| (ii) An EPP may recommend an additional practicum under
a probationary certificate if:
(I) the EPP certifies that the first practicum was
not successful, the EPP has developed a plan to address any deficiencies
identified by the candidate and the candidate's field supervisor,
and the EPP implements the plan during the additional practicum; or
(II) the EPP certifies that the first practicum was
successful and that the candidate is making satisfactory progress
toward completing the EPP before the end of the additional practicum.
(D) A practicum is successful when the field supervisor
and the site supervisor recommend to the EPP that the candidate should
be recommended for a standard certificate. If either the field supervisor
or site supervisor does not recommend that the candidate should be
recommended for a standard certificate, the person who does not recommend
the candidate must provide documentation supporting the lack of recommendation
to the candidate and either the field supervisor or site supervisor.
(9) Subject to all the requirements of this section,
the TEA may approve a school that is not a public school accredited
by the TEA as a site for field-based experience, internship, clinical
teaching, and/or practicum.
(A) All Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA)
schools, wherever located, and all schools accredited by the Texas
Private School Accreditation Commission (TEPSAC) are approved by the
TEA for purposes of field-based experience, internship, clinical teaching,
and/or practicum.
(B) An EPP may file an application with the TEA for
approval, subject to periodic review, of a public school, a private
school, or a school system located within any state or territory of
the United States, as a site for field-based experience. The application
shall be in a form developed by the TEA staff and shall include, at
a minimum, evidence showing that the instructional standards of the
school or school system align with those of the applicable Texas Essential
Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and SBEC certification standards.
(C) An EPP may file an application with the TEA for
approval, subject to periodic review, of a public or private school
located within any state or territory of the United States, as a site
for an internship, clinical teaching, and/or practicum required by
this chapter. The application shall be in a form developed by the
TEA staff and shall include, at a minimum:
(i) the accreditation(s) held by the school;
(ii) a crosswalk comparison of the alignment of the
instructional standards of the school with those of the applicable
TEKS and SBEC certification standards;
(iii) the certification, credentials, and training
of the field supervisor(s) who will supervise candidates in the school;
and
(iv) the measures that will be taken by the EPP to
ensure that the candidate's experience will be equivalent to that
of a candidate in a Texas public school accredited by the TEA.
(D) An EPP may file an application with the TEA for
approval, subject to periodic review, of a public or private school
located outside the United States, as a site for clinical teaching,
internship, or practicum required by this chapter. The application
shall be in a form developed by the TEA staff and shall include, at
a minimum, the same elements required in subparagraph (C) of this
paragraph for schools located within any state or territory of the
United States, with the addition of a description of the on-site program
personnel and program support that will be provided and a description
of the school's recognition by the U.S. State Department Office of
Overseas Schools.
(f) Mentors, cooperating teachers, and site supervisors.
In order to support a new educator and to increase educator retention,
an EPP shall collaborate with the campus or district administrator
to assign each candidate a mentor during the candidate's internship,
assign a cooperating teacher during the candidate's clinical teaching
experience, or assign a site supervisor during the candidate's practicum.
If an individual who meets the certification category and/or experience
criteria for a cooperating teacher, mentor, or site supervisor is
not available, the EPP and campus or district administrator shall
assign an individual who most closely meets the criteria and document
the reason for selecting an individual that does not meet the criteria.
The EPP is responsible for providing mentor, cooperating teacher,
and/or site supervisor training that relies on scientifically-based
research, but the program may allow the training to be provided by
a school, district, or regional education service center if properly
documented.
(g) Ongoing educator preparation program support for
initial certification of teachers. Supervision of each candidate shall
be conducted with the structured guidance and regular ongoing support
of an experienced educator who has been trained as a field supervisor.
Supervision provided on or after September 1, 2017, must be provided
by a field supervisor who has completed TEA-approved observation training.
The initial contact, which may be made by telephone, email, or other
electronic communication, with the assigned candidate must occur within
the first three weeks of assignment. For each formal observation,
the field supervisor shall participate in an individualized pre-observation
conference with the candidate, document educational practices observed;
provide written feedback through an individualized, synchronous, and
interactive post-observation conference with the candidate; and provide
a copy of the written feedback to the candidate's cooperating teacher
or mentor. Neither the pre-observation conference nor the post-observation
conference need to be onsite. For candidates participating in an internship,
the field supervisor shall provide a copy of the written feedback
to the candidate's supervising campus administrator. Formal observations
by the field supervisor conducted through collaboration with school
or district personnel can be used to meet the requirements of this
subsection. Informal observations and coaching shall be provided by
the field supervisor as appropriate. In a clinical teaching experience,
the field supervisor shall collaborate with the candidate and cooperating
teacher throughout the clinical teaching experience. For an internship,
the field supervisor shall collaborate with the candidate, mentor,
and supervising campus administrator throughout the internship.
(1) Each formal observation must be at least 45 minutes
in duration, must be conducted by the field supervisor, and must be
on the candidate's site in a face-to-face setting.
(2) An EPP must provide the first formal observation
within the first third of all clinical teaching assignments and the
first six weeks of all internship assignments.
(3) For an internship under an intern certificate or
an additional internship described in subsection (e)(2)(B)(v)(I) of
this section, an EPP must provide a minimum of three formal observations
during the first half of the internship and a minimum of two formal
observations during the last half of the internship.
(4) For a first-year internship under a probationary
certificate or an additional internship described in subsection (e)(2)(B)(v)(II)
of this section, an EPP must provide a minimum of one formal observation
during the first third of the assignment, a minimum of one formal
observation during the second third of the assignment, and a minimum
of one formal observation during the last third of the assignment.
(5) If an internship under an intern certificate or
an additional internship described in subsection (e)(2)(B)(v)(I) of
this section involves certification in more than one certification
category that cannot be taught concurrently during the same period
of the school day, an EPP must provide a minimum of three observations
in each assignment. For each assignment, the EPP must provide at least
two formal observations during the first half of the internship and
one formal observation during the second half of the internship.
(6) For a first-year internship under a probationary
certificate or an additional internship described in subsection (e)(2)(B)(v)(II)
of this section that involves certification in more than one certification
category that cannot be taught concurrently during the same period
of the school day, an EPP must provide a minimum of one formal observation
in each of the assignments during the first half of the assignment
and a minimum of one formal observation in each assignment during
the second half of the assignment.
(7) For a 14-week, full-day clinical teaching assignment,
an EPP must provide a minimum of one formal observation during the
first third of the assignment, a minimum of one formal observation
during the second third of the assignment, and a minimum of one formal
observation during the last third of the assignment. For an all-level
clinical teaching assignment in more than one location, a minimum
of two formal observations must be provided during the first half
of the assignment and a minimum of one formal observation must be
provided during the second half of the assignment.
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