An administrator quality program is established to promote high student achievement and enhanced educator quality. The program shall consist of the following three major components:
 1. Mentoring and induction programs that provide support for administrators in accordance with section 284A.5.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 284A.1

  • Administrator: means an individual holding a professional administrator license issued under chapter 272 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
  • 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:
  • Student: means a person who enrolls in or seeks to enroll in a course of instruction offered or conducted by a school. See Iowa Code 261B.2
 2. Professional development designed to directly support best practices for leadership.
 3. Evaluation of administrators against the Iowa standards for school administrators.