N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-300.13: Definition of public school employee.

For the purpose of this Article, a public school employee is a person whose major responsibility is to teach or directly supervise teaching and who is employed in either a full-time or part-time capacity, including, but not limited to, the superintendent, assistant or associate superintendent, principal, assistant principal, classroom teacher, substitute teacher, supervisor, teacher aide, student teacher, or school nurse. (1979, c. 971, s. 2.)