OAR 584-220-0120. Legacy Teaching Endorsements

(1) Purpose: To transition to the 2016 Teaching License Rule Redesign, legacy endorsements were added to Legacy, Preliminary, Professional, and Teacher Leader licenses for eligible educators who worked in qualifying legacy endorsement areas prior to January 1, 2016. A Legacy teaching endorsement on a license indicates that the educator is eligible for teaching assignments in prekindergarten through grade twelve as provided by the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) course codes associated with the endorsement as provided by the TSPC course catalogue. (2) Legacy Middle Level: To be eligible to hold a Legacy Middle Level endorsement to a Preliminary, Professional or Teacher Leader teaching license, the educator must have held a Multiple Subjects endorsement authorized at the Middle Level on an Initial I, Initial II, Continuing or Professional teaching license prior to July 1, 2015.