OAR 584-220-0050
Career Trades: Generalist
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Purpose: A Career Trade Generalist endorsement indicates that an educator is qualified to teach prekindergarten through grade 12 assignments in Career Trades: Generalist as provided by the TSPC course catalogue for Career Trades: Generalist.(2)
An educator is not authorized to teach in the endorsed area unless and until the endorsement is officially added to the license, except as provided in OAR 584-210-0170 (Atypical Assignments) Atypical Assignments and OAR 584-210-0160 (License for Conditional Assignment) License for Conditional Assignment.(3)
Adding to Existing Preliminary Teaching License: A Career Trades: Generalist endorsement may be added to an existing Preliminary Teaching license by demonstrating content knowledge and completing Career Trades: Generalist pedagogy requirements as defined in this rule. To be eligible to add a Career Trades: Generalist endorsement to an existing Preliminary Teaching License, an applicant must:(a)
Provide documentation of a passing score on the Commission-approved subject mastery test for Career Trades: Generalist; and(b)
Meet one of the following Career Trades: Generalist pedagogy requirements:(A)
Admission to and completion of a Commission-approved Career Trades: Generalist preparation program; or(B)
Complete a Career Trades: Generalist pedagogy course of at least three quarter or two semester hours acceptable to the Commission. The course must include the word pedagogy or methods in the course title or must be acceptable to the Commission upon evaluation of course syllabi or other evidence; or(C)
Complete a supervised practicum in a career trade assignment in a public school setting. To verify the practicum, a school district must submit a PEER form and a statement verifying that:(i)
The applicant completed at least 60 hours of a supervised practicum in career trade courses;(ii)
The practicum was supervised by a teacher holding a Professional, Teacher Leader or Legacy Teaching license with a career trade: generalist endorsement.(iii)
The applicant has obtained the required pedagogy skills to teach career trades.(D)
At the Executive Director’s or Licensure Director’s discretion, other Career Trades: Generalist teaching experience such as teaching in at a post-secondary institution or in a private school setting may qualify to satisfy the practicum experience. In these settings, verification from the employer of satisfactory completion of the teaching experience with at least 60 clock hours of Career Trade Generalist instruction is required to qualify as a suitable practicum to add the endorsement.(c)
Submit a complete and correct application to obtain the endorsement in the form and manner required by the Commission, including payment of all required fees as provided in OAR 584-200-0050 (Fees).(4)
Adding to Other Existing Licenses: To be eligible to add a Career Trades: Generalist endorsement to an existing Professional, Teacher Leader or Legacy teaching license, an applicant must:(a)
Provide documentation of a passing score on the Commission-approved subject mastery test for Career Trades: Generalist; and(b)
Submit a complete and correct application to obtain the endorsement in the form and manner required by the Commission, including payment of all required fees as provided in OAR 584-200-0050 (Fees).
Source:
Rule 584-220-0050 — Career Trades: Generalist, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=584-220-0050
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