(A) "Adult" means a
person who is at least eighteen years of age.
(B)
"Advanced
practice registered nurse" means a certified registered nurse anesthetist,
clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse
practitioner under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code.
(B)
(C)
"Alignment" means the coherence and correlation of the curriculum and
assessments to standards.
(C) "Adult education program" means
the adult education program receives funds under the department of education's
state plan for implementing the "Workforce Investment Act of 1998" (August
1998).
(D)
"Career Pathways Model" has the same meaning as in
section 5104.01 of the Revised
Code.
(D)
(E) "Class" means a group of children enrolled in the
preschool program.
(F)
"Community School" has the same meaning as in section
3301.52 of the Revised
Code.
(E) "County board of DD" means a
county board of developmental disabilities.
(F)
(G)
"Crib" means a full sized crib or porta crib that meets
the federal standards
located
at
16 CFR
1219.1 to
1220.2
(June 2011, cpsc.gov) and is appropriate to the size of the
child.
(G)
(H) "Curriculum" means an organized framework that
describes those components of developmentally appropriate practice necessary to
support optimum development and learning including the following:
(1) Classroom environment;
(2) Concepts and skills in all content areas
and developmental domains;
(3)
Learning experiences;
(4)
Instructional strategies to help children achieve their goals; and
(5) Assessment processes to inform
instruction to monitor progress.
(H)
(I) "Department" means
the Ohio department of education.
(I)
(J) "Developmentally
appropriate" means curriculum, instruction, environments, and age-appropriate
activities that reflect the cognitive, social, and emotional level of the
learner and also includes the unique abilities or characteristics of a learner
or group of learners including learners with disabilities, unique ethnic and/or
cultural characteristics, and unique life experiences.
(J)
(K)
"Director" has the same meaning as in section
3301.52 of the Revised Code. In
addition, "Director" means the head
lead teacher,
elementary principal or site administrator who is the individual on-site and is
responsible for supervision of a preschool program, and may be used to meet
child-to-staff ratio.
(K)
(L) "Early learning
program and development standards " means the
department's framework for preschool programs to address outcomes and goals
considered essential for children's learning and health development as referenced in section
5104.29 of the Revised
Code, which are available at
education.ohio.gov..
(M)
"Education Management Information System" (EMIS) is a
statewide data collection system for Ohio's primary and secondary education,
including demographic information, attendance, course information, financial
data, and test results.
(L)
(N) "Eligible
nonpublic school" has the same meaning as in section
3301.52 of the Revised
Codemeans a nonpublic school chartered as
described in division (B)(8) of section 5104.02 of the Revised Code or
chartered by the state board of education for any combination of grades one
through twelve regardless of whether kindergarten is
offered..
(M)
(O) "Facility" means a building that is owned or
leased and operated by the school district, educational service center, joint
vocational school, career technical school,
county board of developmental disabilities, community
schoolDD, or eligible nonpublic
school and has been approved by a municipal, township, or county or state
building department for the purpose of operating a program for preschool
children.
(N)
(P) "First aid training" means a course provided by an
approved health organization as determined by the department.
(O)
(Q)
"Governing body" means a board of education for a school district, an
educationaleducation service center or county board of
developmental disabilitiesDD; or the group of persons who have similar
authority over a community school or nonpublic
school program.
(P)
(R) "Group size" means the number of children assigned
to a leadhead
teacher in a classroom.
(Q)
(S) "Hand washing
facility" means a permanent-type fixture with running water (i.e. sink service)
which conforms to the requirements of the "Ohio plumbing code" as established
in division 4101:3 of the Administrative Code.
(R) "Head teacher" means a person
hired to guide and instruct a class of preschool children enrolled in the
program and who may supervise the preschool program.
(T)
"Head Start"
means a federally funded school readiness program for children ages birth to
five from low-income families. Head start provides comprehensive services that
support children's growth and development. Head start programs include licensed
programs that receive head start funding as a grantee, delegate, partnership,
or collaboration.
(U)
"Individualized Education Program" (IEP) means an
individualized education program as developed in accordance with rule
3301-51-07 of the Administrative
Code.
(S)
(V) "Infant" means a child who is less than eighteen
months of age.
(T) "IEP" means an individualized
educational program.
(W)
"Lead teacher"
means a person hired to guide and instruct a class of preschool children
enrolled in the program and who may supervise the preschool program. All
references to "head teacher" in Chapter 3301. of the Revised Code have the same
meaning as "lead teacher."
(U)
(X) "Non-ambulatoryNonambulatory
child" means any child who is unable to leave a building unassisted
under emergency conditions; unable to walk forward or backward unassisted;
unable to go up or down steps without help; and/or dependent upon mechanical
aids such as crutches, walkers, and wheelchairs.
(Y)
"Ohio
Professional Registry" (OPR) is an online professional development tool for
Ohio's early childhood and afterschool professionals.
(V) "Non-teaching employee" means a
preschool employee whose primary responsibilities are duties other than care,
teaching, and supervision of preschool children.
(W)
(Z)
"Parent, guardian, or custodian" has the same meaning
as in section 3301.52
means a person or government agency that is or will be
responsible for a child's school attendance under section 3321.01 of
the Revised Code.
(X)
(AA) "Policies" mean principles governing the
operation of the preschool program. Policies
policies shall be established and
adopted by the program's governing body.
(Y)
(BB) "Preschool child" means a child who has not entered kindergarten and is not of
compulsory school age as defined in section 3321.01
has the same meaning as in section
3301.52
of the Revised
Code.
(Z)
(CC) "Preschool child with a disability"
has the same meaning as in section
3323.01 of the Revised Code
means a child who is at least three years of
age but not of compulsory school-age as prescribed by Chapter 3301-51 of the
Administrative Code and who qualifies for preschool special education and has
an active IEP..
(AA)
(DD) "Preschool
program"
has the same meaning as in section
3301.52 of the Revised Code.
means either of the following:
(1) A program for preschool children
that is operated by a school district board of education, educational service
center, joint vocational school, an eligible nonpublic school;
or
(2) A program for preschool children
age three or older that is operated by a county board of DD.
(BB)
(EE) "Preschool staff member" means a preschool
employee whose primary responsibility is care, teaching, or supervision of
preschool children and who is used to meet child-to-staff ratio
requirements.
(CC)
(FF) "Procedures" means an administrative course of
action specified in writing.
(DD)
(GG) "Public school"
means a school operated by a board of education of a city, county, exempted
village, local, joint vocational school district, a county board of
developmental disabilities, community
schoolDD, or an educational service
center governing body.
(HH)
"Publicly funded" means any funding received from the
department of education and/ or the department of job and family services to
operate a preschool program.
(EE)
(II) "School-age
child" means a child who is kindergarten or age six and of compulsory school
age according to the entry date determined by the school district in section
3321.01 of the Revised Code.
(FF) "Teacher" means a person hired
to instruct a class of preschool children enrolled in the
program.
(GG)
(JJ) "Toddler" means
a child who is at least eighteen months of age but less than three years of
age.
(HH)
(KK) "Volunteer" means an adult not counted in the
child-staff ratio except those designated in
paragraph (U) of rule 3301-37-04 of the Administrative Code.
