The Educator Advancement Council is an innovative
partnership aimed at helping Oregon achieve high-quality, well-supported and
culturally-responsive public educators in every classroom.
Building upon the Governor’s Council on Educator Advancement
recommendations, the Oregon Legislature created the Council through the passage
of Senate Bill 182. The Council will expand on Oregon’s current efforts to
further support educators statewide including, but not limited to:
- Establishing a system of local educator networks that
prioritize and enhance educators’ access to professional learning and support
services, combining state investment and other leveraged resources driven by
educator need.
- Supporting the Oregon Teacher
Scholars Program to help achieve purposes of the Educator’s Equity
Act, including scholarships, mentoring, networking and other resources for
racially or linguistically diverse teaching candidates.
- Better aligning early learning professional development
efforts with K-12.
- Researching and addressing issues related to educator
workforce supply and demand.
- Beginning in Fall 2019, EAC will distribute funds to Regional Educator Networks (RENs) across the state who will then facilitate content, process, and infrastructure support to school districts. The system will not initially organize around a solution, program, or an initiative, but rather around improving systems of support for educators along the educator advancement continuum.
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The Council specifically seeks diverse perspectives along with the geographic representation from south-central Oregon and coastal regions.
- Community-based Organization representative - applications due 8/30/19
- K12 Educator - applications due 9/30/19