Bill Text: OR SB290 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to performance standards for educators; and declaring an emergency.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-09 - Effective date, August 5, 2011. [SB290 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2011-SB290-Enrolled.html
76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 290
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on
Education and General Government)
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to performance standards for educators; and declaring an
emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + Section 2 of this 2011 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 342.805 to 342.937. + }
SECTION 2. { + (1) The State Board of Education, in
consultation with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission,
shall adopt core teaching standards to improve student academic
growth and learning by:
(a) Assisting school districts in determining the effectiveness
of teachers and administrators and in making human resource
decisions; and
(b) Improving the professional development and the classroom
and administrative practices of teachers and administrators.
(2) The core teaching standards adopted under this section
must:
(a) Take into consideration multiple measures of teacher
effectiveness, based on widely accepted standards of teaching
that encompass a range of appropriate teaching behaviors and that
use multiple evaluation methods;
(b) Take into consideration evidence of student academic growth
and learning based on multiple measures of student progress,
including performance data of students, schools and school
districts;
(c) Be research-based;
(d) Be separately developed for teachers and administrators;
and
(e) Be able to be customized for each school district, which
may include individualized weighting and application of
standards.
(3) The core teaching standards adopted under this section must
attempt to:
(a) Strengthen the knowledge, skills, disposition and classroom
and administrative practices of teachers and administrators in
public schools;
(b) Refine the support, assistance and professional growth
opportunities offered to a teacher or an administrator, based on
the individual needs of the teacher or administrator and the
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needs of the students, the school and the school district of the
teacher or administrator;
(c) Allow each teacher or administrator to establish a set of
classroom or administrative practices and student learning
objectives that are based on the individual circumstances of the
teacher or administrator, including the classroom or other
assignments of the teacher or administrator;
(d) Establish a formative growth process for each teacher and
administrator that supports professional learning and
collaboration with other teachers and administrators; and
(e) Use evaluation methods and professional development,
support and other activities that are based on curricular
standards and that are targeted to the needs of each teacher and
administrator. + }
SECTION 3. { + (1) No later than January 1, 2012, the State
Board of Education shall adopt core teaching standards that
comply with the requirements described in section 2 of this 2011
Act.
(2) The State Board of Education shall adopt the standards as
required by subsection (1) of this section after receiving the
input of teachers, administrators, members of school district
boards, professional organizations for teachers and
administrators and any other entity that the state board or
Teacher Standards and Practices Commission determines has an
interest or expertise related to the standards. + }
SECTION 4. Section 2 of this 2011 Act is amended to read:
{ + Sec. 2. + } (1) The State Board of Education, in
consultation with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission,
shall adopt core teaching standards to improve student academic
growth and learning by:
(a) Assisting school districts in determining the effectiveness
of teachers and administrators and in making human resource
decisions; and
(b) Improving the professional development and the classroom
and administrative practices of teachers and administrators.
(2) The core teaching standards adopted under this section
must:
(a) Take into consideration multiple measures of teacher
effectiveness, based on widely accepted standards of teaching
that encompass a range of appropriate teaching behaviors and that
use multiple evaluation methods;
(b) Take into consideration evidence of student academic growth
and learning based on multiple measures of student progress,
including performance data of students, schools and school
districts;
(c) Be research-based;
(d) Be separately developed for teachers and administrators;
and
(e) Be able to be customized for each school district, which
may include individualized weighting and application of
standards.
(3) The core teaching standards adopted under this section must
attempt to:
(a) Strengthen the knowledge, skills, disposition and classroom
and administrative practices of teachers and administrators in
public schools;
(b) Refine the support, assistance and professional growth
opportunities offered to a teacher or an administrator, based on
the individual needs of the teacher or administrator and the
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needs of the students, the school and the school district of the
teacher or administrator;
(c) Allow each teacher or administrator to establish a set of
classroom or administrative practices and student learning
objectives that are based on the individual circumstances of the
teacher or administrator, including the classroom or other
assignments of the teacher or administrator;
(d) Establish a formative growth process for each teacher and
administrator that supports professional learning and
collaboration with other teachers and administrators; and
(e) Use evaluation methods and professional development,
support and other activities that are based on curricular
standards and that are targeted to the needs of each teacher and
administrator.
{ + (4) A school district board must include the core
teaching standards adopted under this section for all evaluations
of teachers and administrators of the school district. The
standards shall be customized based on the collaborative efforts
of the teachers and administrators of the school district and the
exclusive bargaining representative of the employees of the
school district. + }
SECTION 5. { + (1) The amendments to section 2 of this 2011
Act by section 4 of this 2011 Act become operative on July 1,
2013.
(2) The requirements of section 2 (4) of this 2011 Act apply to
all evaluations of teachers and administrators occurring on or
after July 1, 2013. + }
SECTION 6. { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect July 1,
2011. + }
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Passed by Senate June 14, 2011
.............................................................
Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate
.............................................................
Peter Courtney, President of Senate
Passed by House June 20, 2011
.............................................................
Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House
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Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2011
Approved:
......M.,............., 2011
.............................................................
John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2011
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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