Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers › 4 AAC 12.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In this chapter, unless the context
			 requires otherwise,
(1) "Alaska studies"
			 means study of the environment, indigenous and immigrant residents, and
			 institutions of this state, with specific study of the social, economic, and
			 political history of this state and the educational institutions and laws that
			 affect the people of this state;
(2) "board" means the state Board of
			 Education and Early Development;
(3) "certifying state agency" means the
			 agency or entity in another jurisdiction that has responsibility to certify
			 teachers, administrators, and special services personnel as qualified to assume
			 duties in that jurisdiction's public schools;
(4) "commissioner" means the commissioner of
			 education and early development;
(5) "credit" means credit granted by a
			 regionally or nationally accredited institution of higher education;
(6) "crosscultural communications" means an
			 interdisciplinary examination of communication and language in a crosscultural
			 educational situation, with specific study of the language, literacy, and
			 interethnic communication of children, and cultures, in this state;
(7) "department" means the Department of
			 Education and Early Development;
(8) "limited certificate" means a certificate
			 issued under
			 AS
			 14.20.025 and
			 4 AAC 12.346 12.370 -
			 4 AAC 12.375, and
			 4 AAC 12.390;
(9) "multicultural education" means the study
			 of the meaning of culture, and the relationship and influences between culture
			 and education, with specific study of the teaching, administration, and
			 effectiveness of schooling as they relate to multicultural student populations
			 in this state;
(10) "nonacademic
			 credit" means credit granted by the commissioner for travel, institutes, and
			 workshops, which may be applied toward renewal of certificates;
(11) "non-instructional position" means a
			 position for which a teaching certificate is required, but that does not
			 include instruction in a preschool - 12th grade setting;
(12) "preparing institution" means the
			 institution of higher learning or a state agency from which the applicant
			 graduated or at which the applicant completed the program or earned the credits
			 required for a certificate or endorsement;
(13) "sexual conduct" means "sexual
			 penetration" and "sexual contact" as those terms are defined in
			 AS
			 11.81.900;
(14) "special services area" means school
			 nurse, social worker, speech therapist, psychologist, librarian, and other
			 areas as approved as special service areas by the state board.
(15) "early career teacher" means an educator
			 in the first or second year of employment as a teacher;
(16) "microcredential" means a
			 competency-based recognition issued by a school district or an educational
			 organization that
(A) is aligned with a
			 statewide priority area adopted under
			 AS
			 14.07.165;
(B) allows an educator to demonstrate mastery
			 in a skill or set of skills; and
(C) is approved by the department based on a
			 completed application form submitted to the department by a district or an
			 educational organization;
(17) "statewide priority area" means a goal
			 of the board adopted under
			 AS
			 14.07.165.
(18) "reading teacher" has the meaning
			 provided in
			 AS
			 14.30.765(n).