2015 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 09 - Education and Culture
Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel
Section 342.202 - Administrator comprehensive leadership development system.

(1) The Department of Education, in partnership with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, shall create a comprehensive leadership development system for administrators licensed under ORS 342.125.

(2) The comprehensive leadership development system must include:

(a) A cost-effective plan that requires the coordination of public and private organizations and resources to:

(A) Improve the success of this state’s highest needs students;

(B) Provide research and technical assistance to schools seeking to adopt or enhance evidence-based leadership practices;

(C) Recruit underrepresented persons into the field of public school leadership; and

(D) Strengthen the capacity of administrators to improve education in public schools in this state;

(b) A plan for collaboration and continuous improvement among administrator preparation programs approved by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to support performance-based assessments for administrators and candidates for administrative licensure;

(c) A plan for recruitment of underrepresented persons into administrator leadership programs;

(d) The improvement of access to high quality preparation and professional development for administrators working in rural school districts;

(e) A method for disseminating evidence-based practices to support the development of effective principals and teachers; and

(f) A method for providing research and technical assistance to school districts to encourage the placement of the most highly effective teachers in the highest need schools.

[2011 c.609 §3]

Note: 342.202 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 342 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.