North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 16 - EDUCATION › Chapter 06 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Subchapter C - PERSONNEL › Section .0300 - CERTIFICATION › Section 06C .0334 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The following definitions apply throughout this Section
					 unless the context indicates otherwise:
(1) Ratings on the domains of the North
				  Carolina Educator Evaluation System (NCEES) are in order of quality (lowest to
				  highest) as follows: Not Demonstrated, Developing, Proficient, Accomplished,
				  and Distinguished.
(2)
				  "Accomplished" means a teacher who, on the most recent summative evaluation,
				  has received ratings of accomplished or higher on three of the five standards
				  or accomplished on one standard of an abbreviated evaluation, which must
				  include Standard 4.
(3)
				  "Accredited" or "Regionally Accredited" means an EPP has received accreditation
				  from a national accrediting body (the Council for the Accreditation of Educator
				  Preparation (CAEP) or the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator
				  Preparation (AAQEP)) or received accreditation from a regional accrediting body
				  (Higher Learning Commission (HLC), Middle States Commission on Higher Education
				  (MSCHE), New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), Northwest
				  Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), Southern Association of
				  Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), WASC Senior College and
				  University Commission (WSCUC)
(4)
				  "Beginning Teacher Support Program" means a program that provides ongoing
				  support for teachers entering the profession.
(5) "Beginning teacher" means a teacher who
				  is within his or her first three years of teaching.
(6) "Career and Technical Education (CTE)
				  Restricted License" means a three year license that requires educators to have
				  related work experience for the CTE program area as well as a related degree
				  from a regionally accredited college or university unless it is a high school
				  diploma level license. CTE Restricted License holders are restricted to
				  teaching only in the area of licensure and additional non-CTE license areas may
				  not be added to the license.
(7)
				  "CPL" means a Continuing Professional License.
(8) "Distinguished" means a teacher who, on
				  the most recent summative evaluation, has received ratings of distinguished on
				  three of the five standards or on one of distinguished on one for abbreviated
				  evaluations, which must include Standard 4.
(9) "ECGC" means Exceptional Children General
				  Curriculum.
(10) "ELED" means
				  Elementary Education.
(11) "EPP"
				  means an Educator Preparation Program.
(12) "In-State Applicant" means an applicant
				  for licensure who received training and a recommendation from a North Carolina
				  approved Educator Preparation Program (EPP).
(13) "IPL" means an Initial Professional
				  License.
(14) "Junior Reserve
				  Officer Training Corps (JROTC) License" means a license that is issued to a
				  former military service person to teach the federally sponsored school program
				  which is designed to instill in students the values of citizenship, service to
				  the United States, personal responsibility and a sense of
				  accomplishment.
(15) "NCDPI" or
				  "DPI" means the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
(16) "NCEES" means the North Carolina
				  Educator Evaluation System.
(17)
				  "NCSBE" or "SBE" means the North Carolina State Board of Education.
(18) "Out-of-State Applicant" means an
				  applicant for licensure who receives training and a recommendation from an
				  approved Educator Preparation Program (EPP) in another state or country
				  regardless of residency.
(19)
				  "PEPSC" means the Professional Educator Preparation and Standards
				  Commission.
(20) "Permit to Teach
				  License" means a one-year nonrenewable license issued to individuals who do not
				  qualify for any other type of license.
(21) "Praxis" means the Praxis Core Academic
				  Skills for Educators assessment.
(22) "Proficient" means a teacher has
				  received ratings of proficient or higher on three of the five standards on the
				  most recent summative evaluation, or on Standards 1 and 4 for teachers on an
				  Abbreviated Evaluation.
(23)
				  "Provisional License" means an educator license that is valid for one year and
				  can be extended for up to five years for a teaching and student services
				  licensure area or three years for school counseling and assistant principals at
				  the request of an LEA.
(24)
				  "Regional Assistance Licensing Center" or "RALC" is a State Board of Education
				  authorized educational entity that serves as an extension of the Department of
				  Public Instruction licensure section to review transcripts and prescribe plans
				  of study leading to licensure for lateral entry, CTE restricted, and
				  provisional license holders.
(25)
				  "Student Services" means any non-instructional personnel providing specialized
				  assistance to students, teachers, administrators, or the education program in
				  general Student services personnel include individuals employed in school
				  counseling, school social work, school psychology, audiology, speech-language
				  pathology, and media coordination.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 115C-12;
					 115C-268.1;
					 115C-268.5;
					 115C-270.5;
Eff.
					 October 1, 2020.