14 Del. Admin. Code § 284-2.0
Except as otherwise provided, the definitions set forth in 14 DE Admin. Code 1505, 1506 1510, 1511, 1512, and 1513, including any subsequent amendment or revision thereto, are incorporated herein by reference.
The following words and terms, when used in this regulation, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Advanced License" means a license issued as part of the three tiered licensure system set forth in 14 Del.C. § 121(c).
"Adult Education Programs" means programs designed for adult learners providing for both basic skills education and the attainment of a secondary credential or high school diploma. Programs are provided through the James H. Groves High School, Adult Basic Education (ABE), and Adult English Language Learners Programs.
"Clock Hour" means actual time spent in professional development.
"College Credit" means graduate or undergraduate level course work and continuing education units (CEUs) completed at, or through, a regionally accredited college or university.
"Continuing License" means a license issued as part of the three tiered licensure system set forth in 14 Del.C. § 121 (c).
"Core Content Area" means the subject area tested by the state assessment system including Mathematics, English/Language Arts, Science and Social Studies.
"Department" means the Delaware Department of Education.
"Emergency Certificate" means a temporary credential issued to an individual who has obtained employment or an offer of employment with an employing authority and holds a valid Delaware Initial, Continuing, or Advanced License, but lacks necessary skills and knowledge to immediately meet certification requirements to practice in a particular area, to teach a particular subject or to instruct a particular category of students. The temporary credential provides the individual with a limited time to meet the requirements for certification in the specific area, subject or category.
"Examination of General Knowledge" means a standardized test adopted pursuant to this regulation which measures general knowledge and essential skills in reading, writing and mathematics or quantitative and verbal skills, including reading and writing.
"Initial License" means a license issued as part of the three tiered licensure system set forth in 14 Del.C. § 121 (c).
"Instructional Paraeducator (Paraeducator)" means a public education employee or adult education employee who provides one-on-one or small group instruction; assists with classroom management or individual student behavior; provides assistance in a computer laboratory; provides support in a library or media center; assists in training and support with functional skill activities, such as personal care or assistive technology; or provides instructional services to students under the direct supervision of a teacher. Instructional Paraeducators are those working with regular education students and students with disabilities in schools other than Title I schoolwide schools or with students not receiving Title I services in Title I targeted assistance schools.
"James H. Groves High School" means an adult high school established by the State of Delaware to provide the opportunity for adults and out of school youth to earn and obtain a high school diploma.
"Level I Permit" means a teaching permit in adult education for three years pursuant to application and approval.
"Level II Permit" means a teaching permit in adult education for five years pursuant to application and approval.
"Level III Permit" means a permit required to be an adult education program administrator pursuant to application and approval.
"Level Five Institution" means a 24 hour per day secure correctional facility, such as a jail (housing inmates sentenced to 12 months or less) or prison (sentences to longer than 12 months), and sentences to life or death.
" Part Time Adult Education Employees" means teachers, counselors, site coordinators, paraeducators and administrators who work in Adult Education Programs "part time" as defined by the State Pension Office.
"Prison Education Programs" means a program provided by the Department of Education for offenders in adult correctional facilities within the four Level Five (5) institutions in the state.
"Public Education Employee" means an employee whose work responsibilities are directly related to curriculum and instruction, as identified by the Department of Education, which includes Department employees, Adult Education Employees and Prison Education Program Employees.
"Service Paraeducator" means a public education employee who provides support services other than instructional assistance to students, but does not include bus aides (See 14 DE Admin. Code 1105).
"Standard Certificate" means a credential issued to certify that a Public Education Employee in the Department of Education, Adult Education and Prison Education Programs whose work responsibilities are directly related to curriculum and instruction has the prescribed knowledge, skill or education to practice in a particular area, teach a particular subject, supervise a particular area at the Department or teach a particular category of students.
"State" means State of Delaware.
"Title I Paraeducator" means a public education employee who provides one on one or small group instruction; assists with classroom management; provides assistance in a computer laboratory; provides support in a library or media center; or provides instructional services to students under the direct supervision of a teacher. Additionally, Title I Paraeducators are all Instructional Paraeducators who work with regular students and children with disabilities in Title I schoolwide schools and all Title I Paraeducators who work with children receiving Title I services in Title I targeted assistance schools, except those whose duties are limited to acting as a translator or as a home school liaison.
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