§ 284.2 — Definitions

Iowa § 284.2

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VII: EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE
• Ch. 284: TEACHER PERFORMANCE, COMPENSATION, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Beginning teacher” means an individual serving under an initial or intern license,
issued under chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3, who is assuming a position as a teacher.
“Beginning teacher” includes an individual who is an initial teacher. For purposes of the
beginning teacher mentoring and induction program created pursuant to section 284.5,
“beginning teacher” also includes preschool teachers who are licensed under chapter 256,
subchapter VII, part 3, and are employed by a school district or area education agency.
“Beginning teacher” does not include a teacher whose employment with a school district
or area education agency is probationary unless the teacher is serving under an initial or
teacher intern license issued under chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3.
2. “Comprehensive evaluation” means a summative evaluation of a beginning teacher
conducted by an evaluator for purposes of determining a beginning teacher’s level of
competency, for recommendation for licensure based upon the Iowa teaching standards,
and to determine whether the teacher’s practice meets the school district expectations for a
career teacher.
3. “Department” means the department of education.
4. “Director” means the director of the department of education.
5. “Evaluator” means an administrator or other practitioner who successfully completes
an evaluator training program pursuant to section 284.10.
6. “Intensive assistance” means the provision of organizational support and technical

assistance to teachers, other than beginning teachers, for the remediation of identified
teaching and classroom management concerns for a period not to exceed twelve months.
7. “Mentor” means an individual employed by a school district or area education agency
as a teacher or a retired teacher who holds a valid license issued under chapter 256,
subchapter VII, part 3. The individual must have a record of three years of successful
teaching practice, must be employed on a nonprobationary basis, and must demonstrate
professional commitment to both the improvement of teaching and learning and the
development of beginning teachers.
8. “Performance review” means a summative evaluation of a teacher other than a
beginning teacher that is used to determine whether the teacher’s practice meets school
district expectations and the Iowa teaching standards in accordance with section 284.8.
9. “School board” means the board of directors of a school district, a collaboration of
boards of directors of school districts, or the board of directors of an area education agency,
as the context requires.
10. “State board” means the state board of education.
11. “Teacher”meansanindividualwhoholdsapractitioner’slicenseissuedunderchapter
256, subchapter VII, part 3, or a statement of professional recognition issued under chapter
256, subchapter VII, part 3, who is employed in a nonadministrative position by a school
district or area education agency pursuant to a contract issued by a board of directors under
section279.13. Ateachermaybeemployedinbothanadministrativeandanonadministrative
position by a board of directors and shall be considered a part-time teacher for the portion of
time that the teacher is employed in a nonadministrative position.