Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 30 - PROGRAMS FOR THE PREPARATION OF PRINCIPALS IN ILLINOIS › Section 30.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
As used in this Part:
"Adjunct faculty" means part-time faculty who are not full-time
				employees of the institution.
"Dispositions" means professional attitudes, values and beliefs
				demonstrated through both verbal and nonverbal behaviors as educators interact
				with students, families, colleagues and communities.
"Educational unit" means the college, school, department or
				division of an institution or not-for-profit entity that is primarily
				responsible for the initial and continuing preparation of teachers and other
				education professionals.
"Faculty" means either professional education staff employed at
				an institution or staff members employed by not-for-profit entities in
				principal preparation programs who provide instruction to candidates.
"Faculty Supervisor" means a faculty member employed on a
				full-time or part-time basis in a principal preparation program who supervises
				candidates during the internship period.
"Internship" means a candidate's placement in public or
				nonpublic schools for a sustained, continuous, structured and supervised
				experience lasting no more than 24 months, during which the candidate engages
				in experiences and leadership opportunities to demonstrate proficiencies in
				required competencies expected of a principal. (Also see Section
				30.40(g).)
"Institution" means a regionally accredited institution of
				higher learning as specified in Section 21B-105 of the School Code
				[105
				ILCS 5/21B-105 ]. (Also see 23 Ill. Adm. Code
				25.10
				(Accredited Institution).)
"Mentor" means the principal of the public or nonpublic school
				in which a candidate is placed who works directly with the candidate on the
				day-to-day activities associated with the principal's role as the school
				leader. Individuals employed as a superintendent, assistant superintendent or
				director of special education or in a similar administrative position who hold
				a valid and current professional educator license endorsed for general
				administrative, principal, superintendent or director of special education may
				serve as a mentor for the candidate, provided that the individual is assigned
				to the location where the internship is conducted and possesses at least two
				years of experience relevant to the role of a principal.
"Nonpublic school" means a school recognized in accordance with
				23 Ill. Adm. Code 425 (Voluntary Registration and Recognition of Nonpublic
				Schools) and meeting the staffing requirements set forth in 23 Ill. Adm. Code
				25.65(a)(2)(B)
				(Alternative Certification).
"Not-for-profit entity" means an entity that is subject to the
				General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 [805 ILCS 105 ] or incorporated
				as a not-for-profit entity in another state but registered to do business in
				the State of Illinois pursuant to the Business Corporation Act of 1983 [805
				ILCS 5 ] and that is recognized to provide an educator preparation program in
				the State of Illinois pursuant to 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25. Subpart C (Approving
				Programs that Prepare Professional Educators in the State of Illinois).
"Partner" means one or more institutions, not-for-profit
				entities, school districts or nonpublic schools that jointly design, implement
				and administer the principal preparation program. For the purposes of this
				Part, "partners" do not include school districts and their schools or nonpublic
				schools that serve only as sites for candidates to complete internship
				requirements or field experiences.
"Program completers" means persons who have met all the
				requirements of a State-approved principal preparation program established
				pursuant to Section 21B-60 of the School Code [105 ILCS
				5/21B-60 ] and this Part and who have fulfilled the
				requirements for receipt of a principal endorsement set forth in Section 21B-25
				of the School Code [105
				ILCS 5/21B-25 ] and 23 Ill. Adm. Code
				25.337
				(Principal Endorsement).