342.120
Definitions for chapter.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Administrator”
includes but is not limited to all superintendents, assistant superintendents,
principals and academic program directors in public schools or education
service districts who have direct responsibility for supervision or evaluation
of licensed teachers and who are compensated for their services from public
funds.
(2) “Administrative
license” means a license issued under ORS 342.125 (3)(f) or (g).
(3) “Approved
educator preparation program” means a licensure program that:
(a) Prepares
persons to become educators in any grade from preprimary through grade 12;
(b) Is offered by
an approved educator preparation provider; and
(c) Meets the
standards of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, as provided by ORS
342.147.
(4) “Approved
educator preparation provider” means a sponsor or provider of an educator
preparation program that meets the standards of the Teacher Standards and
Practices Commission, as provided by ORS 342.147.
(5) “Commission
licensee” means a person whom the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission
has the authority to investigate or discipline because the person:
(a) Is enrolled
in an approved educator preparation program;
(b) Is an
applicant for a Teacher Standards and Practices Commission license or
registration;
(c) Holds a
license or registration issued by the Teacher Standards and Practices
Commission; or
(d) Has held a
license or registration issued by the Teacher Standards and Practices
Commission at any time during the previous five years.
(6) “Instruction”
includes preparation of curriculum, assessment and direction of learning in
class, in small groups, in individual situations, online, 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 a
disability pursuant to ORS 343.146 to 343.183 when provided in accordance with
ORS 343.221.
(7) “Instructional
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 Teacher Standards and Practices
Commission.
(8) “Teacher”
includes all licensed employees in the public schools or employed by an
education service district who have direct responsibility for instruction or
coordination of educational programs and who are compensated for their services
from public funds. “Teacher” does not include a school nurse as defined in ORS
342.455 or an instructional assistant.
(9) “Teaching
license” means a license issued under ORS 342.125 or 342.144.
(10) “Underrepresented
person” means:
(a) A person
having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa, but who is not
Hispanic;
(b) A person of
Hispanic culture or origin;
(c) A person
having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia,
the Indian subcontinent or the Pacific Islands; or
(d) An American
Indian or Alaska Native having origins in any of the original peoples of North
America. [1961 c.439 §1; 1965 c.100 §348; 1965 c.550 §1; 1973 c.270 §2; 1975
c.278 §1; 1981 c.393 §1; 1981 c.469 §5; 1989 c.125 §1; 1993 c.45 §149; 2001
c.653 §4; 2007 c.70 §100; 2011 c.609 §4; 2015 c.647 §§6,36; 2018 c.72 §2; 2021
c.97 §33; 2021 c.151 §1; 2021 c.518 §12]
LICENSING AND
REGISTRATION OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS
(Generally)
Notes of Decisions
Mitchell v. Bd. of Educ., 669 P.2d 356 (Or. Ct. App. 1983).
· cites it 11× “The 1979 version of ORS 342.120 (which was in effect at the time of these events) does not expressly apply this definition to ORS 342.”
Davis v. Wasco Intermediate Educ. Dist., 593 P.2d 1152 (Or. 1979).
· cites it 2× “650 should be read in harmony with the statutory provisions governing the employment of teachers by reading the term "public employe" in 236.”
Springfield Educ. Ass'n v. Springfield Sch. Dist. No. 19, 547 P.2d 647 (Or. Ct. App. 1976).
“We refer to those portions where ERB determined that the subject of a school district’s contracting with the University of Oregon over student teacher programs was a prohibited subject for bargaining by virtue of ORS 342.120(6), 342.155, 342.980, and Administrative Rules for…”
Springfield Educ. Ass'n v. Springfield Sch. Dist. No. 19, 549 P.2d 1141 (Or. Ct. App. 1976).
“ERB ruled as it did because it was of the opinion that ORS 342.120(6), 342.155 and 342.980 amounted to legislative pre-emption of the area, precluding a *410 school board from negotiating as to the subjects covered by the noted statutes.”
Oregon Educ. Ass'n v. Eugene Sch. Dist. No. 4J, 633 P.2d 28 (Or. Ct. App. 1981).
“6 ORS 342.120(8) provides: " Teacher’ includes all certificated employes in the public schools * * * who have direct responsibility for instruction, * * * and who are compensated for their services from public funds.”
Cooper v. Fair Dismissal Appeals Bd., 570 P.2d 1005 (Or. Ct. App. 1977).
“See ORS 342.120 to 342.203. Under state Department of Education rules a teacher with petitioner’s general secondary certificate cannot teach subjects other than *[525] those covered by his specific endorsement unless (1) approved by the superintendent of the school district and…”
Humphreys v. Bethel Sch. Dist. No. 52, 636 P.2d 463 (Or. Ct. App. 1981).
“” "Instructor” is not defined in the Fair Dismissal Law; "instruction” is, however, defined in ORS 342.120(5) as "direction of learning in class, in small groups, in individual situations, in the library and in guidance and counseling.”
Oregon Educ. Ass'n v. Eugene Sch. Dist. No. 4J, 666 P.2d 272 (Or. Ct. App. 1983).
““ORS 342.120(8) provides: ‘ “Teacher” includes all certificated employees in the public schools * * * who have direct responsibility for instruction, * * * and who are compensated for their services from public funds.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 342.120(1) — 1 case
Mitchell v. Bd. of Educ., 669 P.2d 356 (Or. Ct. App. 1983).
“The 1979 version of ORS 342.120 (which was in effect at the time of these events) does not expressly apply this definition to ORS 342.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 342.120(5) — 1 case
Humphreys v. Bethel Sch. Dist. No. 52, 636 P.2d 463 (Or. Ct. App. 1981).
“” "Instructor” is not defined in the Fair Dismissal Law; "instruction” is, however, defined in ORS 342.120(5) as "direction of learning in class, in small groups, in individual situations, in the library and in guidance and counseling.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 342.120(6) — 2 cases
Springfield Educ. Ass'n v. Springfield Sch. Dist. No. 19, 547 P.2d 647 (Or. Ct. App. 1976).
“We refer to those portions where ERB determined that the subject of a school district’s contracting with the University of Oregon over student teacher programs was a prohibited subject for bargaining by virtue of ORS 342.120(6), 342.155, 342.980, and Administrative Rules for…”
Springfield Educ. Ass'n v. Springfield Sch. Dist. No. 19, 549 P.2d 1141 (Or. Ct. App. 1976).
“ERB ruled as it did because it was of the opinion that ORS 342.120(6), 342.155 and 342.980 amounted to legislative pre-emption of the area, precluding a *410 school board from negotiating as to the subjects covered by the noted statutes.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 342.120(8) — 2 cases
Oregon Educ. Ass'n v. Eugene Sch. Dist. No. 4J, 633 P.2d 28 (Or. Ct. App. 1981).
“6 ORS 342.120(8) provides: " Teacher’ includes all certificated employes in the public schools * * * who have direct responsibility for instruction, * * * and who are compensated for their services from public funds.”
Oregon Educ. Ass'n v. Eugene Sch. Dist. No. 4J, 666 P.2d 272 (Or. Ct. App. 1983).
““ORS 342.120(8) provides: ‘ “Teacher” includes all certificated employees in the public schools * * * who have direct responsibility for instruction, * * * and who are compensated for their services from public funds.”
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