Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-1-200 - Definition of terms
Each of the following terms, as used in this article of the department's regulations, shall have the meaning specified in this regulation:
(a) "Accomplished teaching
license" means a license issued to an individual who has successfully completed
an advanced performance assessment designated by the state board for the
purpose of identifying accomplished teaching or who has achieved national board
certification.
(b) "Accredited
experience" means teaching experience gained, under contract, in a school
accredited by the state board or a comparable agency in another state while the
teacher holds an endorsement valid for the specific assignment. At least 90
consecutive days of substitute teaching in the endorsement area of academic
preparation and in the same teaching position shall constitute accredited
experience. Other substitute teaching experiences shall not constitute
accredited experience.
(c)
"Alternative teacher education program" means a program to prepare persons to
teach by a means other than the traditional, college-based, approved
program.
(d) "Approved mentoring
program" means a program based on state board-approved program guidelines that
is established and maintained by an LEA for the purpose of providing educators
employed under initial licenses with professional support and continuous
assistance from a mentor.
(e)
"Approved program" means a teacher education program approved by the state
board for content and pedagogy.
(f)
"Content area" means a defined domain of knowledge and skill in an academic
program.
(g) "Content assessment"
means an assessment designated by the state board to measure subject matter
knowledge for an endorsement.
(h)
"Deficiency plan" means a detailed schedule of instruction from an approved
program that, if completed, will qualify an individual for full endorsement in
a subject. The individual who is to receive the instruction and a
representative of the institution at which the instruction is to be given shall
sign each deficiency plan.
(i)
"Early adolescence through late adolescence and adulthood" means grades six
through 12.
(j) "Early childhood"
means any level from birth through grade three.
(k) "Early childhood through late adolescence
and adulthood" means any level from prekindergarten through grade 12.
(l) "Early childhood through late childhood"
means any level from prekindergarten through grade six.
(m) "Early childhood unified" means an
endorsement that provides access to teach in a general education classroom or
to provide special education instruction and support services for any level
from birth through grade three.
(n)
"Elementary education unified" means an endorsement that provides access to
teach in a general education classroom or to provide special education
instruction and support services for early childhood through late
childhood.
(o) "Emergency
substitute teaching license" means a license issued to an individual that
allows access to practice as a substitute teacher as defined by
K.A.R.
91-31-34(b).
(p) "Endorsement" means the legend printed on
each license that identifies the subject in which an individual has
specialization.
(q)
"Evidence-centered assessment" means an assessment designated by the state
board to measure an individual's knowledge of subject matter and ability to
implement the knowledge and skills of a teacher leader.
(r) "Initial," when used to describe a
license, means the first tier of license provided to an individual who meets
all requirements to begin practice and may be issued for school leadership,
school specialist, or teaching.
(s)
"Initial school leadership license" means the first license that an individual
holds to begin practice as a school leader while preparing for the professional
school leadership license.
(t)
"Initial school specialist license" means the first license that an individual
holds to begin practice as a school specialist while preparing for the
professional school specialist license.
(u) "Initial teaching license" means the
first license that an individual holds to begin teaching while preparing for
the professional teaching license.
(v) "Interim alternative license" means a
license that allows temporary access to practice to an individual who has
completed an alternative teacher education program and been issued a license in
another state.
(w) "Late childhood
through early adolescence" means grades five through eight.
(x) "Licensure" means the granting of access
to practice teaching, administration, or school services in Kansas public
schools.
(y) "Limited-use teaching
license" means a license that allows an individual limited access to practice
in an LEA under an arrangement by which the LEA is developing the teacher
through a specified approved plan of study.
(z) "Local education agency" and "LEA" mean
any governmental agency authorized or required by state law to provide
education to children, including each unified school district, special
education cooperative, school district interlocal, state school, and school
institution.
(aa) "Mentor" means a
teacher, a school specialist, or an administrator who holds a professional
teaching license, school specialist license, or leadership license assigned by
an LEA to provide support, modeling, and conferencing to a beginning
professional.
(bb) "Middle-level
generalist," when used to describe an endorsement, means an endorsement that
allows access to teach mathematics, English language arts, history, government
and social studies, and science for late childhood through early
adolescence.
(cc) "Official
transcript" means a student record that includes grades and credit hours earned
and that is affixed with the official seal of the college and the signature of
the registrar.
(dd) "One year of
teaching experience" means accredited experience that constitutes one-half time
or more in one school year, while under contract.
