New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 69 - SCHOOL PERSONNEL - PERFORMANCE
Part 4 - PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHERS
Section 6.69.4.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Advancement program level I - level II" or "APLI-II" means a series of five microcredentials, aligned with the department-approved educator evaluation system, that a teacher with a level 1 license shall successfully complete and demonstrate mastery in before progressing to a level 2 license.

B. "Advancement program level II - level III" or "APLII-III" means a series of five micro credentials, aligned with the department-approved educator evaluation system, that a teacher with a level 2 teaching license shall successfully complete and demonstrate mastery in before progressing to a level 3-A teaching license.

C. "Core academic subjects" means English, language arts, reading, mathematics, science, the arts -including music and visual arts - and social studies - including civics, government, economics, history, and geography - and modern and classical languages, Native American languages, and cultures of New Mexico tribes and pueblos.

D. "Full school year" means a minimum of 1080 instructional hours in a school year for teachers of students in seventh through 12th grades, 990 hours for teachers of students in full-day kindergarten through fifth grade, or 450 hours for teachers of students in half-day kindergarten, during which the teacher is the teacher of record or serves as an instructional coach or resource teacher in at least one class each school year while holding a standard teaching license. An equivalent number of instructional hours may be accepted for those teachers who do not teach every day. Instructional hours may include teaching in summer school, extended learning time programs, or similar educational settings.

F. "Micro-credential" means a competency-based process made up of several courses, each focused on a discrete skill or area aligned with the educator evaluation system.