Section Ed 306.02 - Definitions Except where the context makes another meaning manifest, the following words have the meanings indicated when used in this chapter:
(a) "Acknowledgement of achievement" means when a student has demonstrated achievement of district competencies and or graduation competencies consistent with RSA 193-C:3;(b) "Career and technical education" means organized educational activities that:(1) Offer a sequence of courses that:a. Provides individuals with coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in current or emerging professions;b. Provides technical skill proficiency, an industry- recognized credential, a certificate, or an associate degree; andc. Might include prerequisite courses, other than a remedial course; and(2) Include competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of an industry, including entrepreneurship, of an individual;(c) "College and career readiness" means alignment with the knowledge, skills, and work-study practices students will need to enter and succeed in postsecondary opportunities - whether college or career;(d) "Competencies" means student learning targets that represent key content-specific concepts, skills, and knowledge applied within or across content domains. Specific and required types of competencies include district competencies and graduation competencies;(e) "Credit" means the record keeping structure that is awarded to a student who demonstrated achievement of graduation competencies organized around the specific credit;(f) "Department" means the New Hampshire department of education;(g) "District competencies" mean specific types of competencies that are common across the district and organized in developmental progressions that lead to achievement of graduation competencies;(h) "Educator" means any professional employee of any school district whose position requires certification by the state board pursuant to RSA 189:39. The term includes administrators, specialists, and teachers;(i) "Extended learning" means the primary acquisition of knowledge and skills through instruction or study outside of the traditional classroom methodology, including, but not limited, to: (j) "Graduation competencies" means specific types of competencies that are common across the district and define learning expectations for each student for graduation from high school;(k) "Instructional time" means the period of time during which pupils are actively working toward achieving educational objectives under the supervision of an educator or other staff member;(l) "Mastery" means a high level of demonstrated proficiency with regard to a competency;(m) "Nutrient dense foods" means those foods that provide substantial amounts of vitamins and minerals and relatively fewer calories as identified and defined by 7CFR Part 210.10;(n) "Nutrient density of foods" means the amount of a specific nutrient in a food per 100 calories of that food as defined in 7 CFR Part 210.11;(o) "Nutrient targets" means the specific number and types of food that a student selects. The targets are the scientific bases of the standards for menu planning. Targets provide the foundation for setting meal requirements which encompass meal patterns and other specifications for school menu planning purposes;(p) "Personalized learning" means a process which connects learning with learner's interests, talents, passions, and aspirations including actively participating in the design and implementation of their learning;(q) "Portion size" means the amount of food that will ensure each serving will be the appropriate size and that a recipe will produce the expected number of servings; and(r) "Work study practices" means those behaviors that enhance learning achievement and promote a positive work ethic such as, but not limited to, listening and following directions, accepting responsibility, staying on task, completing work accurately, managing time wisely, showing initiative, and being cooperative.N.H. Admin. Code § Ed 306.02
Amended by Volume XXXIV Number 16, Filed April 17, 2014, Proposed by #10556, Effective 3/27/2014, Expires3/27/2024.The amended version of this section by New Hampshire Register Volume 35, Number 27, eff.6/29/2015 is not yet available.
The amended version of this section by New Hampshire Register Volume 36, Number 06, eff.1/8/2016 is not yet available.