South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 24 - EDUCATION › Article 24:28 - Educator Certification › Chapter 24:28:01 - Definitions › Section 24:28:01:01 - Meaning of terms

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
As used in this article:
(1) "Administrator" means an individual who completes an approved program for principals or school superintendents at an accredited institution or completes an alternative certification program and is issued a certificate;
(2) "Alternative certification" means an alternative process of completing teacher or administrator certification requirements while simultaneously employed as a teacher or administrator in a public or department-accredited school;
(3) "Applicant" means an individual applying for an initial or renewed educator certificate;
(4) "Approved foreign transcript evaluation agency" means an agency approved by the Association of International Credential Evaluators or the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services to conduct foreign credential evaluation services;
(5) "Approved program" means courses and experiences requiring completion of a degree with a major or its equivalent, which meets the preparation standards of article 24:53, or an educational preparation program delivered by a regionally-accredited institution of higher education, which meets the preparation standards of another state's educational agency;
(6) "Assigned cooperating teacher" means a certified teacher who is partnered with a student teacher during the student teacher's student teaching experience;
(7) "Associate degree" means a minimum of forty-eight (48) college credit hours from a regionally-accredited or state-approved institution;
(8) "Bachelor's degree" means a postsecondary degree awarded to an individual after completion of undergraduate coursework approximating 120 credits;
(9) "Board" means the South Dakota Board of Education Standards;
(10) "Categorical special education endorsement" means an endorsement that allows the certificate holder to perform services for students in one or more specified disability categories, but does not qualify the certificate holder to provide generalized special education services for all students;
(11) "CEO" means a chief executive officer of a school or district;
(12) "Certificate" means a recognition by the Secretary of Education that authorizes the holder to perform educational services;
(13) "Continuing education contact hour" means one hour documented by participation in an educational professional development opportunity;
(14) "Corps member" means a recent college graduate who commits two years to teaching in a low-income rural or urban community through participation in the Teach for America program;
(15) "Credit" means the equivalent of 15 continuing education contact hours;
(16) "Date of issuance" means the date certification requirements are met and the certificate is issued by the department;
(17) "Department" means the South Dakota Department of Education;
(18) "Department-accredited school" means any public or private school, issued accreditation by the department pursuant to article 24:43;
(19) "Designated recommending official" means the official from an accredited institution with approved education programs who is authorized to verify completion of preparation requirement and recommend certification;
(20) "Dual credit course" means university or postsecondary technical institute courses taught in high schools to eligible, enrolled students by university or postsecondary technical institute instructors, and offering the opportunity to receive both high school and postsecondary credit upon completion;
(21) "Education specialist" means an individual who serves as a school counselor, school psychologist, school psychological examiner, curriculum director, special education director, mentor teacher, mentor school counselor, technology integrationist, or technology coordinator, and is issued a certificate;
(22) "Educator" means a person employed by a school or school district in a position requiring a certificate;
(23) "Educator permit" means a type of certificate that restricts the holder to the endorsement indicated on the certificate;
(24) "Endorsement" means the content and subject areas in which the educator is certified; (25) "Inactive certificate" means a certificate issued to a certificate holder with a valid certificate, who is not acting as an educator and requests the certificate become inactive for a period of five years;
(26) "Interim certificate" means a one-year certificate issued to an applicant with an inactive certificate who requires one year to complete the requirements for a valid certificate;
(27) "Leadership role" means work experience in which an individual's assignment in the organization is designated as a position of authority with responsibility for regulating the relationships between and among people;
(28) "Long-term substitute" means:
(A) An individual acting as a teacher of record for no more than 45 cumulative school days in a vacant teaching position while a school district pursues a contract for a teacher: or
(B) An individual acting as a teacher of record for more than 45 cumulative school days when a teacher is on a temporary leave of absence, if:
(1) The teacher's leave of absence is granted pursuant to the "Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993,"29 U.S.C. §
												2601, et seq. by the school; or
(2) The individual has a valid or inactive teaching certificate;