Welcome to the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) website!
Oregon Teacher Standards and
Practices Commission
TSPC's mission is to establish, uphold and enforce professional standards of excellence and communicate those standards to the public and educators for the benefit of Oregon's students.
Important TSPC Announcements and Updates
News from our Executive Director, Dr. Anthony Rosilez:
On June 18, 2019, the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission
approved new license and service fees. For most licenses and renewals, the
current $140 application fee will increase to $182. Expedited service will
increase from $149 to $194. Administrative license fees will increase to
$189 beginning January 1, 2020. At this time, the fee for submitting
applications through the eLicensing portal will remain at $10.
The Commission carefully considered the impact of fee increases on the
educators who serve our students as well as the responsibility of the agency to
meet its important public safety charge and support quality education in
Oregon. The decision to increase fees was not one taken lightly and was prompted
by the recent passing of SB 155, which reduces the investigation time for abuse
and sexual conduct cases to 90 days, and the increased costs of providing
service within the agency budget bill, SB 5537. TSPC will continue its strive
for increased efficiency in order to maintain the quality service that Oregon’s
educators and students deserve.
June 18, 2019 -
- Effective July 1, 2019 you will no longer receive a grace period and your license will not remain active if you do not submit an application/fee online PRIOR to your license expiration date.
- Currently
we are available for incoming calls to our customer service line between
the hours of 7:30am-11:00am and 3:00pm-5:00pm, Monday thru Friday.
- By
accessing the “Documents” tab in your elicensing account, you may
now view the following documents (once they are scanned into your file):
PEER forms, Official transcripts, Support documents from school districts
and Oregon Department of Education.
- You may
now upload documents (not required to be official) directly into your file
using the “Documents” tab in elicensing.
- Applications
are not considered “submitted” until the full application and fee are both
on file. Your processing time will start from that date.
- Please
“reply” directly to any message you receive unless it indicates “do not
reply”. You should receive a much faster response from the person who sent
the original message.
- You may
use the payment receipt emailed to you to verify with your school district
you have submitted your application.
- You may
view your ACTIVE license information by using the “Public Educator
Search” link on our home page.
- Please
send ALL fingerprint/background clearance questions directly to: finger.printing@oregon.gov
- If you are
not receiving your password reset email, please send an email to: egovhelp@oregon.gov
Application Status
***We are currently processing applications submitted online before mid-April 2019***
TSPC Contact Information
Call:
Phone number: 503-378-3586
Phone hours:
Monday – Friday 7:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Fax: 503-378-4448
Email:
Effective April 17, 2019 - anyone who has an eLicensing account will need to login and use the messages function to contact us
Visit our office in person:
Address: 250 Division St NE, Salem, OR 97301
Visiting hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Applications and payments can only be made through eLicensing.
eLicensing tips:
- Licensing tutorial
- eo tutorial: Browser Assistance
- o tutorial: Forgot Username and Password Reset
- If this is your first time using eLicensing, you must select the "Sign Up" button to create your username and password.
- Please do not create a new username if you have already created an eLicensing account. This will cause you to have two active accounts and may delay your processing.
- If you have eLicensing login issues please email TSPC at: online.tspc@oregon.gov or call 503-378-3586 and select option #1.
- TSPC is no longer accepting mailed, faxed, or emailed applications or payments. All applications must be submitted through the eLicensing system.
Submitting Documents
Please login to your eLicensing account online anytime after April 18, 2019 to submit all required documentation related to your licensure application.
PDU's
TSPC does not approve coursework or workshops for the awarding of PDUs. Please refer to the
PDU webpage for more information.