education Endorsement will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote the academic, career, personal and social dev…

584-420-0440 Reading Interventionist: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the Reading Intervention endorsement will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote the academic, career, personal and soc…

584-420-0460 Special Education: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for special education: generalist endorsements will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote the academic, career, personal and soc…

584-420-0465 Special Education - Early Intervention and Early Childhood: Program Standards (1) Definitions: (a) "Child:" An individual under the age of six and may include an infant or toddler. (b) "Cultural Responsiveness:" Practices that honor experience and perspectives of chi…

584-420-0475 Special Education: Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the Special Education: Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing endorsement will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to pro…

584-420-0480 Special Education – Visually Impaired: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the Special Education: Visually Impaired endorsement will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions, and cultural competency necessary to promote the acade…

584-420-0490 World Language: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the World Language endorsement will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote the academic, career, personal and social development…

584-420-0600 American Sign Language Specialization: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the American Sign Language specialization will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote the academic, caree…

584-420-0610 Adaptive Physical Education Specialization: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the Adaptive Physical Education specialization will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote the acade…

584-420-0620 Early Childhood Education Specialization: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the Early Childhood Education specialization will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote the academic,…

584-420-0630 Dual Language Specialization: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the Dual Language specialization will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote the academic, career, personal and so…

584-420-0640 Autism Spectrum Disorder Specialization: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the Autism Spectrum Disorder specialization will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote the academic, c…

584-420-0650 Mathematics Instructional Leader: PreK-8 Specialization: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the Mathematics Instructional Leader: PreK-8 Specialization must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies nece…

584-420-0655 Mathematics Instructional Leader: 6-12 Specialization: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the Mathematics Instructional Leader: 6-12 Specialization must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessar…

584-420-0660 Talented and Gifted Specialization: Program Standards (1) Candidates who are prepared for the Talented and Gifted Specialization will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote the academic, career, per…

584-420-0700 Social and Emotional Learning Specialization: Program Standards (1) Purpose of the Program: Candidates who are prepared with the Social and Emotional Learning Specialization will demonstrate knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies neces…

584-420-0710 Trauma-Informed Practices Specialization: Program Standards (1) Purpose of the Program: Candidates who are prepared for the Trauma-Informed Practices (TIP) Specialization will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies nece…

584-430-0100 Principal License: Program Standards (1) Purpose of the Program: To prepare candidates for the Principal License. Program completers must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote the academic, career,…

584-430-0200 Professional Administrator License: Program Standards (1) Completers of the Professional Administrator License program will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions and cultural competencies necessary to promote the academic, career, personal and …

584-430-0300 Administrator Literacy: Program Standards (1) Purpose: These standards are designed to guide the preparation of administrators in evidence-based literacy leadership practices. Aligned with Oregon law (ORS 342.147), these standards ensure that educator preparation pro…

584-435-0010 Effective Date and Supersedure Effective August 1, 2022, programs for personnel service will be issued under the rules set forth in this division, which supersedes preceding divisions OAR 584-018 & 584-400 in case of conflict. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 342.138, …

584-435-0100 School Counselor Program Standards (1) Purpose of the Program: To prepare candidates for the School Counselor License. Candidates who are preparing to work as school counselors will demonstrate the professional knowledge, skills, cultural competencies and professiona…

584-435-0200 School Psychologist License: Program Standards (1) Purpose of the Program: To prepare candidates for the School Psychologist License. Program completers must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, professional dispositions, and cultural competencies necessary to promote …

584-435-0300 School Social Worker License: Program Standards (1) Purpose of the Program: To prepare candidates for the School Social Worker License. Candidates who complete the program are interdisciplinary leaders who have the knowledge, skill, ability, and cultural competence t…

585-001-0000 Procedure for Notification of Proposed Action Prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule, Commission shall give notice of the proposed action as follows: (1) By publication in the Secretary of State's Bulletin referred to in ORS 183.360 at least 21 days …

585-001-0005 Rules of Practice and Procedure The Attorney General’s Model Rules of Procedure for Contested Cases filed with the Secretary of State are adopted as the rules of practice and procedure of Commission. In addition to the Model Rules, the rules of procedure in Oregon Ad…

585-001-0006 Payment of Legal Fees and Transportation Costs Commission will not pay for attorney’s fees or transportation costs for an applicant for vocational rehabilitation services or for a client receiving vocational rehabilitation services in connection with an administrativ…

585-001-0007 Definitions The following definitions shall apply to all Oregon Administrative Rules contained in OAR Chapter 585, Division 1, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Custodian" refers to a public body mandated, directly or indirectly, to create, maintain, care f…

585-001-0008 Request to Inspect or Obtain Copies of Public Records (1) A request to inspect or obtain copies of a public record of Commission shall be made in writing and submitted to the “Custodian of Records” at Commission’s central office located at: 535 SE 12th, Portland 9721…

585-001-0010 Violence-Free Workplace Policy (1) It is the policy of Commission to provide and maintain a workplace and facilities open to the public that are free from violence and the threat of violence. Violence in any form will not be tolerated. (2) This policy prohibits viole…

585-001-0011 Fees for Public Records and Other Services (1) Commission shall establish a fee schedule and assess fees for fulfilling requests for public records that are reasonably calculated to reimburse Commission for its actual cost of making public records available, includin…

585-005-0015 Statement of Purpose and Statutory Authority These rules govern the Oregon Commission for the Blind's (OCB) acquisition of information about a subject individual's criminal history through criminal records checks or other means and its use of that information to dete…

585-005-0020 Definitions As used in OAR Chapter 585, Division 5, unless the context of the rule requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: (1) "Approved" means that, pursuant to a preliminary or final fitness determination, the Executive Director or authorized designee …

585-005-0030 Criminal Records Check Process (1) Disclosure of Information by subject individual: (a) Preliminary to a criminal records check, a subject individual shall complete and sign the Commission Criminal Records Request form. The Criminal Records Request form shall require…