Mich. Admin. Code R. 380.101 - Definitions
Rule 1. As used in this code:
(a) "Alternative route school administrator
preparation program" means a pathway to school administrator certification
under
R 380.105 offered by an approved
provider that is an established state professional organization.
(b) "Annual district provided professional
development" means that term as defined in
R
390.1101.
(c) "Central office administrator" means 1 or
both of the following:
(i) Superintendent of
a school district.
(ii) An
individual whose primary responsibility is administering instructional programs
in a school district on a district-wide basis.
(d) "Department" means the Michigan
department of education.
(e)
"Education-related professional learning" means an educational opportunity
intended to improve a school administrators practice and capacity to perform
the work within the profession of education, including time spent engaging with
local employers or technical centers, that is 1 or more of the following:
(i) Satisfactory college semester credit
hours relevant to professional development as a school administrator at a
regionally accredited college or university, with 1 semester credit hour being
equivalent to 25 education-related professional learning hours.
(ii) State continuing education clock hours
relevant to professional development as a school administrator.
(iii) Michigan annual district provided
professional development hours relevant to professional development as a school
administrator.
(f)
"Established state professional organization" means that term as defined in
section 1536 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1536.
(g) "Listed offense" means that term as
defined in section 1535a of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL
380.1535a.
(h) "Michigan
professional teaching certificate" means a certificate issued under part 3 of
the teacher certification code,
R 390.1133 to
R 390.1138.
(i) "Performance-based professional learning
program" means an approved program that requires the demonstration of
knowledge, application, skills, behavior, and impact on improving leadership as
measured by performance indicators.
(j) "PK-12 building administrator" means 1 or
more of the following:
(i) Principal of a
PK-12 school.
(ii) Assistant
principal of a PK-12 school.
(iii)
An individual whose primary responsibility is administering instructional
programs in a PK-12 school.
(k) "PK-12 school" means a school with a
single grade or any combination of grades from prekindergarten to grade
12.
(l) "Professional learning
enhancement" means a school administrator certificate endorsement described in
section 1536(5) of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1536, that the
superintendent of public instruction issues under
R
380.111b.
(m) "Provider" means a regionally accredited
college or university or a professional association that has an approved
alternative route school administrator preparation program.
(n) "Regionally accredited" means accredited
by 1 of the regional accrediting agencies recognized and published by the
Council for Higher Education Accreditation or its successor agency.
(o) "School administrator certificate
endorsement" means the endorsement of a school administrator certificate for 1
or both of the following:
(i) PK-12 building
administrator.
(ii) Central office
administrator.
(p)
"School administrator preparation program course of study" means the outline of
courses required for completion of an approved school administrator preparation
program.
(q) "School district"
means that term as defined in
R
390.1101.
(r) "State board" means the Michigan state
board of education.
(s) "State
continuing education clock hours" means hours of professional development
issued through a process established and approved by the superintendent of
public instruction.
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