Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 115C > Article 17D - Educator preparation programs

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Approved EPP: An EPP that has been approved by the State Board as meeting the requirements established by rule, as provided in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-269.1
• Authorized EPP: An EPP that (i) has met the accountability performance standards described in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-269.1
• board: means a city board of education, county board of education, or a city-county board of education. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-5
• CAEP: Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-269.1
• Clinical educator: An individual employed by a partner school, including a classroom teacher, who assesses, supports, and develops a clinical intern's knowledge, skills, and professional disposition during an internship. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-269.1
• Clinical intern or intern: Any student enrolled in a recognized EPP who is jointly assigned by that EPP and a local board of education to teach under the direction and supervision of a clinical educator, as provided in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-269.1
• Clinical internship or internship: Type of field experience in which a clinical intern works under the supervision of a clinical educator and may be delegated those duties granted to an educator by N. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-269.1
• Clinical mentor or mentor: An individual employed by an elementary or secondary school, including a classroom teacher, who assesses, supports, and develops a clinical resident's knowledge, skills, and professional disposition during the residency. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-269.1
• Clinical residency or residency: Type of field experience in which a clinical resident who already holds a bachelor's degree is enrolled in a recognized EPP and also employed by a local school administrative unit as an educator and supervised by the recognized EPP in partial fulfillment of the recognized EPP's training requirements. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-269.1
• Clinical resident: Any student who meets the following criteria:

  a. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-269.1

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Educator preparation program or EPP: Any entity that prepares, trains, and recommends students for teacher licensure. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-269.1
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Field experience: Placement of students enrolled in a recognized EPP in settings to provide opportunities to observe, practice, and demonstrate knowledge and skills. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-269.1
• following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Initially authorized EPP: An EPP that has been either approved by the State Board or accredited by CAEP to prepare, train, and recommend students for licensure, but lacks data required by the performance standards described in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-269.1
• Local school administrative unit: means a subdivision of the public school system which is governed by a local board of education. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-5
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Partner school: An elementary or secondary school located in North Carolina that includes (i) a public school governed by a local board of education, a charter school board of directors, a regional school board of directors, or a UNC laboratory school board of trustees. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-269.1
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Recognized educator preparation program or recognized EPP: An entity that is initially authorized or authorized by the State Board to recommend students for educator licensure. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-269.1
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Student: An individual enrolled in a recognized educator preparation program. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-269.1
• Supervisor: means a person paid on the supervisor salary schedule who supervises the instructional program in one or more schools and is under the immediate supervision of the superintendent or his designee. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-5