OMEA Teacher Licensure in Oregon: Learn More About Praxis II Tests

From the Chancellor�s Office for Academic Affairs, Oregon University System: Workshops for those interested in learning more about Praxis II tests required for teacher licensure in Oregon.

Two key recommendations from the Oregon Arts & Sciences Summit: Bridging Arts & Sciences and Teacher Education, sponsored by the Oregon Quality Assurance in Teaching (O-QAT) federal grant project in both spring 2001* and 2002,* called for:

Faculty/staff to become more familiar with content area Praxis tests required for completion of teacher preparation programs and licensure in Oregon, and
Faculty/staff to develop test preparation workshops for teacher candidates.

O-QAT will not be sponsoring another Arts & Sciences/Education Summit in 2003 but will INSTEAD be sponsoring two different Praxis II workshops in collaboration with the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to respond to the above recommendations. The all-day workshops will be held February 26, 27, and March 3, in three locations in the state to make them more accessible. Travel assistance is available to faculty and staff coming from a distance.

One workshop will prepare folks who want to develop workshop(s) for their students to learn more about Praxis II; this workshop will also be of interest to ESDs and school districts who wish to help teachers who hold a Transitional License to prepare for Praxis II testing. The second workshop is for faculty/staff wanting to learn more about the test. Arts & Science as well as Education faculty are particularly encouraged to attend the latter workshop so they will be better able to incorporate into their courses the type of knowledge future teachers may see covered in Praxis content tests.

For those of you with a website, we ask that you add a temporary link to your website if feasible - and/or send a notice to your Listserv to let members of your organization know about this opportunity to learn more about the Praxis II tests required for Oregon teacher licensure, and ultimately, to help teacher candidates be better prepared to successfully pass these tests.

More information about the workshops and an online registration form are available. The registration deadline for all workshops is February 1, 2003. Since seating may be limited at various sites, early registration is recommended. Thanks for helping to get the word out.

* See Statewide Arts & Science Meetings/Action Plans

Holly Zanville
Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Oregon University System
P.O. Box 3175
Eugene, OR 97403
541-346-5726
FAX: 541-346-5764
Email: [email protected]