Arizona Administrative Code › Title 7 - EDUCATION › Chapter 2 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Article 6 - CERTIFICATION › Section R7-2-604 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In
				  R7-2-604 through
				  R7-2-604.05, unless the context
				  otherwise requires:
1. "Accreditation"
				means a professional preparation institution's recognition by a national or
				regional agency or organization acknowledged for meeting identified standards
				or criteria.
2. "Alternative
				educator preparation program" means a program designed for individuals who are
				working as a PreK through 12 teacher or administrator while certified under an
				alternative teaching certificate or interim administrative certificate.
				Alternative educator preparation programs may have substantially different
				program sequences, designs, and/or formats than that of a traditional education
				preparation program.
3. "Biennial
				report" means a report submitted every two years to the Department by all
				Arizona State Board approved professional preparation institutions for each
				approved educator preparation program.
4. "Biennial status letter" means
				correspondence issued by the Department to the professional preparation
				institution within 30 days upon completion of the review of the biennial
				report, indicating the status of the educator preparation program(s).
5. "Board approved program" means a course of
				study that is approved by the Board and meets all relevant standards for
				teachers, administrators, school guidance counselors, or school
				psychologists.
6. "Capstone
				experience" means a culminating professional experience in a PreK through 12
				setting. This experience may include student teaching or internships in
				administration, counseling, or school psychology, or alternative path PreK
				through 12 teaching.
7.
				"Classroom-based educator preparation program" means a program administered
				through a school district or charter school that is approved pursuant to
				R7-2-604.05.
8. "Educator
				preparation program" means a traditional or alternative educator preparation
				program that prepares PreK through 12 teachers, administrators, school
				counselors, and school psychologists for an institutional recommendation for an
				Arizona certificate.
9. "Field
				experience" means scheduled, directed, structured, supervised, frequent
				experiences in a PreK through 12 setting that occurs prior to the capstone
				experience. Field experiences must assist educator candidates in developing the
				knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to ensure all students learn, and
				provide evidence in meeting standards described in the Board approved
				professional teaching standards or professional administrative standards, and
				relevant Board approved academic standards.
10. "Institutional recommendation" means a
				form developed by the Department and issued by a professional preparation
				institution, that indicates an individual has completed a Board approved
				educator preparation program.
11.
				"Internship" means significant opportunities for candidates to practice and
				develop the skills identified in relevant state and national standards as
				measured by substantial and sustained work in real settings, appropriate for
				the certificate the candidate is seeking, performed under the direction of a
				supervising practitioner and a program supervisor.
12. "Locally based school leadership
				preparation program" means a program administered through a school district or
				charter school that is approved pursuant to
				R7-2-604.06.
13.
				"National standards" means written expectations for meeting a specified level
				of performance that are established by, but not limited to, the following
				organizations: Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education
				Program (CACREP), Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP),
				Council for Exceptional Children. (CEC), The National Educational Leadership
				Preparation (NELP), Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium
				(InTASC), Professional Standards for Educational Leadership (PSEL),
				International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), National Association
				for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), National Association of School
				Psychologists (NASP), National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
				(NCATE) or Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC).
14.
				"Probationary educator preparation program" means a program with at least one
				deficiency identified in the biennial status letter issued by the Department,
				as a result of a Department review of the biennial report. Programs with the
				same deficiency(s) in two consecutive biennial status letters are subject to
				revocation of Board approval. A deficiency may include, but is not limited to,
				stakeholder surveys, completer data and student achievement data.
15.
				"Professional preparation institutions" means organizations that include, but
				are not limited to, universities and colleges, school districts, not for profit
				organizations, professional organizations, private businesses, charter schools,
				and regional training centers that oversee one or more educator preparation
				programs.
16. "Program completer" means a student who has met
				all the professional program institution's requirements of a Board approved
				educator preparation program necessary to obtain an institutional
				recommendation.
17. "Program supervisor" means an educator from the
				professional preparation institution under whose supervision the candidate for
				licensure practices during a capstone experience. The program supervisor's
				professional work experiences must be relevant to the license the candidate is
				seeking. Program supervisors must also have adequate training from the
				professional preparation institution.
18. "Review Team"
				means a committee that reviews educator preparation programs seeking Board
				approval that consists of representatives from the Department and at least
				three of the following entities: institutions under the jurisdiction of the
				Arizona Board of Regents, Arizona private institutions of higher education,
				Arizona community colleges, other organizations with a Board approved educator
				preparation program, professional educator associations, PreK through 12
				administrators from local education agencies, National Board Certified
				Teachers, and a graduate or representative from an Arizona educator preparation
				program. For alternative educator preparation program applications, the review
				team shall include at least one graduate or representative from an Arizona
				alternative educator preparation program.
19. "Student teaching"
				means a minimum of 12 weeks of rigorous field-based experiences, appropriate
				for the certificate the candidate is seeking, performed under the direction of
				a supervising practitioner and a program supervisor. The student teaching
				placement must be appropriate for the certification that the applicant is
				seeking.
20. "Supervising practitioner" means a standard
				certified educator, currently employed by a local education agency, private
				agency or other PreK through 12 setting who supervises the candidate during a
				capstone experience. Supervising practitioners must have:
a. A minimum of three full years of
				experience relevant to the license the candidate is seeking.
b. A current classification of highly
				effective or effective pursuant to A.R.S. §§
										15-341(A)(41),
				15-189.06, when
				applicable.
c. Adequate training
				from the professional preparation institution.