272.1 DEFINITIONS.
1. "Administrator" means a person who is licensed to
coordinate, supervise, or direct an educational program or the
activities of other practitioners.
2. "Board" means the board of educational examiners.
3. "Certificate" means limited recognition to perform
instruction and instruction-related duties in school, other than
those duties for which practitioners are licensed. A certificate is
nonexclusive recognition and does not confer the exclusive authority
of a license.
4. "Department" means the state department of education.
5. "License" means the authority that is given to allow a
person to legally serve as a practitioner, a school, an institution,
or a course of study to legally offer professional development
programs, other than those programs offered by practitioner
preparation schools, institutions, courses of study, or area
education agencies. A license is the exclusive authority to perform
these functions.
6. "Para-educator" means a person who is certified to assist
a teacher in the performance of instructional tasks to support and
assist classroom instruction and related school activities.
7. "Practitioner" means an administrator, teacher, or other
licensed professional, including an individual who holds a statement
of professional recognition, who provides educational assistance to
students.
8. "Practitioner preparation program" means a program
approved by the state board of education which prepares a person to
obtain a license as a practitioner.
9. "Principal" means a licensed member of a school's
instructional staff who serves as an instructional leader,
coordinates the process and substance of educational and
instructional programs, coordinates the budget of the school,
provides formative evaluation for all practitioners and other persons
in the school, recommends or has effective authority to appoint,
assign, promote, or transfer personnel in a school building,
implements the local school board's policy in a manner consistent
with professional practice and ethics, and assists in the development
and supervision of a school's student activities program.
10. "Professional development program" means a course or
program which is offered by a person or agency for the purpose of
providing continuing education for the renewal or upgrading of a
practitioner's license.
11. "School" means a school under section 280.2, an area
education agency, and a school operated by a state agency for special
purposes.
12. "School service personnel" means those persons holding a
practitioner's license who provide support services for a student
enrolled in school or to practitioners employed in a school.
13. "Student" means a person who is enrolled in a course of
study at a school or practitioner preparation program, or who is
receiving direct or indirect assistance from a practitioner.
14. "Superintendent" means an administrator who promotes,
demotes, transfers, assigns, or evaluates practitioners or other
personnel, and carries out the policies of a governing board in a
manner consistent with professional practice and ethics.
15. "Teacher" means a licensed member of a school's
instructional staff who diagnoses, prescribes, evaluates, and directs
student learning in a manner which is consistent with professional
practice and school objectives, shares responsibility for the
development of an instructional program and any coordinating
activities, evaluates or assesses student progress before and after
instruction, and who uses the student evaluation or assessment
information to promote additional student learning.
272.1 DEFINITIONS.
1. "Administrator" means a person who is licensed to
coordinate, supervise, or direct an educational program or the
activities of other practitioners.
2. "Board" means the board of educational examiners.
3. "Certificate" means limited recognition to perform
instruction and instruction-related duties in school, other than
those duties for which practitioners are licensed. A certificate is
nonexclusive recognition and does not confer the exclusive authority
of a license.
4. "Department" means the state department of education.
5. "License" means the authority that is given to allow a
person to legally serve as a practitioner, a school, an institution,
or a course of study to legally offer professional development
programs, other than those programs offered by practitioner
preparation schools, institutions, courses of study, or area
education agencies. A license is the exclusive authority to perform
these functions.
6. "Para-educator" means a person who is certified to assist
a teacher in the performance of instructional tasks to support and
assist classroom instruction and related school activities.
7. "Practitioner" means an administrator, teacher, or other
licensed professional, including an individual who holds a statement
of professional recognition, who provides educational assistance to
students.
8. "Practitioner preparation program" means a program
approved by the state board of education which prepares a person to
obtain a license as a practitioner.
