Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart A - DEFINITIONS › Section 75.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"ACTE" means the Association of Career and Technical
				  Education.
"Approvable Agricultural Education Program at the Middle
				  School Level" means an agricultural education program that includes at least
				  one State-approved introductory agricultural education course with an
				  appropriately licensed teacher in an agricultural education career pathway that
				  connects to a secondary program. This introductory course must include a career
				  exploration component with SAE as a part of instruction. A middle school
				  program shall also connect to either a stand-alone middle school or a secondary
				  FFA chapter.
"Approvable Agricultural Education Program at the Secondary
				  Level" means an agricultural education program, taught by appropriately
				  licensed teachers, that includes one foundational course and one skill course
				  for which no fewer than two credits are awarded for the successful completion
				  of the course sequence (see
https://www.ilaged.org/courseoutlines
).
"Curricular/Intra-curricular Related Activities" means
				  activities that are connected to the classroom instruction. Grant funds from
				  Subpart F shall be used only to support activities related to the classroom
				  outside of the regularly scheduled teaching duties for the benefit of
				  agricultural education. Examples of these activities include, but are not
				  limited to, professional development, professional organization conferences,
				  curriculum development or improvement, and classroom and laboratory facilities
				  maintenance. The recommended maximum level of activity for this component is 16
				  days or 128 hours.
"FFA" means a State and federally recognized career and
				  technical student organization for students in State-approved agricultural
				  education programs. (FFA was formerly known as Future Farmers of America and is
				  now the National FFA Organization.)
"FFA Activities" means those activities that demonstrably
				  relate to the intra-curricular nature of the career and technical student
				  organizations and focus on premier leadership, personal growth, or career
				  success. Examples of these activities include leadership training or events,
				  community service or education activities, career development event preparation
				  or competitions, chapter program management, program/chapter recruitment and
				  marketing activities, alumni meetings and professional events, program
				  fundraising events, and public events related to agricultural education. The
				  recommended minimum level of activity for this component is 17 days or 136
				  hours.
"Full-Time Teacher" means an agricultural education teacher
				  with at least a nine-month (180 day) contract based on an eight-hour day when
				  the teacher is teaching at least one approved agricultural education class
				  published in the Agricultural, Food, and Natural Resources course
				  matrix.
"Illinois Agricultural Company" means any company in
				  this State that has an interest in the agricultural industry, as determined by
				  the pre-service teaching student's public university.
[
				  105 ILCS
				  5/2-3.80d(a) ]
"IAVAT" means the Illinois Association of Vocational
				  Agriculture Teachers.
"Middle School" means grades five through eight.
"New Education Program" means an education program approved
				  by the State Board of Education in a school district that has not had an
				  education program for a period of 10 years or more prior to the date of
				  application for a grant. [
				  105 ILCS
				  5/2-3.80b(a) ]
"Personal Services Cost" means the cost
(salary and benefits)
of a teacher providing 60 additional days, which
				  shall mean 400 additional hours, outside the teacher's regularly scheduled
				  teaching duties for the benefit of education. The 400 additional hours shall be
				  any activity that is to the benefit of education, as defined by the State
				  Board
in Subpart E,
regardless of the time of year the
				  activity occurs.
[
				  105 ILCS
				  5/2-3.80b(a) ]
"Post-secondary Agricultural Courses" means college courses
				  directly relating to technical industry knowledge in Agriculture, Food, and
				  Natural Resources (AFNR) as well as those relating to the teaching of
				  agricultural concepts to classes, groups, and organizations.
"Post-secondary Agricultural Program of Study" means a
				  community college or university that offers a series of courses in agriculture,
				  foods, or natural resources that may be transferred to other universities or
				  enables a student to pursue either a minor or major concentration in one of
				  those areas of study.
"Pre-service Teaching Student" means a student
				  who:
is a declared agricultural education major accepted
				  into an approved agricultural teacher education program at a public university
				  in this State;
has completed at least 30 credit hours;
				  and
has maintained, at a minimum, a
				  2.5 cumulative grade point
				  average on a 4.0 scale or its
				  equivalent.
[
				  105 ILCS
				  5/2-3.80d(a) ]
"Restart program" means an agricultural education program
				  approved by the State Board of Education in a school district that has not had
				  an agricultural education program for a period of 9 years or less prior to the
				  date of application for a grant.
"School Code" or "Code" means the Illinois School Code [
				  105 ILCS
				  5 ].
"School District" means a public school district or area
				  career center.
"Supervised Agricultural Experience" or "SAE" means
				  activities that are work-based learning activities such as degree/award
				  preparation, SAE visits, record book instruction, training or assistance. The
				  recommended minimum level of activity for this component is 17 days or 136
				  hours.
"Three Circle Model" means a model used to identify the
				  central components of an agricultural education program. The central components
				  are:
Classroom/laboratory instruction, which includes contextual,
				  inquiry-based instruction and learning;
FFA, which fosters the development of premier leadership,
				  personal growth, and career success through engagement in its programs and
				  activities; and
SAE, which includes experiential, service, and work-based
				  learning.
"Work-based Learning" means an activity or interaction among
				  the teacher, student, or employer or industry representative who provides
				  experience related to an agricultural career interest. Work-based learning
				  includes, but is not limited to, SAEs, job shadowing, internships,
				  apprenticeships, school-based enterprises, industry-led projects and challenges
				  or competitions.