Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13001-A

• Administrator: means an individual who provides leadership services to assist in the operation of schools, including, but not limited to, in the following capacities: superintendent, assistant superintendent, building administrator and principal. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13001-A
• Certificate: means the credential issued by the department to a qualified individual to serve as a teacher, educational specialist, educational technician or administrator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13001-A
• Clearance: means the credential issued by the department to a qualified individual who has cleared a criminal history record check under section 6103 to serve as an employee in a position for which certification is not required or as an employee of a contracted service provider. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13001-A
• Conditional certificate: means the credential issued to a teacher, educational specialist or administrator who has not met all of the requirements for a certificate or endorsement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13001-A
• Credential: means a document issued by the department indicating that a person has met the criteria to be certified, conditionally certified or cleared under this chapter or chapter 502. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13001-A
• Criminal history record check: means the fingerprint-based criminal history record check conducted by an entity designated by the department under section 6103. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13001-A
• Department: means the Department of Education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
• Educational specialist: means an individual who provides professional services to a school, including, but not limited to, an athletic director, school counselor, library-media specialist, literacy specialist, school psychologist, school nurse or career and technical education evaluator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13001-A
• Educational technician: means an individual who provides supportive educational services in accordance with section 13019?H. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13001-A
• Educator preparation program: means a public or private baccalaureate-level or postbaccalaureate-level program approved by the state board to recommend graduates for certification pursuant to chapter 502 as prekindergarten to grade 12 teachers, educational specialists or school administrators. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13001-A
• Endorsement: means a notation on a certificate that specifies the grades and subject area or work area for which the certificate is valid. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13001-A
• Principal: means the person who supervises the operation and management of a school and school property as determined necessary by the superintendent under policies established by the school board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
• Program completer: means a person who, by successfully completing all of the requirements of an educator preparation program, has qualified for a recommendation for certification as a teacher or an educational specialist or an administrator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13001-A
• Semester hours: means units of academic credit that each reasonably approximate one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of 2 hours of out-of-class student work each week for approximately 15 weeks or an equivalent amount of academic work at an institution of higher education, including laboratory work, internships, practice studio work or other academic work leading toward the awarding of a credit hour of approved study. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13001-A
• State board: means the State Board of Education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
• Superintendent: means the person in a school administrative unit or school union appointed and having the authority and responsibility under this Title and other applicable statutes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1