Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53G > Chapter 11 > Part 5 - School District and Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind Employee Requirements

• Administrator: means an individual who supervises educators and holds an appropriate license issued by the state board. See Utah Code 53G-11-501
• 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.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Career educator: means a licensed employee who has a reasonable expectation of continued employment under the policies of a local school board. See Utah Code 53G-11-501
• Career employee: means an employee of a school district who has obtained a reasonable expectation of continued employment based upon Section 53G-11-503 and an agreement with the employee or the employee's association, district practice, or policy. See Utah Code 53G-11-501
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• district: means :

  (a)	a public school district; or

  (b)

  the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. See Utah Code 53G-11-501 Educator: means an individual employed by a school district who is required to hold a professional license issued by the state board, except: (a)  a superintendent; or (b)  an individual who works less than three hours per day or is hired for less than half of a school year. See Utah Code 53G-11-501 Employee: means a career or provisional employee of a school district, except as provided in Subsection (7)(b). See Utah Code 53G-11-501 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. Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation. Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed. Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Provisional educator: means an educator employed by a school district who has not achieved status as a career educator within the school district. See Utah Code 53G-11-501 Provisional employee: means an individual, other than a career employee or a temporary employee, who is employed by a school district. See Utah Code 53G-11-501 School board: means a local school board or, for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, the state board. See Utah Code 53G-11-501 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Summative evaluation: means the annual evaluation that summarizes an educator's performance during a school year and that is used to make decisions related to the educator's employment. See Utah Code 53G-11-501 Temporary employee: means an individual who is employed on a temporary basis as defined by policies adopted by the school board. See Utah Code 53G-11-501 term of employment: means the period of time during which an employee is engaged by the school district under a contract of employment, whether oral or written. See Utah Code 53G-11-501 termination: means : (a)  termination of the status of employment of an employee; (b)  failure to renew or continue the employment contract of a career employee beyond the then-current school year; (c)  reduction in salary of an employee not generally applied to all employees of the same category employed by the school district during the employee's contract term; or (d)  change of assignment of an employee with an accompanying reduction in pay, unless the assignment change and salary reduction are agreed to in writing. See Utah Code 53G-11-501 Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Unsatisfactory performance: means a deficiency in performing work tasks that may be: (i)  due to insufficient or undeveloped skills or a lack of knowledge or aptitude; and (ii)  remediated through training, study, mentoring, or practice. See Utah Code 53G-11-501 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5