{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-115c-310.3","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-310.3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The following definitions apply to this Article:\n(1)\tAdult leadership teacher. - An ATR team lead who meets the following criteria:\na.\tWorks in the classroom providing instruction for at least thirty percent (30%) of the instructional day.\nb.\tLeads a team of between three and eight teachers.\nc.\tShares responsibility for the performance of the students of all teachers on the adult leadership teacher's team.\nd.\tIs not a school administrator.\n(2)\tAdvanced teaching role. - A teaching assignment that includes either (i) teaching an increased number of students or (ii) becoming an ATR team lead.\n(3)\tATR plan. - A local board of education's plan to implement advanced teaching roles under this Article.\n(4)\tATR school. - A school that is included in an ATR unit's ATR plan.\n(5)\tATR team lead. - A teaching assignment that includes leading one or more teachers and being responsible for the student performance of all students taught by teachers on that lead teacher's team.\n(6)\tATR unit. - A local school administrative unit operating under an ATR plan approved by the State Board of Education.\n(7)\tClassroom excellence teacher. - A classroom teacher serving in an advanced teaching role who assumes and maintains responsibility for at least twenty percent (20%) of additional students as compared to the most recent prior school year in which the teacher did not receive a salary supplement pursuant to this section.\n(8)\tClassroom teacher. - A teacher who works in the classroom providing instruction to students at least seventy percent (70%) of the instructional day and who is not instructional support personnel. (2024-57, s. 3J.16(a).)","path":["Chapter 115C. Elementary and Secondary Education.","SUBCHAPTER V. PERSONNEL.","Article 20A. Advanced Teaching Roles."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_115C/GS_115C-310.3.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:17:42Z","sha256":"542aea081936e3ff803d5733b23ab4df36a10115387c6adede222dfb0e6a87b0","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-115c-310.1","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-115c-310.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}