Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 441 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › Section 8VAC20-441-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
				  have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Annual contract" means a contract between a probationary
				  teacher, assistant principal, principal, or supervisor and the local school
				  board that sets forth the terms and conditions of employment for one school
				  year.
"Assistant principal" means a person (i) who is regularly
				  employed full time as an assistant principal and (ii) who holds a valid license
				  issued by the Board of Education necessary to be an assistant principal.
"Board" means the Virginia Board of Education, which has
				  general supervision of the public school system.
"Breach of contract" means, for the purpose of this chapter,
				  a teacher failing to honor a contract for the current or next school year
				  without formal release from that contract from the local school board. "Breach
				  of contract" does not include dismissal for cause.
"Coaching contract" means a separate contract between the
				  employee and the local school board that includes responsibilities for an
				  athletic coaching assignment.
"Continuing contract" means a contract between a teacher,
				  assistant principal, principal, or supervisor who has satisfied the
				  probationary term of service and the local school board.
"Current employer" means the local school board with which
				  the employee is currently under contract.
"Extracurricular activity sponsorship contract" means a
				  separate contract between the employee and the local school board that includes
				  responsibilities, for which a monetary supplement is received, for sponsorship
				  of any student organizations, clubs, or groups, such as service clubs, academic
				  clubs and teams, cheerleading squads, student publication and literary groups,
				  and visual and performing arts organizations except those that are conducted in
				  conjunction with regular classroom, curriculum, or instructional
				  programs.
"Next school year" means the school year immediately
				  following the current contract year.
"Principal" means a person (i) who is regularly employed full
				  time as a principal and (ii) who holds a valid license issued by the Board of
				  Education necessary to be a principal.
"Prospective employer" means the division in which
				  application for employment is made.
"Supervisor" means a person (i) who is regularly employed
				  full time in an instructional supervisory position as specified in this chapter
				  and (ii) who is required by the board to hold a license prescribed in this
				  chapter to be employed in that position. An instructional supervisory position
				  has authority to direct or evaluate teachers, assistant principals, principals,
				  or other instructional personnel.
"Teacher" means a person (i) who is regularly employed full
				  time as a teacher, guidance counselor, or librarian and (ii) who holds a valid
				  teaching license.
Statutory Authority: §§
											22.1-16
					 and
					 22.1-302
					 of the Code of Virginia.