Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 92 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Chapter 26 - REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR MENTOR TEACHER PROGRAMS › Section 92-26-002 - Definitions

Current through June 17, 2024
As used in this chapter:
002.01 Academic year
Academic year shall mean the school year which consists of
				  two consecutive semesters that occur from fall through spring.
002.02 Board
Board shall mean the State Board of Education.
002.03 Commissioner
Commissioner shall mean the State Commissioner of
				  Education.
002.04 Council
Council shall mean the Excellence in Education Council of
				  eleven members appointed by the Governor pursuant to Section
				  9-812
				  R.R.S.
002.05 Department
Department shall mean the State Department of Education,
				  which is comprised of the Board and the Commissioner.
002.06 Endorsement
Endorsement shall mean an area of specialization indicated on
				  a certificate issued pursuant to 92 NAC 21 signifying that the individual has
				  met specific requirements.
002.07 Field
Field (used as a descriptor of an endorsement) shall mean two
				  or more subjects which, considered as a single area of study, represent a wider
				  and broader scope than that of a subject.
002.08 First-year teacher
First-year teacher shall mean individuals entering the K-12
				  teaching profession in their first year of contracted service in any school,
				  public or private, in this or any other state. Individuals who have only taught
				  as substitute teachers shall not be considered to have had a previous year of
				  contracted service. Individuals whose previous contracted teaching experience
				  is less than one full academic year shall not be considered to have had a
				  previous year of contracted service.
002.09 Fund
Fund shall mean the Education Innovation Fund created
				  pursuant to Section
				  9-812
				  R.R.S.
002.10 Grade level
				preparation
Grade level preparation shall mean the grade levels an
				  individual is prepared to teach as indicated on a teaching certificate.
002.11 Local school system
Local school system shall mean a Class VI district and the
				  associated Class I districts or a Class II, III, IV, or V district and any
				  affiliated Class I districts or portions of Class I districts. The membership,
				  expenditures, and resources of Class I districts that are affiliated with
				  multiple high school districts will be attributed to local systems based on the
				  percent of the Class I valuation that is affiliated with each high school
				  district.
002.12 Mentor
Mentor shall mean a permanent certificated teacher (i.e.
				  "tenured"), as defined in 79-824 R.R.S., who has demonstrated the competencies
				  necessary for successful teaching and who initially assists certified persons
				  toward mastery of those competencies.
002.13 Mentor Teacher Program Grant
Mentor Teacher Program Grant shall mean a grant provided to a
				  local system pursuant to the provisions of Sections 003, 004 and 006 to support
				  an individual(s) entering the teaching profession pursuant to rules and
				  regulations promulgated by the Department under the authority of Section
				  79-761
				  R.R.S.
002.14 Non-profit
				educational organization
Non-profit educational organization shall mean a Nebraska
				  non-profit corporation, duly incorporated and in good standing pursuant to
				  Section
				  21-1901
				  R.R.S. et seq., which has a current tax-exempt status pursuant to IRS Code
				  501(c)(3), and which is organized for educational purposes.
002.15 Supervisor
Supervisor shall mean any individual who performs
				  evaluations, and pursuant to Section
				  48-801(9)
				   R.R.S., shall mean any employee having
				  authority, in the interest of the employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay
				  off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees,
				  or responsibly to direct them or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to
				  recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing the exercise of such
				  authority is not a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of
				  independent judgment, pursuant to Section
				  48-801(9)
				   R.R.S.
002.16 Teacher
Teacher shall mean any certified employee who is regularly
				  employed for the instruction of pupils in the public schools pursuant to
				  Section
				  79-101
				  R.R.S.