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Chapter 6. Certified Personnel Subchapter 7. No Child Left Behind Teacher Requirements Article 1. General. Definitions
(a) "Advanced Certification" means a teacher who has achieved National Board Certification, or has completed the Subject Matter Verification Process for Middle and High School Level Teachers in Special Settings (VPSS January, 2007) as defined in section 6105.
(b) "Coursework Equivalent to Undergraduate Major" means thirty-two non-remedial semester units in a particular discipline from an accredited institution of higher education shall constitute coursework equivalent to an undergraduate major.
(c) "Credential" means a Preliminary, Professional Clear or Life Credential, or any teaching credential issued under prior statutes, that authorizes a person to teach in California K-12 schools.
(d) "Elementary, Middle and High School" means the local educational agency shall determine, based on curriculum taught, by each grade or by each course, if appropriate, whether a course is elementary, middle or high school.
(e) "First Day of School" is the first day of school that students report to the school per the district school calendar.
(f) "Grade Span": The local educational agency shall determine, based on curriculum taught, which grades shall be included in the elementary, middle, or high school grade spans.
(g) "Hard-to-Staff Setting" means a middle or high school SRSA classroom, a middle or high school special education classroom, or a middle or high school alternative education program, as specified by California Education Code section 44865. Alternative education programs as specified in California Education Code section 44865 are limited to the following: home teacher, hospital classes, necessary small high schools, continuation schools, alternative schools, opportunity schools, juvenile court schools, county community schools, and district community day schools.
(h) "Hired" means a teacher is hired when they accept employment at the school district. The date a teacher is hired is not affected by a change of assignments or schools within the district. The date a teacher is hired in a district does not affect a teacher's "new" or "not new" to the profession status.
(i) "International Teacher" means a credentialed teacher prepared in a country other than the United States.
(j) "Level 1 Professional Development" means training that will provide a teacher the requisite understanding of each set of Content Standards for California Public Schools as outlined in the corresponding Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve. At least 36 hours in the core subject for which the teacher is being certified is required to substantively address subject matter content at this level.
(k) "Level 2 Professional Development" means training that will provide a teacher a more in-depth understanding than was provided in Level 1 of each set of the grades seven through twelve Content Standards for California Public Schools as outlined in the corresponding Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve from an advance standpoint. At least 36 hours in the core subject for which the teacher is being certified is required to substantively address subject matter content at this level.
(l) "SRSA" means Small Rural Schools Achievement Program as defined in the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965, as amended, Title VI, Part B.
(m) "Teacher New to the Profession" means a teacher is new to the profession if they have graduated from an accredited institution of higher education and received a credential, or began an approved intern program, on or after July 1, 2002.
(n) "Teacher Not New to the Profession" means a teacher is not new to the profession if they graduated from an accredited institution of higher education and received a credential, or were enrolled in, or had completed, an approved intern program before July 1, 2002.
Authority cited:
Education Code 12001
Reference:
Education Code 6319(a)
Education Code 7801(23)
(Amended By Register 2008, No. 21.)