Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 41 - Virtual Education › Section 41-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
				  shall apply:
(a) "Active virtual
				education course" means any virtual education course offered by an approved
				full- or part-time virtual education provider;
(b) "Concurrent enrollment" means, for
				purposes of this rule and the Department's administration of the Wyoming
				virtual education network, an arrangement between two districts established
				pursuant to the laws of this state by which a student primarily enrolled in one
				district is permitted to have secondary enrollment in another district for a
				portion of the student's educational program;
(c) "Course and services agreement" means an
				agreement entered into between any two (2) districts establishing terms and
				conditions under which a district that allows one or more students enrolled in
				one school district in the state to receive a portion of the pupil's education,
				which may be provided through virtual education, from another district in the
				state, as provided for under
				W.S.
				21-4-502(c);
(d) "Course sections" means simultaneous
				instances of a course offering with a unique student enrollment;
(e) "Full-time virtual education" means
				providing more than fifty percent (50%) of the statewide educational program,
				required by
				W.S.
				21-9-101 and
				21-9-102,
				through virtual education, by a single school district established pursuant to
				the laws of this state;
(f)
				"Full-time virtual education provider" means any school district established
				pursuant to the laws of the state that offers one or more virtual education
				courses approved by the Department and provides full-time virtual education for
				any student;
(g) "Local board"
				means the educational governing body established at each Wyoming school
				district in accordance with
				W.S.
				21-3-105;
(h) "Part-time virtual education" means
				providing fifty percent (50%) or less of the statewide educational program,
				required by
				W.S.
				21-9-101 and
				21-9-102,
				through virtual education by a school district established pursuant to the laws
				of this state;
(i) "Part-time
				virtual education provider" means any school district established pursuant to
				the laws of this state that offers one or more virtual education courses
				approved by the Department and provides part-time virtual education for any
				student;
(j) "Program" means one or
				more virtual education courses;
(k)
				"Synchronous" means instruction delivered by the virtual education teacher and
				received by the student concurrent in time;
(l) "Virtual education" means instruction of
				one or more Department-approved courses administered primarily through
				technology outside of the physical classroom, in the statewide educational
				program prescribed by
				W.S.
				21-9-101 and
				21-9-102
				and accredited by the State Board under
				W.S.
				21-2-304(a)(ii), and which
				may be distinguished from other types of courses in that the physical
				separation of the virtual education teacher and student(s) substantially limits
				or even prohibits the teacher from providing a preponderance of course
				instruction in-person;
(m) "Virtual
				education teacher" means the instructor of a Department-approved virtual
				education course who, regardless of whether the instructor is an employee of a
				school district established pursuant to the laws of this state, shall meet the
				certification or permit requirements of
				W.S.
				21-7-303(a). In addition to
				providing instruction primarily through technology outside of the physical
				classroom, the teacher shall have duties that generally include facilitating
				student learning, monitoring student progress, providing and grading
				assignments, and providing qualitative feedback, all of which can and generally
				are provided through technology;
(n) "Wyoming virtual education program" means
				a network of Department-approved virtual education programs and courses that
				meet state-established guidelines for course content and delivery.