As used in Section 6-101 et seTitle 70q. of of the Oklahoma Statutes:

1. 1. "Administrator" means a duly certified person who devotes a majority of time to service as a superintendent, elementary superintendent, principal, supervisor, vice principal or in any other administrative or supervisory capacity in the school district;
2. 2. "Dismissal" means the discontinuance of the teaching service of an administrator or teacher during the term of a written contract, as provided by law;
3. 3. "Nonreemployment" means the nonrenewal of an administrator's or teacher's contract upon expiration of the contract;
4. 4. "Career teacher" means a teacher who has completed three (3) or more consecutive complete school years in such capacity in one school district under a written teaching contract;
5. 5. "Hearing" means the hearing before a local board of education after a recommendation for dismissal or nonreemployment of a teacher has been made but before any final action is taken on said recommendation, held for the purpose of affording such teacher all rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Constitution of Oklahoma under such circumstances and for enabling the board to determine whether to approve or disapprove the recommendation;
6. 6. "Probationary teacher" means a teacher who has completed fewer than three (3) consecutive complete school years in such capacity in one school district under a written teaching contract;
7. 7. "Suspension" or "suspended" means the temporary discontinuance of an administrator's or teacher's services, as provided by law;
8. 8. "Teacher" means a duly certified or licensed person who is employed to serve as a counselor, librarian or school nurse or in any instructional capacity; an administrator shall be considered a teacher only with regard to service in an instructional, nonadministrative capacity.

Laws 1989, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1017, c. 2, § 68, emerg. eff. July 1, 1990; Amended by Laws 1991, HB 1507, c. 16, § 3, emerg. eff. July 1, 1991.