Restricted Substitute Teaching License
(1) Upon filing a correct and complete application in form and manner prescribed by the Commission, a qualified applicant and a co-applying district or districts may be granted a Restricted Substitute Teaching License.
(a) The Restricted Substitute Teaching License is valid for substitute teaching at any level in any specialty to replace a teacher who is temporarily unable to work.
(b) The license is valid for one year or less and expires on June 30 of each school year for which it is issued.
(c) Districts who did not co-apply with the applicant may request permission to add the substitute to their district upon filing an additional application and fee.
(d) Any single assignment on this license may not exceed 10 days consecutively under any circumstances. [See subsection (4) below for further information.]
(2) To be eligible for a Restricted Substitute Teaching License, the applicant must:
(a)(A) Hold a bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution or an approved foreign equivalent;
(B) Awarding of a higher degree in the arts and sciences or an advanced degree in the professions from a regionally accredited institution in the United States validates a non-regionally accredited bachelor's degree for licensure;
(b) Furnish fingerprints in the manner prescribed by the Commission if the applicant has not been fingerprinted or has not held an active license issued by the Commission in the past three years;
(c) Provide a letter from the co-applicant district stating the reasons for the license; and
(d) Obtain a passing score on a Commission-approved test of knowledge of U.S. and Oregon civil rights and professional ethics.
(3) To be eligible for renewal of the Restricted Substitute Teaching License an applicant must:
(a) Submit letter from district requesting renewal;
(b) Obtain a passing score as currently specified by the Commission on a test of basic verbal and computational skills, unless the applicant has a master�s degree ; and
(c) Complete ten (10) professional development units in accordance with OAR Chapter 584, Division 90.
(4) (a) A district and co-applicant educator may apply for an Emergency Teaching License for the holder of a Restricted Substitute Teaching License if the district is unable to obtain a regularly licensed teacher for any position lasting more than ten consecutive days .
(b) The Emergency Teaching License will allow the educator to teach for a time beyond the allowed timelines stated in subsection (1) above.
(c) The Executive Director may approve the Emergency Teaching License upon proof of the district�s emergency pursuant to ORS 584-060-0210.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 342
Stats. Implemented: ORS 342.120 - 342.430; 342.455 - 342.495; 342.533
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