(a) Course work or training means course work or training in school violence prevention and intervention.
(b) Provider means any teachers' or professional organization or association, school district, board of cooperative educational services, nonpublic school, institution of higher education, hospital, health care facility, government agency or office, social service agency, or any other organization that has as its purpose the provision of course work or training in school violence prevention and intervention, and that is approved by the department to offer course work or training in school violence prevention and intervention pursuant to Education Law section 3004.