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2 TEACHER STANDARDS AND PRACTICES comrssifii'l OTGON
3 In the Matter of the )
Teaching License of ) STIPULATION, SURRENDER OF
4 DORIS ELIZABETH MYERS ) LICENSE AND ORDER
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6 On September 25, 1997, the Teacher Standards and Practices
7 Commission (Commission) issued a Notice of Opportunity for hearing
8 to Doris Elizabeth Myers. Thereafter Ms. Myers requested a hearing
9 through her attorney, Margaret S. Olney. The Commission. and
10 Ms. Myers have now reviewed the issues connected with this
11 proceeding and have determined that their respective interest and
12 the public interest is best served by a stipulation to certain
13 facts and a surrender of Ms. Myers’ Oregon teaching license.
14 Ms. Myers understands in entering this stipulation that the
’ 15 Commission will accept her surrender of her teaching license and
16 will revoke her teaching license. i
l7 STIPULATED FACTS
18 Ms. Myers and the Commission stipulate as follows:
19 l. Ms. Myers holds a standard Oregon teaching license with
2O an endorsement in Elementary Education and Handicapped
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22 2. Ms. Myers was employed as a teacher of special education
23 Y by the Springfield School District from January 8, 1986
24 to January 23, 19996.
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. 1 3. During the 1995-96 school year, Ms. Myers taught at
2 Elizabeth Page Elementary School in a classroom for
3 children diagnosed as seriously emotionally disturbed.
4 4. In November 1995 the school principal received a
5 complaint from a classroom aide concerning Ms. Myers’
6 teaching methods, disciplinary methods and interactions
7 with staff in her classroom. As a result the district
8 conducted an investigation and on January 22, 1996, the
9 district gave notice to Ms. Myers of the district's
10 intent to dismiss her from her position as a teacher in
11 the district.
12 5. On January 23, 1996, Ms. Myers entered into a negotiated
13 agreement with the district that included her resignation

' 14 effective January 30, 1996, and her entitlement to early
15 retirement .
16 6. Ms. Myers has denied and continues to deny that she
l7 engaged in conduct that would warrant disciplinary action
18 by the Commission. However, Ms. Myers has now retired
19 from the teaching profession and is actively engaged in
20 other employment. Because she does not intend to return
21 to teaching and because she does not believe it would be
22 beneficial to her or to the staff, children and parents
23 of the school to go through a contested case hearing, Ms.
24 Myers agrees to surrender her Oregon teaching license and
25 to enter into this stipulation and order. In entering
26 this stipulation, Ms. Myers understands that the

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1 Commission will accept the surrender of her teaching
. 2 license and will enter an order revoking that license.
3 7. Although Ms. Myers does not admit she violated Commission
4 standards, she stipulates that there is substantial
5 evidence in the record for the Commission to make the
6 findings of fact contained in this order.
7 8. The Commission finds that in November and December 1995
8 Ms. Myers used inappropriate disciplinary methods towards
9 one or more children in her classroom that were not
10 authorized by the children's behavior plans or their
11 individualized education programs.
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' l CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER
2 Based on the foregoing, the Commission finds that Ms. Myers
3 violated OAR 584-20-0040(4). The Commission accepts the surrender
4 of the teaching license of Doris Elizabeth Myers and orders that
5 Ms. Myers's Oregon teaching license shall be revoked on the
6 effective date of this order. .
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7 DATED this (g day of February 1998.
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