(1) 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. (2) The comprehensive leadership development system must include: (a) A cost-effective plan that requires the coordination of public and private organizations and resources to: (A) Improve the success of this states highest needs students; (B) Provide research and technical assistance to schools seeking to adopt or enhance evidence-based leadership practices; (C) Recruit underrepresented persons into the field of public school leadership; and (D) Strengthen the capacity of administrators to improve education in public schools in this state; (b) 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; (c) A plan for recruitment of underrepresented persons into administrator leadership programs; (d) The improvement of access to high quality preparation and professional development for administrators working in rural school districts; (e) A method for disseminating evidence-based practices to support the development of effective principals and teachers; and (f) 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. Note: 342.202 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 342 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
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