Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 20-A > Part 6 > Chapter 502-C - Regional School Leadership Academies

• academy: means a professional development consortium formed by a collaborative partnership that combines state and local programs and resources, including the preparation, licensure, certification, professional development and training for educational leadership, into a coherent system that can significantly improve the recruitment and preparation of prospective candidates for school principalship and other school leadership positions, as well as the induction, mentoring and retention of principals and school leaders during the first 2 years of employment in their school leadership positions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13111
• Collaborative agreement: means an agreement for shared staff or staff training, including collaborative programs and support services for preservice and in?service staff training between 2 or more school administrative units to form a collaborative partnership that specifies each school administrative unit's responsibility for and cost of the delivery of certain administrative, instructional and noninstructional functions, including collaborative programs and support services, for preservice and in?service staff training for school principalship and other school leadership positions over a 3?year period. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13111
• Collaborative board: means a board created pursuant to section 13112, subsection 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13111
• Collaborative partnership: means a regional school leadership academy collaborative partnership formed pursuant to this chapter between 2 or more school administrative units and, whenever possible, with educator preparation programs and statewide education associations that provides cohort?based professional development and career pathways, including preservice training for prospective candidates for school principalship and other school leadership positions and in?service training for new employees in school principalship and other school leadership positions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13111
• Department: means the Department of Education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
• Educator preparation program: means an educator preparation program as defined in section 13001?A, subsection 9. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13111
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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
• School administrative unit: means the state-approved unit of school administration and includes a municipal school unit, school administrative district, community school district, regional school unit or any other municipal or quasi-municipal corporation responsible for operating or constructing public schools, except that it does not include a career and technical education region. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
• State board: means the State Board of Education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
• Statewide education association: means a nonprofit education association or corporation in the State, including a principals association, a school superintendents association, a school boards association and an association of administrators of services for children with disabilities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13111