New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 30 - Tenure Areas and Annual Professional Performance Reviews For Classroom Teachers and Building Principals › Subpart 30-1 - Tenure Areas › Section 30-1.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
As used in this Part:
(a)
Certificate
means a
				  credential issued pursuant to Part 80 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of
				  Education (8 NYCRR Part 80).
(b)
Common branch subjects
means any or all of the subjects
				  usually included in the daily program of an elementary school classroom such as
				  arithmetic, civics, visual arts, elementary science, English language,
				  geography, history, hygiene, physical activities, practical arts, reading,
				  music, writing, and such other similar subjects.
(c)
Core academic subjects
means courses of instruction in and related to English, social studies,
				  mathematics, science and world languages.
(d)
Departmentalized
means
				  an organizational pattern in a school in which the academic curriculum is
				  divided by academic discipline in such a manner that a professional educator
				  will devote a substantial portion of his time teaching courses of instruction
				  in or related to a particular academic discipline or disciplines, constituting
				  one or more of the core academic subjects.
(e)
Professional educator
means an individual appointed or to be appointed to a full-time position on the
				  professional staff of a school district or board of cooperative educational
				  services, which position has been certified as educational in nature by the
				  commissioner to the State Civil Service Commission pursuant to the provisions
				  of 35-g of the Civil Service Law and in which position tenure may be acquired
				  in accordance with the provisions of the Education Law.
(f)
Seniority
means length
				  of service in a designated tenure area, rather than length of service in the
				  district; such service need not have been consecutive but shall during each
				  term for which seniority credit is sought, have constituted a substantial
				  portion of the time of the professional educator.
(g)
Substantial portion of his
				  time
means 40 percent or more of the total time spent by a
				  professional educator in the performance of his duties, exclusive of time spent
				  in preparation, monitoring or in co-curricular activities.
(h)
Tenure area
means the
				  administrative subdivision within the organizational structure of a school
				  district in which a professional educator is deemed to serve in accordance with
				  the provisions of this Subpart.
(i)
				  An
experimental program
means a program which is designed to
				  meet the special needs of secondary school students who are unable to benefit
				  from a school's regular program and which has been approved by the commissioner
				  for such purpose prior to its implementation, except that such programs shall
				  not include programs for children with handicapping conditions as defined in
				  subdivision 1 of section 4401  of
				  the Education Law.
(j)
Instructional support services
shall mean professional
				  learning, pedagogical support, technical assistance, consultation, and/or
				  program coordination offered by teachers to other school personnel including,
				  but not limited to: conducting workshops, study groups, and demonstration
				  lessons; modeling instruction; providing feedback, coaching, mentoring and
				  other professional support for instructional staff; providing training in best
				  instructional practices in specific content areas; assisting instructional
				  staff in analyzing student performance data and differentiating instruction to
				  meet the needs of all students; coordinating the provision of special education
				  services; developing and promoting a culture of reflective instructional
				  practice; providing curriculum and assessment resources to instructional staff;
				  providing information and support on technology tools to extend and support
				  student learning; assessing curriculum development or professional learning
				  needs; and such similarly related work.