OAR 581-018-0305: Establishment: Educator Effectiveness and CCSS Implementation Grant

(1) The Educator Effectiveness and CCSS Implementation Grant program is established as part of the Network for Quality Teaching and Learning. (2) The purposes of the grants are to: (a) Build each school district’s capacity to support full implementation of the Oregon Framework for Teacher and Administrator Evaluation and Support Systems and the Common Core State Standards. (b) Enhance school district leadership capacity to plan and support high quality professional learning. (c) Ensure coherence and integration of policies to improve educator practice and student learning. (d) Establish and support regional Peer Review Panels to: (A) Ensure that districts are fully implementing valid and reliable educator evaluation and support systems and CCSS including for English Learners, students with disabilities, and low-achieving students; and (B) Provide high quality feedback and support to districts. (C) Districts must present their evaluation and support system to a Peer Review Panel by July 1, 2015.