14 Del. Admin. Code § 106A-2.0 - Definitions
In this regulation, the following words and terms shall have the following meaning :
"Administrator" means a licensed educator with administration certification.
"Credentialed Administrator" means an administrator who is responsible for the teacher's summative evaluation. A teacher's required observations as part of the appraisal cycle shall be conducted by the assigned Credentialed Administrator or by the Credential Administrator's appointed credentialed designee. The assigned Credentialed Administrator may designate a school administrator who is also a Credentialed Observer to conduct the required observations.
"Credentialed Observer" means an individual, not always the supervisor of the teacher, who has successfully completed DTGSS credentialing in accordance with Section 10.0. Credentialed Observer means any individual who may conduct observations as part of a teacher's appraisal process. The term Credentialed Observer encompasses those administrators who are Credentialed Administrators.
"Department" means the Delaware Department of Education.
"Directed Growth Plan" means the plan that is created and managed by the Credentialed Administrator in partnership with the teacher in accordance with Section 8.0.
"DTGSS Guide for Teachers" means the manual that contains the prescribed forms, detailed procedures, specific details about the 4 performance areas of evaluation and other relevant documents that are used to implement the appraisal process.
"Observation" means a minimum of a 15-minute classroom visitation wherein the Credentialed Administrator or Credentialed Observer collects evidence about what is observed.
"Professional Growth Plan" means a plan teachers set at the beginning of the year, including reflection on past performance, professional growth priority, actions, benchmarks, supports needed, timeline and evidence.
"Summative Evaluation" or "Evaluation" means the comprehensive, end-of-year appraisal and shall incorporate the results of the minimum required observations, any additional observations, and required performance-level data. At the discretion of the Credentialed Administrator, it may also include additional observation data, beyond the required observation data, provided by other Credentialed Observers.
"Working Day" means a day when the employee would normally be working in that district or charter school.
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