Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction
School Social Worker
Section R. 340.1001 - Definitions
Universal Citation: MI Admin Code R. 340.1001
Current through Vol. 24-16, September 15, 2024
Rule 1.
(1) As used in these rules:
(a) "Accredited" means
accredited by an accreditation agency recognized by the Council for Higher
Education Accreditation or by the United States Department of
Education.
(b) "Act" means the
revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL
380.1 to
380.1852, unless otherwise
indicated.
(c) "Approved school
social worker preparation program" means a state-approved program in an
institution that prepares school social workers, or their equivalent, in
accordance with the state law of the program's location.
(d) "Department" means the department of
education, unless otherwise indicated.
(e) "Education-related professional learning"
means an educational opportunity that improves a school social worker's
practice and capacity to perform the work within the profession of education
that is 1 or more of the following:
(i)
Satisfactory college semester credit hours at an accredited college or
university, with 1 semester credit hour being equivalent to 25
education-related professional learning hours.
(ii) State continuing education clock
hours.
(iii) Michigan annual
district provided professional development hours.
(f) "Individualized education program" means
a program described in R 340.1721e.
(g) "Listed offense" means that term as
defined in section 2 of the sex offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL
28.722.
(h) "Michigan annual district provided
professional development" means Michigan annual district provided professional
development as required by sections 1526 and 1527 of the act, MCL
380.1526 and
380.1527.
(i) "Out-of-state" means of a political
subdivision of the United States, other than this state, of a federally
recognized Native American tribe, or of a foreign country or a political
subdivision of a foreign country.
(j) "School social worker credential" means 1
of the following issued under these rules:
(i)
Preliminary school social worker certificate.
(ii) Professional school social worker
certificate.
(iii) School social
worker permit.
(k) "State
board" means the Michigan state board of education.
(l) "State continuing education clock hours"
means hours of professional development issued through a process established
and approved by the superintendent of public instruction.
(m) "Valid" means within the time period of
the credential and not suspended, revoked, rescinded, or nullified.
(2) A term defined in the act has the same meaning when used in these rules.
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