(1) The membership of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall consist of:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 342.360

  • Administrator: includes but is not limited to all superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals and academic program directors in public schools or education service districts who have direct responsibility for supervision or evaluation of licensed teachers and who are compensated for their services from public funds. See Oregon Statutes 342.120
  • Approved educator preparation provider: means a sponsor or provider of an educator preparation program that meets the standards of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, as provided by ORS § 342. See Oregon Statutes 342.120
  • Teacher: includes all licensed employees in the public schools or employed by an education service district who have direct responsibility for instruction or coordination of educational programs and who are compensated for their services from public funds. See Oregon Statutes 342.120
  • Teaching license: means a license issued under ORS § 342. See Oregon Statutes 342.120

(a) Four elementary teachers;

(b) Four middle school or high school teachers;

(c) One elementary school administrator;

(d) One middle school or high school administrator;

(e) One superintendent of a school district;

(f) One superintendent of an education service district;

(g) One member from the faculty of an approved educator preparation provider within a private college or university in Oregon;

(h) One member from the faculty of an approved educator preparation provider within a public university listed in ORS § 352.002;

(i) One member who is also a member of a district school board;

(j) One member who is employed as classified staff at a public school or for an education service district; and

(k) One member of the general public.

(2) Except for those members appointed under subsection (1)(i) to (k) of this section, members must have been actively engaged in teaching, personnel service work or administering in the public schools or in approved educator preparation providers in Oregon for the period of five years immediately preceding appointment. Acting as an elected representative of teachers, personnel service workers or administrators shall be considered teaching, personnel service work or administering for the purposes of the five-year experience requirement. In addition, members appointed under subsection (1)(a) to (f) of this section must hold valid Oregon teaching, personnel service or administrative licenses.

(3)(a) Throughout the term for which appointed, one of the members appointed under subsection (1) of this section must hold a teaching license with an endorsement in some aspect of special education or have demonstrated knowledge or experience in special education.

(b) As used in this subsection, ‘special education’ means specially designed education to meet the goals of the individualized education program of a child with a disability including regular classroom instruction, instruction in physical education, home instruction, related services and instruction in hospitals, institutions and special schools. [1965 c.535 § 3; 1973 c.270 § 12; 1975 c.278 § 5; 1979 c.307 § 5; 1987 c.503 § 9; 1989 c.244 § 1; 1993 c.45 § 171; 2005 c.209 § 38; 2007 c.70 § 101; 2011 c.637 § 127; 2013 c.1 § 40; 2015 c.647 22,45; 2023 c.440 § 2]

 

[1965 c.535 § 5; 1975 c.278 § 6; repealed by 1979 c.307 § 8]

 

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