Terms Used In Iowa Code 284A.4

• Administrator: means an individual holding a professional administrator license issued under chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3, who is employed in a school district administrative position by a school district or area education agency pursuant to a contract issued by a board of directors under section 279. See Iowa Code 284A.2
• Beginning administrator: means an individual serving under an administrator license, issued by the board of educational examiners under chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3, who is assuming a position as a school district principal or superintendent for the first time. See Iowa Code 284A.2
• Evaluation: means a summative evaluation of an administrator used to determine whether the administrator's practice meets school district expectations and the Iowa standards for school administrators adopted pursuant to section 256. See Iowa Code 284A.2
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• School: means an agency of the state or political subdivision of the state, individual, partnership, company, firm, society, trust, association, corporation, or any combination which meets any of the following criteria:
   a. See Iowa Code 261B.2