OAR 584-420-0040
Teacher Leader: Program Standards


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Candidates in Teacher Leader programs will be prepared to meet the following (7) domains of Teacher Leader knowledge and skills. The completion of the program does not qualify a teacher for the Teacher Leader license. The teacher must qualify for the license under the educational leadership requirements of the Teacher Leader License as provided in OAR 584-210-0050 (Teacher Leader License).

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Domain 1: Understanding Adults as Learners to Support Professional Learning Communities: The teacher leader understands how adults acquire and apply knowledge and uses this information to promote a culture of shared accountability for school outcomes that maximizes teacher effectiveness, promotes collaboration, enlists colleagues to be part of a leadership team, and drives continuous improvement in instruction and student learning.

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Domain 2: Accessing and Using Research to Improve Practice and Student Learning: The teacher leader understands how research creates new knowledge, informs policies and practices and improves teaching and learning. The teacher leader models and facilitates the use of systematic inquiry as a critical component of teachers’ ongoing learning and development.

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Domain 3: Promoting Professional Learning for Continuous Improvement: The teacher leader understands the constantly evolving nature of teaching and learning, established and emerging technologies, and the school community. The teacher leader uses this knowledge to promote, design, and facilitate job-embedded professional learning aligned with school improvement goals.

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Domain 4: Facilitating Improvements in Instruction and Student Learning: The teacher leader demonstrates a deep understanding of the teaching and learning processes and uses this knowledge to advance the professional skills of colleagues by being a continuous learner, modeling reflective practice based on student results, and working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure instructional practices are aligned to a shared vision, mission, and goals.

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Domain 5: Using Assessments and Data for School and District Improvement: The teacher leader is knowledgeable about current research on assessment methods, designing and/or selecting effective formative and summative assessment practices and use of assessment data to make informed decisions that improve student learning; and uses this knowledge to promote appropriate strategies that support continuous and sustainable organizational improvement.

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Domain 6: Improving Outreach and Collaboration with Families and Community: The teacher leader understands that families, cultures, and communities have a significant impact on educational processes and student achievement and uses this knowledge to promote frequent and more effective outreach with families, community members, business and community leaders and other stakeholders in the education system.

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Domain 7: Advocating for Student Learning and the Profession. The teacher leader understands how educational policy is made at the local, state, and national level as well as the roles of school leaders, boards of education, legislators, and other stakeholders in formulating those policies; and uses this knowledge to advocate for student needs and for practices that support effective teaching and increase student learning and to serve as an individual of influence and respect within the school, community and profession.

Source: Rule 584-420-0040 — Teacher Leader: Program Standards, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=584-420-0040.

584‑420‑0015
Reading Instruction: Program Standards
584‑420‑0016
Instruction on Dyslexia and other Reading Difficulties: Program Standards
584‑420‑0020
Preliminary Teaching License: Program Standards
584‑420‑0030
Professional Teaching License: Program Standards
584‑420‑0040
Teacher Leader: Program Standards
584‑420‑0050
Preliminary CTE License: Program Standards
584‑420‑0060
Principal License: Program Standards
584‑420‑0070
Professional Administrator License: Program Standards
584‑420‑0310
Art: Program Standards
584‑420‑0345
Elementary Education — Multiple Subjects: Program Standards
584‑420‑0360
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL): Program Standards
584‑420‑0365
Drama: Program Standards
584‑420‑0415
Library Media: Program Standards
584‑420‑0420
Music: Program Standards
584‑420‑0425
Physical Education: Program Standards
584‑420‑0440
Reading Interventionist: Program Standards
584‑420‑0460
Special Education: Program Standards
584‑420‑0465
Special Education - Early Intervention and Early Childhood: Program Standards
584‑420‑0475
Special Education: Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Program Standards
584‑420‑0490
World Language: Program Standards
584‑420‑0600
American Sign Language Specialization: Program Standards
584‑420‑0610
Adaptive Physical Education Specialization: Program Standards
584‑420‑0620
Early Childhood Education Specialization: Program Standards
584‑420‑0630
Dual Language Specialization: Program Standards
584‑420‑0640
Autism Spectrum Disorder Specialization: Program Standards
584‑420‑0650
Mathematics Instructional Leader: PreK-8 Specialization: Program Standards
584‑420‑0655
Mathematics Instructional Leader: 6-12 Specialization: Program Standards
584‑420‑0660
Talented and Gifted Specialization: Program Standards
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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