ORS 342.202 Administrator comprehensive leadership development system

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.

The comprehensive leadership development system must include:

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

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

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

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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.