House Journal: Page 1737: Thursday, May 1, 2003
10 interactive live communications, and includes internet
11 web-based applications.
12 Sec. . Section 256.9, subsection 50, Code 2003,
13 is amended to read as follows:
14 50. Develop core knowledge and skill criteria
15 models, based upon the Iowa teaching standards, for
16 the evaluation, the advancement, and for teacher
17 career development purposes pursuant to chapter 284.
18 The model criteria shall further define the
19 characteristics of quality teaching as established by
20 the Iowa teaching standards. The director, in
21 consultation with the board of educational examiners,
22 shall also develop a transition plan for
23 implementation of the career development standards
24 developed pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 25,
25 with regard to licensure renewal requirements. The
26 plan shall include a requirement that practitioners be
27 allowed credit for career development completed prior
28 to implementation of the career development standards
29 developed pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 25.
30 Sec. 101. Section 256D.9, Code 2003, is amended to
31 read as follows:
32 256D.9 FUTURE REPEAL.
33 This chapter is repealed effective July 1, 2003
34 2004."
35 2. By striking page 33, line 25 through page 34,
36 line 4 and inserting the following:
37 "Sec. . Section 284.2, subsections 1 and 3,
38 Code 2003, are amended to read as follows:
39 1. "Beginning teacher" means an individual serving
40 under an initial provisional license, issued by the
41 board of educational examiners under chapter 272, who
42 is assuming a position as a classroom teacher. For
43 purposes of the beginning teacher mentoring and
44 induction program created pursuant to section 284.5,
45 "beginning teacher" also includes preschool teachers
46 who are licensed by the board of educational examiners
47 under chapter 272 and are employed by a school
48 district or area education agency.
49 3. "Comprehensive evaluation" means a summative
50 evaluation of a beginning teacher conducted by an
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1 evaluator for purposes of determining a beginning
2 teacher's level of competency, relative to the Iowa
3 teaching standards and for recommendation for
4 licensure based upon models developed pursuant to
5 section 256.9, subsection 50 the Iowa teaching
6 standards, and to determine whether the teacher's
7 practice meets the school district expectations for a
8 career teacher.
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