9. "Principal" means a licensed member of a school's
instructional staff who serves as an instructional leader,
coordinates the process and substance of educational and
instructional programs, coordinates the budget of the school,
provides formative evaluation for all practitioners and other persons
in the school, recommends or has effective authority to appoint,
assign, promote, or transfer personnel in a school building,
implements the local school board's policy in a manner consistent
with professional practice and ethics, and assists in the development
and supervision of a school's student activities program.
10. "Professional development program" means a course or
program which is offered by a person or agency for the purpose of
providing continuing education for the renewal or upgrading of a
practitioner's license.
11. "School" means a school under section 280.2, an area
education agency, and a school operated by a state agency for special
purposes.
12. "School service personnel" means those persons holding a
practitioner's license who provide support services for a student
enrolled in school or to practitioners employed in a school.
13. "Student" means a person who is enrolled in a course of
study at a school or practitioner preparation program, or who is
receiving direct or indirect assistance from a practitioner.
14. "Superintendent" means an administrator who promotes,
demotes, transfers, assigns, or evaluates practitioners or other
personnel, and carries out the policies of a governing board in a
manner consistent with professional practice and ethics.
15. "Teacher" means a licensed member of a school's
instructional staff who diagnoses, prescribes, evaluates, and directs
student learning in a manner which is consistent with professional
practice and school objectives, shares responsibility for the
development of an instructional program and any coordinating
activities, evaluates or assesses student progress before and after
instruction, and who uses the student evaluation or assessment
information to promote additional student learning.
272.1 DEFINITIONS.
1. "Administrator" means a person who is licensed to
coordinate, supervise, or direct an educational program or the
activities of other practitioners.
2. "Board" means the board of educational examiners.
3. "Certificate" means limited recognition to perform
instruction and instruction-related duties in school, other than
those duties for which practitioners are licensed. A certificate is
nonexclusive recognition and does not confer the exclusive authority
of a license.
4. "Department" means the state department of education.
5. "License" means the authority that is given to allow a
person to legally serve as a practitioner, a school, an institution,
or a course of study to legally offer professional development
programs, other than those programs offered by practitioner
preparation schools, institutions, courses of study, or area
education agencies. A license is the exclusive authority to perform
these functions.
6. "Para-educator" means a person who is certified to assist
a teacher in the performance of instructional tasks to support and
assist classroom instruction and related school activities.
7. "Practitioner" means an administrator, teacher, or other
licensed professional, including an individual who holds a statement
of professional recognition, who provides educational assistance to
students.
8. "Practitioner preparation program" means a program
approved by the state board of education which prepares a person to
obtain a license as a practitioner.
9. "Principal" means a licensed member of a school's
instructional staff who serves as an instructional leader,
coordinates the process and substance of educational and
instructional programs, coordinates the budget of the school,
provides formative evaluation for all practitioners and other persons
in the school, recommends or has effective authority to appoint,
assign, promote, or transfer personnel in a school building,
implements the local school board's policy in a manner consistent
with professional practice and ethics, and assists in the development
and supervision of a school's student activities program.
10. "Professional development program" means a course or
program which is offered by a person or agency for the purpose of
providing continuing education for the renewal or upgrading of a
practitioner's license.
11. "School" means a school under section 280.2, an area
education agency, and a school operated by a state agency for special
purposes.
12. "School service personnel" means those persons holding a
practitioner's license who provide support services for a student
enrolled in school or to practitioners employed in a school.
13. "Student" means a person who is enrolled in a course of
study at a school or practitioner preparation program, or who is
receiving direct or indirect assistance from a practitioner.
14. "Superintendent" means an administrator who promotes,
demotes, transfers, assigns, or evaluates practitioners or other
personnel, and carries out the policies of a governing board in a
manner consistent with professional practice and ethics.
15. "Teacher" means a licensed member of a school's
instructional staff who diagnoses, prescribes, evaluates, and directs
student learning in a manner which is consistent with professional
practice and school objectives, shares responsibility for the
development of an instructional program and any coordinating
activities, evaluates or assesses student progress before and after
instruction, and who uses the student evaluation or assessment
information to promote additional student learning.
