Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 603 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Title 603 CMR 4.00 - Vocational Technical Education › Section 4.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Administrator Performance Assessment
.
				The assessment required for the Initial Vocational Technical
				Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent and the Initial Vocational Technical
				Principal/Assistant Principal licenses pursuant to
				603
				CMR 4.08.
Board
. The Massachusetts Board of
				Elementary and Secondary Education.
Bilingual Education
. An educational
				program that involves teaching academic content in two languages, English and
				another language. Program types determine the varying amounts of each language
				used in instruction. Bilingual education programs include dual language
				education or two-way immersion and transitional bilingual education programs,
				as defined in M.G.L. c. 71A, § 2, and any other bilingual program types
				that may be approved by the Department.
Career Vocational Technical Education
				Program
. For purposes of Sheltered English Immersion, a career
				vocational technical education program shall include programs approved under
				M.G.L. c. 74; programs that meet the definition of career and technical
				education listed in the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
				Improvement Act of 2006,
				20
				U.S.C. §
									2302(5), as
				amended by the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the
				21st Century Act and its implementing regulations;
				and any other programs that may be designated by the Commissioner.
Career Vocational Technical Subjects
.
				For purposes of Sheltered English Immersion, such subjects shall include
				automotive technology, carpentry, culinary arts, engineering, exploratory,
				masonry, information technology, and any other subjects listed by the
				Department in guidance.
Career Vocational Technical Teacher
.
				For purposes of Sheltered English Immersion, a teacher of a career vocational
				technical subject in a career vocational technical education program at the
				secondary level.
Certificate of Occupational
				Proficiency
. The Certificate issued pursuant to M.G.L. c. 69,
				§1D(iii). The Certificate of Occupational Proficiency shall include a
				determination that the recipient has demonstrated mastery of a core set of
				skills, competencies and knowledge in a particular trade or professional skill
				area set by established industry standards.
Chapter 74 Vocational Exploratory
				Program
. A program approved by the Commissioner that provides
				students an opportunity to explore programs approved pursuant to M.G.L. c.
				74.
Commissioner
. The Massachusetts
				Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education or his or her
				designee.
Communication and Literacy Skills Test
. The test of communication and literacy skills required pursuant to
				603
				CMR 4.08,
				603 CMR 7.00:
Educator
				Licensure and Preparation Program Approval,
and approved by the
				Board.
Cooperative Education
. A vocational
				technical education program for students enrolled in programs approved pursuant
				to M.G.L. c. 74 that alternates study in school with a work-based learning
				opportunity in a related occupational field.
Department
. The Massachusetts
				Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
District of Residence
. The school
				district of the city or town where a student resides.
Inactive Vocational Technical Educator
				License
. A professional vocational technical educator license that
				is not renewed within the five-year validity period. A license that is not
				renewed is deemed inactive for five years.
Individual Professional Development
				Plan
. A five-year plan developed by an educator that outlines the
				professional development activities for the renewal of the vocational technical
				educator's professional license(s).
Induction Program
. A planned program
				of professional support with a trained mentor for beginning educators during
				their first year of employment with a new license provided by the school
				district and approved by the Department.
Initial Vocational Technical Educator
				License
. A vocational technical educator license issued to a
				person who has met the requirements established by the Board for an Initial
				Vocational Technical Administrator or Cooperative Education Coordinator
				license. The Initial license is valid for five years of employment.
Internship
. A planned program
				providing the candidate for the Initial Vocational Technical
				Supervisor/Director license and the Initial Vocational Technical Cooperative
				Education Coordinator license with on-the-job training with a trained mentor in
				the role of the license sought.
Invalid Vocational Technical Educator
				License
. A professional vocational technical educator license that
				is not renewed within the five-year validity period and that is not renewed
				within the five-year inactive period.
Mentor
. An educator who has at least
				three full years of experience under an Initial or Professional license under
				603
				CMR 4.00, or
				603 CMR 7.00:
Educator
				Licensure and Preparation Program Approval,
and who has been trained
				to assist a beginning educator in the same professional role with his or her
				professional responsibilities and general school district procedures. In
				addition, a mentor may assist an experienced educator who is new to a school,
				subject area, or grade level. A mentor may also assist an educator who is
				participating in a performance assessment or a district-based program for
				licensure.
