Section Ed 501.02 - DefinitionsExcept where the context makes another meaning manifest, the following words shall have the meanings indicated when used in this chapter:
(a) "Authorization" means permission for a person to serve in the role of a licensed educator prior to completing the licensure endorsement requirements for that role, or for a temporary period of time established by the document;(b) "Board" means the state board of education created by RSA 21-N:10;(c) "Bureau" means the bureau of credentialing, division of educator support and higher education, department of education;(d) "Certificate" means the electronic or paper form of any type of credential issued by the board;(e) "College-level course" means a course of at least 3 credit hours from an institution accredited by a regional accrediting body approved by the U.S. Department of Education;(f) "Commissioner" means the commissioner, department of education;(g) "Credential" means any authorization, statement, or license issued by the state board including, but not limited to, beginning educator license (BEL), experienced educator license (EEL), in process of licensure authorization (IPLA), intern authorization (IA), emergency authorization (EA), statement of eligibility (SOE), educational interpreter/transliterator license (EITL), paraeducator I & II license (PARA I & PARA II), school nurse I, II & III license (SN I, SN II & SN III), and master teacher license (MTL);(h) "Credential holder" means any individual who holds a credential, as defined in Ed 501.02(g);(i) "Credential verification request" means a request from a credential holder to fulfill a request for verification of a New Hampshire credential;(j) "Career and technical education director" means the administrator who directs the curriculum, instruction, and assessment activities of a career and technical education school;(k) "Curriculum administrator" means the administrator of a school district or school administrative unit who directs the curriculum, instruction, and assessment activities of a school district or administrative unit;(l) "Degree" means a degree from an institution accredited by a regional accrediting body approved by the U.S. Department of Education;(m) "Denial" means the refusal to grant a credential to an applicant;(n) "Department" means the New Hampshire department of education;(o) "Director" means the director, division of educator support and higher education, department of education;(p) "District administrator" means the senior educational official of a school district or school administrative unit with 400 or fewer total school-age enrollments and with no more than 2 public schools;(q) "Division" means the division of educator support and higher education, department of education;(r) "Education administrator" means a person who provides building-, district-, or school administrative unit (SAU)-level administrative services at the pre-K, elementary, or secondary level including a superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal, special education administrator, curriculum administrator, career and technical education principal, and district administrator, as outlined in Ed 506;(s) "Educational interpreter and transliterator" means a person licensed by the board who facilitates communication between individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, or who use signed language as a primary mode of communication, and individuals who are hearing;(t) "Educational organization" means a public school, a school administrative unit, a school district, a chartered public school, public academy, or a non-public school;(u) "Educational specialist" means a person who provides non-instructional services, or provides specialized instructional services outside of the classroom, to students at the pre-K, elementary, or secondary level including a library media specialist, school counselor, school counseling director, school psychologist, school social worker, and specialist in assessment of intellectual functioning;(v) "Educator" means education administrators, educational specialists, instructional specialists, teachers, paraeducators, educational interpreter and transliterator, and school nurses;(w) "Emergency authorization" means the authorization issued by the bureau to a school district or school administrative unit to employ an educator to fill a vacancy as specified in Ed 504.04;(x) "Endorsement" means the area specified on a credential that indicates the role for which the credential holder is authorized for employment;(y) "Experience" means full-time employment as an educator, or equivalent to full-time;(z) "Instructional specialist" means a person who provides specialized instructional support to teachers and others who provide direct instruction to children at the pre-K, elementary, or secondary level, including reading and writing specialist, digital learning specialist, and elementary mathematics specialist for grades k-6;(aa) "In process of licensure authorization" means the authorization issued by the bureau to a school district or school administrative unit to employ a non-credentialed educator who is in the process of licensure to fill a vacancy as specified in Ed 504.05;(ab) "Intern authorization" means the authorization granted to an applicant pursuant to Ed 504.03 to perform educational services while a site-based plan is being implemented;(ac) "License" means the document issued when an applicant meets full licensure requirements;(ad) "Licensure" means the official recognition by the board that an individual has met all requirements and is approved to practice in an endorsement area(s);(ae) "Paraeducator" means a person who works under the supervision of a teacher or other appropriate licensed education professional to provide specialized or concentrated non-initial instructional support to students at the pre-K, elementary, or secondary level and might be licensed by the board;(af) "Professional conduct" means a set of established professional norms and behaviors as defined in Ed 510.01 through Ed 510.04 which extend beyond the workplace;(ag) "Reprimand" means a note to file of a credential holder for his or her conduct, which does not rise to the level of a suspension or revocation of a credential, which can be used in the event of a subsequent investigation;(ah) "Revocation" means the department has permanently rescinded a credential from a credential holder;(ai) "School nurse" means a person certified by the board to provide health services in accordance with RSA 200:29;(aj) "Senior educational official" means the top executive in an educational organization who makes the key decisions on spending, staffing, and other education policies;(ak) "Special education administrator" means the individual, other than the superintendent, who is responsible for oversight of the entire special education staff and program at the district or SAU level;(al) "State" means any state of the U.S., the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Department of Defense Education Activity, or any territory or possession of the U.S.;(am) "Statement of eligibility" means a credential issued by the department that indicates that an individual has successfully met the entry requirements to seek employment and begin the site-based licensing plan described in Ed 505.06;(an) "Suspension" means the department has rescinded a credential from a credential holder for a specified period of time;(ao) "Student" means an individual who is enrolled or participating in any class or program from preschool through grade 12, or any "adult student" as specified in Ed 1102.01(f), at any school or education institution except as otherwise noted in these rules; and(ap) "Teacher" means a person who plans, provides, and assesses direct instruction to children at the pre-K, elementary, or secondary level in a content area specified in Ed 507. "Teacher" does not include paraeducator.N.H. Admin. Code § Ed 501.02
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