Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 145d - Standards for the Issuance of a Certificate for the Position of School Business Administrator › Standards and Procedures for the Approval of Connecticut Educator Preparation Programs › Section 10-145d-8 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 10-145d-8 to
				  10-145d-11:
(a) "Appropriate Official" means a person at
				the level of vice president, dean, or director designated by the president of a
				college or university to be responsible for the educator preparation program
				approval process at an institution.
(b) "Beginning Educator Support and Training
				(BEST)" means an induction program for beginning teachers composed of support
				and assessment, as approved by the Board.
(c) "Board" means the Connecticut State Board
				of Education.
(d) "Commissioner"
				means the Commissioner of Education.
(e) "Common Core of Learning" means a Board
				adopted set of skills, knowledge and attitudes expected of Connecticut's high
				school graduates.
(f) "Common Core
				of Teaching" means Board adopted expectations for Connecticut
				teachers.
(g) "Connecticut Academic
				Performance Tests" means Connecticut developed, Board adopted, tests
				administered to students in grade 10.
(h) "Connecticut Mastery Tests" means
				Connecticut developed, Board adopted, tests administered to students in grades
				4, 6, and 8.
(i) "Connecticut
				Teaching Competencies" means those descriptors of skills and abilities which a
				teacher should possess, according to guidelines adopted by the Board.
(j) "Consulting specialist" means a person
				with expertise in the field or endorsement area being reviewed.
(k) "Department" means the State Department
				of Education.
(l) "Educator" means
				each licensed professional employed by a board of education in a position
				requiring a certificate issued by the Board.
(m) "Educator preparation program" means a
				planned sequence of experiences provided by colleges and universities designed
				to qualify an individual for state certification. This includes the Alternate
				Route to Certification program.
(n)
				"Folios" means information provided by a professional education unit to the
				Department in response to certification area guidelines developed by national
				specialty organizations or the Department.
(o) "Institution" means the university or
				college of which the educator preparation program is a part.
(p) "Interim Report" means a written report
				that may be required of an approved program during the approval period to
				document progress in the implementation of a new program, to document progress
				in existing programs or to describe action taken to address standards which
				were not fully met.
(q) "Major
				Changes in Existing Programs" means a change in program title, focus, design,
				requirements for completion, or mode of delivery.
(r) "NCATE" means National Council for
				Accreditation of Teacher Education.
(s) "PRAXIS I CBT(Computer Based Test)" means
				the essential skills test, as approved by the Board.
(t) "PRAXIS II" means the content knowledge
				test, as approved by the Board.
(u)
				"Professional education unit" means an institution, college, school, department
				or other administrative body within an institution that is primarily
				responsible for the initial and advanced preparation of educators.
(v) "Review Committee" means an advisory
				committee appointed by the Board which recommends action to be taken relative
				to the approval of a program or programs of educator preparation.
(w) "Revisit" means a follow-up study of a
				program by a team of specialists to clarify issues not resolved by a Visiting
				Team.
(x) "Student teaching" means
				supervised full day practice teaching, with a trained cooperating teacher, as
				part of an educator preparation program, for a Connecticut Board of Education
				of 10 or more weeks, following the completion of a minimum of 12 semester hours
				of credit in professional education in an educator preparation
				program.
(y) "Visiting Team" means
				a committee convened by the Department to visit the professional education
				unit, verify the self-examination report and obtain additional relevant
				information about the educator preparation programs.
(z) "Visiting Team of Experts" means a
				committee of endorsement area specialists convened by the Department to visit
				the unit, verify the self-examination report and obtain additional relevant
				information about a particular educator preparation program.