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THE CONFEDERATED LANGUAGE LESSON
THE OREGON SENATE RECOG
NIZES THE NEED FOR NATIVE
AMERICAN LANGUAGE TEACHER
CERTIFICATION
71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY-2001 Regular
Session NOTE: Matter within braces and plus signs
in an amended section is new. Matter within - braces and
minus signs - is existing law to be omitted. New sections are
within braces and plus signs . LC 2867
Senate Bill 690
Sponsored by Senators BROWN, CLARNO; Senators
ATKINSON, CARTER, CASTILLO, FERRIOLI, GORDLY,
NELSON, SHIELDS (at the request of Confederated Tribes of
the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body there of subject to
' consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
Directs Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to
establish American Indian language teaching license. Allows
American Indian tribes to develop language test used for
licensure.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to teacher licensure; creating new provisions; and
amending ORS 342.120 and 342.815.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1 . Section 2 of this 2001 Act is added to and
made a part of ORS 342. 120 to 342. 173.
SECTION 2. (1) As used in this section, 'American ,
Indian tribe' means an Indian tribe as that term is defined in
ORS 97.740.
(2) The Legislative Assembly declares that teaching American
Indian languages is essential to the proper education of Ameri
can Indian children.
(3) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall
establish an American Indian languages teaching license.
(4) Each American Indian tribe may develop a written and
oral test that must be successfully completed by an applicant
for an American Indian languages teaching license in order to
determine whether the applicant is qualified to teach the tribe's
native language. When developing the test, the tribe shall
determine:
(a) Which dialects will be used on the test;
(b) Whether the tribe will standardize the tribe's
writing system; and
(c) How the teaching methods will be evaluated in the
classroom.
(5) The test shall be administered at an appropriate location
that does not create hardship for the tribal members
administering the test.
(6) The commission may not require an applicant to hold a
specific academic degree, to complete a specific amount of
education or to complete a teacher education program to
receive
an American Indian languages teaching license.
(7) (a) An American Indian languages teaching license quali
fies the holder to accept a teaching position in a school district,
public charter school, education service district, community
college or state institution of higher education.
(b) A holder of an American Indian languages teaching license
who does not also have a teaching license issued under ORS
342. 1 25 may not teach in a school district or education service
district any subject other than the American Indian language
they are approved to teach by the tribe.
(c) A holder of an American Indian languages teaching license
who does not also have a teaching license or registration
issued under ORS 342. 125 may not teach in a public charter
school any subject other than the American Indian language
they are approved to teach by the tribe.
(8) An American Indian languages teaching license shall be
valid for three years and may be renewed upon application ;
from the holder of the license. SECTION 3. The
Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall first make
the American Indian languages teaching license available to
applicants who will teach during the 2002-2003 school year
SECTION 4. ORS 342.120 is amended to read: 342.120. As
used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) 'Administrator' includes all superintendents, assistant
superintendents and principals in the public schools or educa
tion service districts.
(2) 'Approved teacher education institution' is one which ,
meets the standards of the Teacher Standards and Practices
Commission for preparation of teachers for preprimary pro
grams and grades 1 through 12
(3) 'Approved teacher education program' is one offered by
an approved teacher education institution and is so recognized
by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, after
considering recommendations of the State Board of Education.
(4) 'Commission' means the Teacher Standards and Practices
Commission.
(5) 'Educational assistant' means a classified school employee
who does not require a license to teach, who is employed by a
school district or education service district and whose
assignment consists of and is limited to assisting a licensed
teacher in accordance with rules established by the State Board
of Education.
(6) 'Instruction' includes direction of learning in class, in
small groups, in individual situations, in the library and in
guidance and counseling, but does not include the provision of
related services, as defined in ORS 343.035, to a child
identified as a child with disabilities pursuant to ORS 343.146
to 343.183 when provided in accordance with ORS 343.221.
