Alaska Administrative Code
Title 4 - Education and Early Development
Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers
4 AAC 12.900 - Definitions
Universal Citation: 4 AK Admin Code 4 AAC 12.900
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "Alaska studies"
means study of the environment, indigenous and immigrant residents, and
institutions of this state, with specific study of the social, economic, and
political history of this state and the educational institutions and laws that
affect the people of this state;
(2) "board" means the state Board of
Education and Early Development;
(3) "certifying state agency" means the
agency or entity in another jurisdiction that has responsibility to certify
teachers, administrators, and special services personnel as qualified to assume
duties in that jurisdiction's public schools;
(4) "commissioner" means the commissioner of
education and early development;
(5) "credit" means credit granted by a
regionally or nationally accredited institution of higher education;
(6) "crosscultural communications" means an
interdisciplinary examination of communication and language in a crosscultural
educational situation, with specific study of the language, literacy, and
interethnic communication of children, and cultures, in this state;
(7) "department" means the Department of
Education and Early Development;
(8) "limited certificate" means a certificate
issued under
AS
14.20.025 and
4
AAC 12.346 12.370 -
4
AAC 12.375, and
4
AAC 12.390;
(9) "multicultural education" means the study
of the meaning of culture, and the relationship and influences between culture
and education, with specific study of the teaching, administration, and
effectiveness of schooling as they relate to multicultural student populations
in this state;
(10) "nonacademic
credit" means credit granted by the commissioner for travel, institutes, and
workshops, which may be applied toward renewal of certificates;
(11) "non-instructional position" means a
position for which a teaching certificate is required, but that does not
include instruction in a preschool - 12th grade setting;
(12) "preparing institution" means the
institution of higher learning or a state agency from which the applicant
graduated or at which the applicant completed the program or earned the credits
required for a certificate or endorsement;
(13) "sexual conduct" means "sexual
penetration" and "sexual contact" as those terms are defined in
AS
11.81.900;
(14) "special services area" means school
nurse, social worker, speech therapist, psychologist, librarian, and other
areas as approved as special service areas by the state board.
(15) "early career teacher" means an educator
in the first or second year of employment as a teacher;
(16) "microcredential" means a
competency-based recognition issued by a school district or an educational
organization that
(A) is aligned with a
statewide priority area adopted under
AS
14.07.165;
(B) allows an educator to demonstrate mastery
in a skill or set of skills; and
(C) is approved by the department based on a
completed application form submitted to the department by a district or an
educational organization;
(17) "statewide priority area" means a goal
of the board adopted under
AS
14.07.165.
(18) "reading teacher" has the meaning
provided in
AS
14.30.765(n).
(b) Repealed 7/1/2023.
(c) As used in AS 14.20 and this chapter, "teacher"
(1) means a person who, for
compensation, instructs or teaches students in any grade from preschool - 12th
grade;
(2) includes
(A) an administrator who supervises a teacher
or an educational program provided by a teacher;
(B) a provider of special education and
related services who is not regularly supervised by another person in the same
room, classroom, or other location; and
(C) a school counselor, nurse, or
psychologist; and
(3)
does not include
(A) a student teacher
authorized under
4
AAC 30.020;
(B) a volunteer not working for compensation;
or
(C) an administrator, such as a
business manager, who does not supervise students or
teachers.
Authority: AS 14.07.060
AS 14.20.010
AS 14.20.020
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