N.M. Admin. Code § 6.60.10.7 - DEFINITIONS
A.
"First-year teacher" means a teacher in their first year of
teaching in a New Mexico public school as a teacher of record, holding a New
Mexico teaching license. Public school districts and charters may, at their
discretion, extend this definition to include teachers in their first year as
teacher of record in their school who may have had prior teaching experience in
another school.
B.
"Designated mentor" means a level 2 or level 3 teacher who:
(1) has earned an effectiveness rating of
highly effective or exemplary as determined by the state's educator
effectiveness evaluation system, NMTEACH, as outlined in 6.69.8 NMAC, for at
least one of the two most recent years;
(2) is a nationally board certified teacher
and has earned an effectiveness rating of effective as determined by the
state's educator effectiveness evaluation system, NMTEACH, as outlined in
6.69.8 NMAC, for at least one of the most recent two years; or
(3) is assigned by the department in
situations where no qualifying mentor is available.
C.
"Director" means the director
of the educator quality division for the public education department.
D.
"Local education agency" or
"LEA" means a local school district, charter school, or state
educational institution.
E.
"Teaching license" means a department license issued in any of the
following:
(1) birth - pre-K;
(2) pre-K - grade 3;
(3) grades K- 8;
(4) grades 5 - 9;
(5) grades 7-12;
(6) special education grades pre
K-12;
(7) licensure for pre K-12 in
specialty areas;
(8) blindness and
visual impairment birth - grade 12;
(9) secondary vocational-technical education;
or
(10) deaf and hard of
hearing.
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