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Strengthening Oregon’s Teacher Corps: New Ways to Think about Recruitment,

Career Ladders and Licensure

The following slides represent draft ideas emanating from research and discussions involving Hilda Rosselli, OEIB Deputy Director and Victoria Chamberlain, TSPC

Executive Director and are still a work in progress.DRAFT

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CONSIDER THESE IDEAS IN 2 WAYS:

1. SUPPORTING AND INFORMING THE WORK OF THE TSPC LICENSURE REDESIGN COMMITTEE.2. DEFINING NEEDED EFFORTS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE TSPC ACTION BUT CAN COMPLEMENT LICENSURE REDESIGN.

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A new Oregon Career Ladder/Licensure system presupposes the energy and intent of all stakeholders including Educator Preparation Providers (EPP) and their college/university presidents, Local Education Agencies (LEA), legislators, business and industry, and state agencies involved with any aspect of P-20 education working with the Oregon Education Investment Board (OEIB). 1/28/13


Why a Tiered Licensure?

• Oregon needs new recruitment pathways and financial incentives for future educators.

• Oregon needs a licensure system that communicates timely expectations for educators to move from novice to professional levels.

• Lastly, Oregon needs a new licensure option that encourages teachers to grow and contribute to the profession as teacher leaders.

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Strengthening Oregon’s professional career and licensure pathway can

• Elevate the importance of the profession,• Attract a core of educators who see

opportunities and incentives for early involvement,

• Create progressive levels of preparation and experience, along with continued levels of advancement that help retain educators, and

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A Call to All

OEIB acknowledges that an educator pipeline issue is not just the responsibility of Educator Preparation Providers but is also impacted by hiring and job placement practices in LEAs as well as the working conditions, supports, professional development and career advancement opportunities that are available.

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Oregon needs to take proactive steps to improve the diversity of the future teaching workforce and to develop a pipeline for educational leaders of color or who are bilingual is created.

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Diversifying the Workforce


The Oregon Context

1. Of the 60,049 teachers holding teaching licenses in Oregon during 2011-12, 54,777 or 91.22% are white.

2. Oregon’s K-12 population continues to become more diverse (race, ethnicity and language)

3. The discrepancy between Oregon’s minority students and minority teachers has grown from 15.2% to 27.25%.

4. Oregon’s median age of licensed teachers continues to increase.

5. Eventual retirements create new market need for classroom teachers.

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Diversifying the Workforce

1. No single strategy can move the mark on educator workforce demographics significantly.

2. Too often solutions have been implemented in isolation of any change to the career leader for educators.

3. Without attention to retention, teacher recruitment efforts may have limited impact.

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Loss of teachers is costly

4. For schools and districts, hiring new teachers who leave within five years can be costly.

5. The cost of one teacher leaving the district to range from $4,366 for a small rural district to $17,872 for a large urban district.

Barnes, Crowe, and Schaefer (2007) National Commission on Teaching and America's Future

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What can be done?

A comprehensive career pathway and tiered licensure system should also provide an option for those educators who wish to move further in the profession as teacher leaders.

Hargreaves and Fullan acknowledge that teachers in their mid-career are the most overlooked group. Research shows that by about 8 years teachers feel established, competent, and confident in how to deal with students. We need to support and acknowledge the strengths of teachers at this level.1/28/13


Current Oregon Licensure Ladder

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Continuing Teacher License Initial II Teacher License

or

Initial I Teacher License (ITL)

(Teacher Preparation)

For Teachers


Multiple Recruitment Paths

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School-Aged Recruits

Middle School Students

High School Students

Post-Secondary Recruits

Community College Students

Undergraduate Students

Instructional Assistants

Career Changers

Teachers from other Western

States

Industry and Content Experts


"Grow your Own" programs are an important part of a recruitment strategy that will develop

educators who are grounded in their communities and committed to long-term

careers in schools.

E.A. Skinner, M.T. Garreton, B.D. Schultz (2011). Grow Your Own Teachers: Grassroots Change for Teacher Education. Teaching for Social Justice. NY: Teachers College Press.

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Changing the Recruitment Equation

• Future teachers often start as volunteers, instructional aides, or content experts.

• Oregon needs a statewide campaign, preferably funded by private funds, to attract, support, and retain a more diverse future educator workforce from all three routes.

• Campaign must include user-friendly licensure information, access to supports (test prep), targeted financial aid, and apprentice/volunteer opportunities.

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Rethinking Entry into Teaching Profession for Instructional Assistants

• What role could licensure play to provide the next level of PD and recognition for currently employed Instructional Assistants?

• What incentives would licensure cause post-secondary and districts to develop that could attract these individuals into the teaching profession– Supports for taking and passing the basic skills test – A selection of classes that advance their skill sets– Develop financial aid and scholarship incentives

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Ideas to consider

• Revisit the Teacher Associate License

• Create an Instructor License

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Rethinking Entry into Teaching Profession using a Resident License

• Individuals with a Resident license would be eligible to work in collaboration with a licensed teacher to provide instruction for small groups of students.

• Individuals with a Resident license would not serve as Instructor of Record but would be mentored/supervised by an Instructor of Record.

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Why a Resident License

• Districts can grow and invest in teacher candidates who are vested in the community.

• Residents benefit from sustained support and coaching as they move forward towards becoming teachers.

• This pre teaching level license would allow districts to increase the number of caring adults in classrooms.

• Financial support for Residents (stipend/tuition vouchers, low interest home loans, etc.) would help retain them in the educator pipeline.

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Moving Past Initial Licensure LevelCurrent System

• New program completers earn an Initial I Teaching License.

• Graduate program completers have six years to complete 9 qtr/6 sem hours of graduate education.

• Undergraduate programs completer have 9 years to complete master’s or equivalent.

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Moving Past Initial Licensure LevelCurrent System

• New program completers earn an Initial I Teaching License.

• Graduate program completers have six years to complete 9 qtr/6 sem hours of graduate education.

• Undergraduate programs completer have 9 years to complete master’s or equivalent.

Introduce a Professional License in lieu of Initial II• Employed teachers with an

Initial License have 5 years to successfully complete a state required “induction” program and demonstrate demonstrate professional growth in areas identified through personal reflection and evaluation

• Unemployed teachers with an Initial License can renew Initial License with continued professional development.

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Initial to Professional: WA and CA

Washingto n• Residency Certificate with

one 2 year possible renewal• Professional Certificate

upon successful completion of ProTeach Portfolio, NBPTS, or Oregon CTL (or equivalent)

• Professional Certificate can be renewed

California• Preliminary Credential

(good for 5 years)• Professional Level License

upon successful completion of Induction program

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Developing Teacher Leaders

• Not all teachers seeking to advance in their careers want to become administrators.

• Now more than ever, there is a need for teacher leaders in the schools and districts.

• Standards for teacher leaders already exist.• Teacher leaders licensure should be optional

and based on agreed upon standards.

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