Section 0520-02-01-.01 - DEFINITIONS(1) The following definitions shall only be applicable to this chapter:(a) "Educator" means teachers, administrators, or non-instructional licensed staff as further defined in this rule.(b) "Teacher" means licensed, instructional staff who are responsible for providing direct instruction to students for the majority of the instructional day.(c) "Administrator" means staff, including, but not limited to principals or assistant principals, who spend a majority of the instructional day on administrative duties.(d) "Non-instructional licensed staff" means staff including, but not limited to, Library media specialists and Response to Intervention (RTI) coordinators who have a Tennessee educator license but who are not classroom teachers.(e) "Administrative Duties" means duties typically performed by a principal or assistant principal, including, but not limited to performing evaluations, delivering professional development, providing instructional coaching, scheduling students and staff, facilitating data team meetings, and other actions that provide support to teachers and non-instructional licensed staff.(f) "State Board" means the Tennessee State Board of Education(g) "The Department" means the Tennessee Department of Education(h) "LEA" means a Tennessee local education agency and has the same meaning given in T.C.A. § 49-1-103(2).(i) "Local Board" means a Tennessee local board of education.(j) "Charter School" means a Tennessee public charter school authorized to operate under T.C.A. Title 49, Chapter 13.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0520-02-01-.01
Original rule certified June 10, 1974. Repeal and new rule filed July 17, 1981; effective October 28, 1981. Amendment filed March 7, 1983; effective June 15, 1983. Amendment filed September 30, 1986; effective November 14, 1986. Amendment filed October 18, 1988; effective January 29, 1989. Amendment filed November 18, 1988; effective February 28, 1989. Amendment filed October 31, 1989; effective January 29, 1990. Repeal and new rule filed March 16, 1992; effective June 29, 1992. Amendment filed April 27, 1998; effective August 28, 1998. Amendment filed May 28, 1999; effective September 28, 1999. Repeal and new rule filed February 18, 2011; effective July 29, 2011. Amendment filed December 16, 2011; effective May 30, 2012. Emergency rules filed April 16, 2020; effective through October 13, 2020. Emergency rules expired effective October 14, 2020; and the rules reverted to their previous statuses. Amendments filed December 4, 2020; effective 3/4/2021.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 49-1-201, 49-1-301, 49-1-302, and 49-5-5205; Executive Order No. 14 of 2020 (and applicable, subsequent Executive Orders addressing COVID-19 relief); and Public Chapter 652 of 2020.