OAR 581-020-0025
Professional Growth, Career Opportunities, and Instructional Improvement

To be eligible for funding a district application shall define and provide a process by which eligible teachers are selected by a building site committee to receive additional professional growth and career opportunities which may include, but are not limited to, service as a mentor teacher, supervision and instruction of student teachers, either in the classroom or as an adjunct faculty member at a school of education, curriculum development, service on a site committee, reimbursement for academic course work, opportunities for research in a teacher’s field or fields, programs to encourage peer observation and assistance programs, additional sabbaticals and other programs designed to encourage professional growth:

(1)

All teachers in good standing shall be eligible for advance professional growth and career opportunities, according to criteria established by the building site committees. Those criteria shall include demonstration of the following:

(a)

Mastery of teaching skills and subject matter knowledge;

(b)

A commitment to personal and professional growth as a teacher;

(c)

Active collaboration on professional matters with other faculty; and

(d)

Active involvement in school and community affairs.

(2)

In applying for such opportunities, teachers shall describe how such opportunities will further the goals of the schools in which the teachers are employed.

(3)

Administrators may be eligible for additional professional growth and career opportunities according to criteria established by the building site committee, provided that their proposals are directly linked to enhancing their role as instructional leaders within their schools.

(4)

Mini-grants for professional growth and career opportunities may be given for a period of time not to exceed one year.

(5)

In exchange for assuming additional responsibilities a teacher approved for a professional growth and career opportunity shall be given the choice of receiving additional release time or additional compensation or a combination of both. However, release time shall not be used if to do so increases the work load of other teachers regularly employed by the school district.

Source: Rule 581-020-0025 — Professional Growth, Career Opportunities, and Instructional Improvement, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=581-020-0025.

581‑020‑0005
Pertaining to School Improvement and Professional Development 581‑020‑0010
Definitions: School Improvement and Professional Development Grant 581‑020‑0015
Eligibility: School Improvement and Professional Development Grant 581‑020‑0020
Grant Application: School Improvement and Professional Development Grant 581‑020‑0025
Professional Growth, Career Opportunities, and Instructional Improvement 581‑020‑0030
Application: School Improvement and Professional Development Grant 581‑020‑0050
Evaluation: School Improvement and Professional Development Grant 581‑020‑0055
Professional Development Centers 581‑020‑0100
Pertaining to 21st Century Schools 581‑020‑0105
Definitions: 21st Century Schools Program 581‑020‑0110
Eligibility: 21st Century Schools Program 581‑020‑0115
Application: 21st Century Schools Program 581‑020‑0120
State Advisory Committee 581‑020‑0125
District Planning Committee 581‑020‑0130
21st Century Schools Council 581‑020‑0135
Evaluation and Annual Reports 581‑020‑0200
School Facility Improvement Grants 581‑020‑0250
Physical Education Grants 581‑020‑0500
OVSD Definition 581‑020‑0505
Online School Definition 581‑020‑0510
Oregon Teacher 581‑020‑0515
Oregon Classroom Content 581‑020‑0520
Required School District Guidelines for Digital Instruction 581‑020‑0531
Definitions: District Improvement Partnership 581‑020‑0534
Eligibility: District Improvement Partnership 581‑020‑0537
Criteria: District Improvement Partnership 581‑020‑0540
Funding: District Improvement Partnership 581‑020‑0542
Reporting and Monitoring: District Improvement Partnership 581‑020‑0600
Definitions 581‑020‑0601
Statewide English Language Learner Program Account 581‑020‑0603
ELL District and School Improvement: Program 581‑020‑0606
ELL District and School Improvement: District Eligibility and Selection 581‑020‑0609
ELL District and School Improvement: District Selection 581‑020‑0612
ELL District and School Improvement: Transformation Districts 581‑020‑0613
Transformation District Technical Assistance 581‑020‑0615
ELL District and School Improvement: Target Districts 581‑020‑0621
ELL District and School Improvement: District Expenditure of Moneys 581‑020‑0624
ELL District and School Improvement: Best Practices and Promising 581‑020‑0626
Statewide English Learner Plan Grants and Investments 581‑020‑0631
Definitions: Chronic Absenteeism 581‑020‑0634
Chronic Absenteeism Support Program 581‑020‑0637
Identifying School Districts with a High Rate of Chronic Absenteeism 581‑020‑0640
Regional Consortia 581‑020‑0643
Selecting School Districts to Receive Targeted Assistance 581‑020‑0646
Targeted Assistance 581‑020‑0649
Chronic Absenteeism Coaches 581‑020‑0652
Determination and Distribution of Available Moneys
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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