National Occupational Program Approval
				Standards
. Those standards established by an organization that is
				nationally recognized by a specific industry or industry cluster, and that is
				involved in the accreditation, approval and/or certification of vocational
				technical education programs.
Nonresident Student
. A student who has
				been, or seeks to be, admitted to a Chapter 74-approved program outside of his
				or her district of residence.
Occupational Clusters
. A group of
				vocational technical education programs that share certain common
				skills.
Pilot Vocational Technical Education
				Program
. A program approved by the Commissioner for the purpose of
				determining the feasibility of establishing a new vocational technical
				education program under M.G.L. c. 74.
Postgraduate Students
. Adults who
				enroll in the shop portion of a secondary vocational technical education
				program.
Postsecondary Program
. A vocational
				technical education program at the grade 13 and/or grade 14 level.
Preliminary Vocational Technical Teacher
				License
. A Vocational Technical Educator license issued to a
				person who has met the requirements established by the Board for the
				Preliminary Vocational Technical Teacher license. The Preliminary Vocational
				Technical Teacher license is valid for five years of employment and may be
				extended at the discretion of the Commissioner for one additional five-year
				employment period.
Professional Development Point (PDP)
.
				A unit of measurement of professional development activities. One clock hour of
				new employment experience is equivalent to one PDP. One semester hour is
				equivalent to 15 PDPs. One continuing education unit is equivalent to ten PDPs.
				Professional development activities sponsored or approved by the Department and
				advanced academic and vocational technical education subject matter studies
				will receive 1.5 PDPs per clock hour. Refer to
				603
				CMR 4.12(8).
Professional Vocational Technical Educator
				License
. A Vocational Technical Educator license issued to a
				person who has met the requirements established by the Board for a Professional
				Vocational Technical Teacher, Administrator or Cooperative Education
				Coordinator license. The Professional Vocational Technical Educator license is
				valid for five years and renewable for additional five-year terms pursuant to
				603
				CMR 4.12.
Receiving School
. The school in which
				a nonresident seeks to enroll or enrolls.
Related Instruction
. Instruction that
				introduces, explains and amplifies the conceptual and theoretical foundations
				of the knowledge and skills in the Vocational Technical Education Frameworks
				and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.
School Committee
. A school committee
				or board of trustees of a school district or agricultural school or a board of
				trustees of an educational collaborative.
Scope
. Curricular scope refers to the
				depth and breadth of skills and content addressed in that curriculum in
				total.
Sequence
. Curricular sequence refers
				to the order in which the skills and content addressed in a program's
				curriculum are taught.
Sheltered English Immersion (SEI)
.
				Shall have the meaning set forth in M.G.L. c. 71A, § 2.
Vocational Technical Literacy Skills
				Test
. The test of communication and literacy skills required
				pursuant to
				603
				CMR 4.07(2),
				4.08(6)
				 and
				4.09(2)
				and (3) and
				603 CMR
				4.13(4), and approved by the
				Board.
Vocational Technical Educator
. A
				person employed in a school or school district under a Vocational Technical
				Educator license issued pursuant to
				603
				CMR 4.00.
Vocational Technical Education
				Framework
. Framework approved by the Commissioner, consisting of
				six strands representing all aspects of the industry that students in the
				vocational technical education program are preparing to enter.
Vocational Technical Education Program
. A program approved by the Commissioner that provides instruction based on the
				Vocational Technical Education Frameworks and the Massachusetts Curriculum
				Frameworks.
Vocational Technical Education
.
				Education offered pursuant to M.G.L. c. 74.
Waitlist
. A list of students who have
				completed the admissions application process to a school offering programs
				approved pursuant to M.G.L. c. 74 and are not selected for admission. A
				completed application means all criteria used in the district's
				Department-approved admission policy have been met.
Written and Performance Tests for Prospective
				Vocational Technical Education Teachers
. Tests in the subject
				matter the candidate for a vocational technical teacher license will teach
				based on the applicable Vocational Technical Education Framework and the
				Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.