Section 181-77-003. Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply to terms used in this chapter:

(1) "Approved program for training career and technical education teachers and career and technical education counselors" shall be defined as any program approved by the professional educator standards board which complies with chapter 181-77A WAC.

(2) "Career and technical education educator training" shall mean those career and technical education programs, courses, seminars and workshops offered for the purpose of career and technical education certification in compliance with chapter 181-85 WAC.

(3) "General safety" shall mean course work approved by the professional educator standards board and/or its designee that is designed to provide skill and knowledge common to all career and technical education instructors in safety.

(4) "Specific safety requirements" shall mean completion of course work approved by the professional educator standards board and/or its designee which is designed to provide the career and technical education instructor with the specific skill and knowledge of safety for the occupation he or she is to teach.

(5) "Learning period" shall mean the amount of time required prior to becoming gainfully employed at the journeyman or equivalent level in the occupation being taught. In any case, this shall be no less than one year.

(6) "Management experience" shall mean work as a supervisor, foreman or manager in the occupational area in which the person will instruct.

(7) "Occupational experience" shall mean paid or unpaid work experience in the career field to be taught.

(8) "One year of occupational experience" shall equal two thousand hours of employment.

(9) "Professional education" shall mean those programs, courses, seminars and workshops that are designed to improve teaching ability.

(10) "Professional experience" shall mean employment in career and technical education in the discipline and/or specialty for which the application has been submitted.

(11) "Quarter hours or the equivalent" shall mean one quarter credit, two-thirds semester credit, ten clock hours or one hundred hours of occupational experience.

(12) "Technical education/upgrading" shall mean those career and technical education programs, courses, seminars and workshops which are designed to improve the skills and/or knowledge in the discipline in which the application is being made.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.210. WSR 06-14-010, § 181-77-003, filed 6/22/06, effective 7/23/06. WSR 06-02-051, recodified as § 181-77-003, filed 12/29/05, effective 1/1/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010 and 28A.305.130 (1) through (4). WSR 02-04-018, § 180-77-003, filed 1/24/02, effective 2/24/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010. WSR 98-01-026, § 180-77-003, filed 12/8/97, effective 1/8/98; WSR 97-04-085, § 180-77-003, filed 2/5/97, effective 3/8/97; WSR 95-12-056, § 180-77-003, filed 6/2/95, effective 7/3/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.70.005. WSR 78-10-003 (Order 11-78), § 180-77-003, filed 9/7/78.]

RCW 28A.410.210. WSR 06-14-010, § 181-77-003, filed 6/22/06, effective 7/23/06. WSR 06-02-051, recodified as § 181-77-003, filed 12/29/05, effective 1/1/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010 and 28A.305.130 (1) through (4). WSR 02-04-018, § 180-77-003, filed 1/24/02, effective 2/24/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010. WSR 98-01-026, § 180-77-003, filed 12/8/97, effective 1/8/98; WSR 97-04-085, § 180-77-003, filed 2/5/97, effective 3/8/97; WSR 95-12-056, § 180-77-003, filed 6/2/95, effective 7/3/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.70.005. WSR 78-10-003 (Order 11-78), § 180-77-003, filed 9/7/78.

Rules

181-77A,181-85,