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Supplementary Definitions.
In an effort to promote understanding and consistency within the provisions of
this Chapter, in addition to the definitions provide in Chapter 1 of these
Rules, the following words and terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the
following meanings:
(a) |
Administrative. Pertaining to the execution, application or
management of persons or things. |
(b) |
Appeal. A request for a
nonjudicial review of an action related to grievances, complaints, conditions
or situations. |
(c) |
Available. That which can be used or obtained. |
(d) |
Certificate, Certified,
Certification. These terms and similar terms are references to the
certificate issued by the Professional Standards Commission to Certified
Personnel as defined below. |
(e) |
Certified Personnel. These positions required to be certified by
the implementation of the provisions of O.C.G.A. Section
20-2-200. |
(f) |
Communication Skills. The
capacity, ability or art of giving and receiving, through any of the senses,
information, ideas and attitudes. |
(g) |
Competent. The ability or
fitness to discharge the required duties as set forth in this
Chapter. |
(h) |
Complainant. That party by whom, or on whose behalf, a complaint
is filed. |
(i) |
Complaint. A problem involving professional performance or
relationship where the ultimate solution is normally within the province of the
profession. |
(j) |
Designated
Task. The duty or assignment for which a person is responsible at any
given time. |
(k) |
Diagnosis. Identification of needs, strengths and weaknesses
through examination, observation and analysis. |
(l) |
Educator. Any person engaged
in the instructional program, including those engaged in the instructional
program, including those engaged in teaching, administering and supervising,
who is required to be certified. |
(m) |
Effective. Producing a
definite or desired result. |
(n) |
Hearing. Commission proceedings for the formulation of a
recommendation to the Georgia Board of Education, to a Local Board or to the
Professional Standards Commission. |
(o) |
Hearing Committee. The three
Commission members appointed to the Hearing Committee. |
(p) |
Hearing Officer. Qualified
member of the Georgia Bar competent by reason of training or
experience. |
(q) |
Management. Controlling, supervising and guiding the efforts of
others. |
(r) |
Order. The
whole or any part of the final decision of the Professional Standards
Commission. |
(s) |
Party.
Individuals, partnerships, corporations, associations, departments of education
or public or private organizations of any character, and any agency allowed to
intervene in a Commission proceeding. |
(t) |
Person. Anyone who is
seeking to establish or maintain certification as defined above. |
(u) |
Policy. Authorized
expressions of public intent reflecting the general principles guiding the
efforts of the school system or school toward approved goals. |
(v) |
Preponderance of Evidence. A
superiority of weight. |
(w) |
Reasonable. Just and proper; ordinary or usual; fit and
appropriate to the end in view. |
(x) |
Respondent. The party against whom the complaint is
made. |
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