UTAH CODE (Last Updated: January 16, 2015) |
Title 53A. State System of Public Education |
Chapter 8a. Public Education Human Resource Management Act |
Part 8. Peer Assistance and Review Pilot Program |
§ 53A-8a-801. Definitions.
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- As used in this part:
(1) "Peer Assistance and Review Pilot Program" or "PAR Program" means the teacher evaluation and mentoring program created in Section 53A-8a-802. (2) "Consulting teacher" means a teacher who is appointed as described in Section 53A-8a-803 and provides assistance and review to teachers assigned to a PAR Program. (3) "Novice teacher" means a provisional teacher who has not achieved career employee status. (4) "PAR Joint Panel" means the governing panel of a district's PAR Program, created according to Section 53A-8a-804. (5) "Teacher" means an individual employed by a school district who is required to hold an educator license issued by the State Board of Education and who has an assignment to teach in a classroom. (6) "Underperforming veteran teacher" means a teacher who has achieved career employee status as defined in Section 53A-8a-102 and whose work has been judged to fall below the district's standards.
Enacted by Chapter 273, 2012 General Session