New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 60 - SCHOOL PERSONNEL - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 10 - MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS
Section 6.60.10.7 - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: 6 NM Admin Code 6.60.10.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. "First-year teacher" means a teacher in their first year of teaching in a New Mexico public school as a teacher of record, holding a New Mexico teaching license. Public school districts and charters may, at their discretion, extend this definition to include teachers in their first year as teacher of record in their school who may have had prior teaching experience in another school.

B. "Designated mentor" means a level 2 or level 3 teacher who:

(1) has earned an effectiveness rating of highly effective or exemplary as determined by the state's educator effectiveness evaluation system, NMTEACH, as outlined in 6.69.8 NMAC, for at least one of the two most recent years;

(2) is a nationally board certified teacher and has earned an effectiveness rating of effective as determined by the state's educator effectiveness evaluation system, NMTEACH, as outlined in 6.69.8 NMAC, for at least one of the most recent two years; or

(3) is assigned by the department in situations where no qualifying mentor is available.

C. "Director" means the director of the educator quality division for the public education department.

D. "Local education agency" or "LEA" means a local school district, charter school, or state educational institution.

E. "Teaching license" means a department license issued in any of the following:

(1) birth - pre-K;

(2) pre-K - grade 3;

(3) grades K- 8;

(4) grades 5 - 9;

(5) grades 7-12;

(6) special education grades pre K-12;

(7) licensure for pre K-12 in specialty areas;

(8) blindness and visual impairment birth - grade 12;

(9) secondary vocational-technical education; or

(10) deaf and hard of hearing.

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