(ee) "Pedagogical assessment" means an
assessment designated by the state board to measure teaching
knowledge.
(ff) "Performance
assessment" means an assessment designated by the state board to measure an
individual's ability to implement the knowledge and skills of a teacher,
administrator, or school services provider.
(gg) "Prekindergarten" means a program for
children three and four years old.
(hh) "Professional," when used to describe a
license, means achievement of the second tier of licensure based upon
successful completion of a performance assessment while practicing under an
initial license and may be awarded for school leadership, school specialist, or
teaching.
(ii) "Professional
occupational license" means the license required to practice in Kansas for the
profession of speech language pathologist, audiologist, or licensed master
social worker.
(jj) "Professional
school leadership license" means a school leadership license issued to an
individual based on successful completion of a performance assessment and
maintained by professional development.
(kk) "Professional school specialist license"
means a school specialist license issued to an individual based on successful
completion of a performance assessment and maintained by professional
development.
(ll) "Professional
teaching license" means a teaching license issued to an individual based on
successful completion of a performance assessment and maintained by
professional development.
(mm)
"Provisional school specialist endorsement license" means a license issued to
an individual that allows access to practice as a school specialist while the
individual is in the process of completing requirements for the school
specialist license.
(nn)
"Provisional teaching endorsement license" means a license issued to an
individual that allows access to practice in an endorsement area while the
individual is in the process of completing requirements for that
endorsement.
(oo) "Recent credit"
means valid credit earned during the six-year period immediately preceding the
filing of an application.
(pp)
"Recent experience" means accredited experience earned during the six-year
period immediately preceding the filing of an application.
(qq) "Restricted school specialist license"
means a license that allows an individual limited access to practice as a
library media specialist or a school counselor under a special arrangement
among the individual, a Kansas teacher education institution, and an
LEA.
(rr) "Restricted teaching
license" means a license that allows an individual limited access to practice
under a special arrangement among the individual, a Kansas teacher education
institution, and an LEA.
(ss)
"School leadership license" means a license that allows an individual to hold a
position with the primary responsibility for supervision or management of a
local education agency, a school system, a school building, or school programs
.
(tt) "School specialist" means a
person other than a teacher or school leader who is required to hold an
educator license to provide specialized professional support services to
students or teachers.
(uu) "School
specialist program" means an approved program provided by teacher education
institutions to prepare individuals for licensure as a school
specialist.
(vv) "Secondary
education unified" means an endorsement that provides access to teach academic
subjects for which the content assessment has been passed and to provide
special education support services for early adolescence through late
adolescence and adulthood.
(ww)
"Standard," when used to describe a license, means that the license is
unrestricted, nonprobation-ary, nonprovisional, nonsubstitute, nonlimited-use,
or nontemporary; is issued by the state board or a comparable agency in another
state; and allows an individual to work as a teacher, administrator, or school
specialist in accredited school systems in Kansas or another state.
(xx) "Standards board" means the teaching and
school administration professional standards advisory board.
(yy) "State board" means Kansas state board
of education.
(zz) "STEM license"
means a license that allows an individual to teach only life science, physical
science, earth and space science, mathematics, engineering, computer
technology, finance, or accounting subjects in a hiring LEA, as specified in
K.A.R.
91-1-203(m).
(aaa) "Subject" means a specific teaching
area within a general instructional field.
(bbb) "Substitute teaching license" means a
license issued to an individual that allows access to practice as a substitute
as defined in
K.A.R.
91-31-34(b).
(ccc) "Teacher education institution" means a
college or university that has an accredited administrative unit for the
purpose of preparing teachers.
(ddd) "Transitional license" means a license
that allows an individual to temporarily practice if the individual held a
license but does not meet recent credit, recent experience, or the renewal
requirements to qualify for an initial teaching license or a professional
teaching license, an initial school specialist license or a professional school
specialist license, or an initial school leadership license or a professional
school leadership license.
(eee)
"Valid credit" and "credit" mean a semester hour of credit earned in, or
validated by, a college or university that is on the accredited list maintained
by the state board.
(fff) "Visiting
international teaching license" means a license issued to an individual
participating in the visiting international teacher program, allowing the
individual to be employed by a local education agency and be assigned to teach
that individual's native language or the content area of that individual's
teacher preparation.
(ggg)
"Visiting scholar teaching license" means a license that allows an individual
who has documentation verifying the individual's qualifications for the license
as described on the application to practice on a temporary, limited
basis.
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