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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="6-1003" title_number="6" title_name="Teachers and Other Personnel" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Career Ladder for Educators">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Beginning with teachers listed under § 6–1002(h)(3) of this subtitle, as specified by the State Board, a teacher on level one, two, or three of the career ladder shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Teach in the classroom on average 60% of the teacher’s working time; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Spend the remaining time on other teacher activities, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Improving instruction;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Identifying, working with, and tutoring students who need additional help;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Working with the most challenging students;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Working with students living in concentrated poverty; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Leading or participating in professional learning.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An assistant principal is on level three of the career ladder and shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Be an NBC teacher; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Have an advanced professional certificate for administration.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Beginning with teachers listed under § 6–1002(h)(3) of this subtitle, as specified by the State Board, an assistant principal shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Participate in classroom activity involving direct interactions with students for at least 20% of their working hours; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Spend a portion of the remaining time on other teacher related activities, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Setting priorities for the subject level departments or grade levels of the school; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Fulfilling specialized roles, such as head of professional development.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The requirements of paragraph (2) of this subsection may not be construed to require that an assistant principal be designated as a teacher of record.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
