{"id":68,"date":"2016-09-01T14:43:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T21:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/tspc\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2016-09-01T14:43:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T21:43:42","slug":"middle-school-language-arts-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/tspc\/faculty-resources\/endorsement-oars\/middle-school-language-arts-endorsement\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundational Language Arts Endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"TOFC_Header\"><b>584-220-0085<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"TOFC_Rules\"><b>Foundational English Language Arts<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\">(1) Purpose: A Foundational English Language Arts endorsement indicates that an educator is qualified to teach prekindergarten through grade 12 assignments in Foundational English Language Arts as provided by the TSPC Licensure Guide for Foundational English Language Art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\">(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 and OAR 584-210-0160, License on Conditional Assignment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\">(3) Adding to Existing Preliminary Teaching License: A Foundational English Language Arts endorsement may be added to an existing Preliminary Teaching license by demonstrating content knowledge and completing Foundational English Language Arts pedagogy requirements as defined in this rule. To be eligible to add a Foundational English Language Arts endorsement to an existing Preliminary Teaching License, an applicant must:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\">(a) Provide documentation of a passing score on the Commission-approved subject mastery test for Foundational English Language Arts; and<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\">(b) Meet one of the following Foundational English Language Arts pedagogy requirements:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\">(A) Admission to and completion of a Commission-approved Foundational English Language Arts preparation program; or<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\">(B) Complete a Foundational English Language Arts 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<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\">(C) Complete a supervised practicum in a Foundational English Language Arts assignment in a public school setting. To verify the practicum, a school district must submit a PEER form and a statement verifying that:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\">(i) The applicant completed at least 60 hours of a supervised practicum in Foundational English Language Arts courses;<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\">(ii) The practicum was supervised by a teacher holding a Professional, Teacher Leader or Legacy Teaching license with a Foundational or full English Language Arts endorsement;<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\">(iii) The applicant has obtained the required pedagogy skills to teach Foundational English Language Arts<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\"><strong>Note: <\/strong>The district must indicate in the statement that the supervisory teacher supports the verification of applicant skill level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\">(iv) At the Executive Director\u2019s or Licensure Director\u2019s discretion, other Foundational English Language Arts 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 Foundational Language Arts instruction is required to qualify as a suitable practicum to add the endorsement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\">(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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\"><strong>Note: <\/strong>Adding the endorsement at the time of renewal will not require an additional cost to add the licensure renewal process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\">(4) Adding Foundational English Language Arts Endorsement to Other Licenses: To be eligible to add a Foundational English Language Arts endorsement to an existing Professional, Teacher Leader or Legacy teaching licenses teaching license, an applicant must:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\">(a) Provide documentation of a passing score on the Commission-approved subject mastery test for Foundational English Language Arts; and<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"History\">(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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"Rule_Number\"><b>Note<\/b>: Adding the endorsement at the time of renewal will not require an additional cost to add the licensure renewal process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"Rule_Title\">Stat. Auth.: ORS 342<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"Rule_Title\">Stats. Implemented: ORS 342.120 &#8211; 342.430, 342.455 &#8211; 342.495 &amp; 342.553<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"Rule_Title\">Hist.: TSPC 12-2015, f. 11-13-15, cert. ef. 1-1-16; TSPC 1-2016, f. &amp; cert. ef. 2-10-16<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>584-220-0085 Foundational English Language Arts (1) Purpose: A Foundational English Language Arts endorsement indicates that an educator is qualified to teach prekindergarten through grade 12 assignments in Foundational English Language Arts as provided by the TSPC Licensure Guide for Foundational &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/tspc\/faculty-resources\/endorsement-oars\/middle-school-language-arts-endorsement\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"parent":29,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-68","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/tspc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/tspc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/tspc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/tspc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/tspc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/tspc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/tspc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/tspc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}