(7) 'Intern teacher' means a regularly enrolled student of an
approved teacher education institution who teaches under the
supervision of the staff of the institution and of the employing
school district in order to acquire practical experience in
teaching and for which the student receives both academic
credit from the institution andilnancial compensation from the
school district or education service district. ; ' ' ?r'
(8) 'State board' means the State Board of Education.
(9) 'Teacher' includes all licensed employees in the public
schools or employed by an education service district who have
direct responsibility for instruction, coordination of
educational programs or supervision or evaluation of teachers
and who are compensated for their services from public funds.
'Teacher' does not include a school nurse as defined in ORS
342.455.
(10) 'Teaching license' means a license issued under ORS
342. 125 or section 2 of this 2001 Act . SECTION 5.
ORS 342.815 is amended to read: 342.815. As used in ORS
342.805 to 342.937 unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 342.120, 'administrator' includes
any teacher the majority of whose employed time is devoted to
service as a supervisor, principal, vice principal or director of a
department or the equivalent in a fair dismissal district but
shall not include the superintendent, deputy superintendent or
assistant superintendent of any such district or any substitute
or temporary teacher employed by such a district.
(2) 'Board' means the board of directors of a fair dismissal
school district.
(3) 'Contract teacher' means any teacher who has been regu
larly employed by a school district for a probationary period of
three successive school years, and who has been retained for
the next succeeding school year. The district school board may
enter into agreements that provide for a shorter probationary
period of not less than one year for teachers who have satisfied
the three-year probationary period in another Oregon school
district.
(4) 'District superintendent' means the superintendent of
schools of a fair dismissal district or, in the absence of the
superintendent, the person designated to fulfill the
superintendent's functions.
(5) 'Fair dismissal district' means any common or union high
school district or education service district.
(6) 'Probationary teacher' means any teacher employed by a
fair
dismissal district who is not a contract teacher.
(7) 'Program of assistance for improvement' means a written
plan for a contract teacher that with reasonable specificity:
(a) Helps teachers adapt and improve to meet changing de
mands of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century in
ORS chapter 329 if applicable.
(b) Identifies specific deficiencies in the contract teacher's
conduct or performance.
(c) Sets forth corrective steps the contract teacher may pursue
to overcome or correct the deficiencies.
(d) Establishes the assessment techniques by which the district
will measure and determine whether the teacher has suffi
ciently corrected the deficiencies to meet district standards.
(8) 'Substitute teacher' means any teacher who is employed to
take the place of a probationary or contract teacher who is
temporarily absent.
(9) Notwithstanding ORS 342. 120, 'teacher' means any
person who holds a - teacher's - teaching license
or registration as provided in ORS 342. 125 or section 2 of
this 2001 Act or who is otherwise authorized to teach in
the public schools of this state and who is employed half time
or more as an instructor or administrator.
(10) 'Temporary teacher' means a teacher employed to fill a
position designated as temporary or experimental or to fill a
vacancy which occurs after the opening of school because of
unanticipated enrollment or because of the death, disability,
retirement, resignation, contract non-extension or dismissal of
a contract or probationary teacher.
ANA PRE-AWARD TRAINING
THE MUSEUM OF WARM SPRINGS
HOSTED BY THE
WARM SPRINGS LANGUAGE PROGRAM
MARCH 8 & 9, 2001
9:00 - 4:00
FEATURED SPEAKERS
DR ROBLAS - DEVELOPMENT ASSOC
AND
DAN VAN OTTEN
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Agency Language Classes
the Language Trailer
behind the Old Boys Dorm
Paiute Language
Wed. 3:30-4:30 PM
Sahaptin Language
Tues. & Thurs.
3:30-4:30 PM
Wasco Language
Thurs. 5:00-6:00 PM
Simnasho Language Classes
Sahaptin Language
Simnasho Longhouse
Tues. & Thurs.
6:00-7:00 PM
Your favorite Langugage is now
on everyday! Listen to KWSO at
6:30AM, 12:30PM and 6:30PM
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