OAR 584-220-0185: Special Education: Early Intervention and Early Childhood

(1) Purpose: A Special Education: Early Intervention and Early Childhood endorsement indicates that an educator is qualified to teach from birth through grade 12 assignments in Special Education: Early Intervention and Early Childhood as provided by TSPC course catalogue for Special Education: Early Intervention and Early Childhood. (2) An educator is not authorized to teach in the endorsed area unless and until the endorsement is officially added to the license, except as provided in OAR 584-210-0170 Atypical Assignments and OAR 584-210-0160, License on Conditional Assignment. (3) To be eligible to add a Special Education: Early Intervention and Early Childhood endorsement to an existing Preliminary, Professional, Teacher Leader or Legacy teaching license, an applicant must: (a) Be admitted to and complete a Commission-approved Special Education: Early Intervention and Early Childhood preparation program that meets the standards as provided in Chapter 584, Division 420; and (b) Submit a complete and correct application to obtain the endorsement in the form and manner required by the Commission, including payment of all required fees as provided in OAR 584-200-0050. NOTE: Adding the endorsement at the time of renewal will not require an additional cost to the licensure renewal process.