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further information.
(ii) If the SBEC approves the request with conditions,
the EPP must meet the conditions specified in the request. If the
EPP does not meet the conditions, the approval is revoked.
(iii) If the SBEC approves the request, the EPP must
submit a written report of outcomes resulting from the clinical teaching
exception to the TEA by September 15 of each academic year. If the
EPP does not timely submit the report, the approval is revoked.
(iv) If the SBEC does approve the exception or an approval
is revoked, an EPP must wait at least six months from the date of
the denial or revocation before submitting a new request.
(4) Candidates participating in an internship or a
clinical teaching assignment need to experience a full range of professional
responsibilities that shall include the start of the school year.
The start of the school year is defined as the first 15 instructional
days of the school year. If these experiences cannot be provided through
clinical teaching or an internship, they must be provided through
field-based experiences.
(5) An internship or clinical teaching experience for
certificates that include early childhood may be completed at a Head
Start Program with the following stipulations:
(A) a certified teacher is available as a trained mentor;
(B) the Head Start program is affiliated with the federal
Head Start program and approved by the TEA;
(C) the Head Start program teaches three- and four-year-old
students; and
(D) the state's prekindergarten curriculum guidelines
are being implemented.
(6) An internship or clinical teaching experience must
take place in an actual school setting rather than a distance learning
lab or virtual school setting.
(7) An internship or clinical teaching experience shall
not take place in a setting where the candidate:
(A) has an administrative role over the mentor or cooperating
teacher; or
(B) is related to the field supervisor, mentor, or
cooperating teacher by blood (consanguinity) within the third degree
or by marriage (affinity) within the second degree.
(8) For certification in a class other than classroom
teacher, each EPP shall provide a practicum for a minimum of 160 clock-hours
whereby a candidate must demonstrate proficiency in each of the educator
standards for the certificate class being sought.
(A) A practicum experience must take place in an actual
school setting rather than a distance learning lab or virtual school
setting.
(B) A practicum may not take place exclusively during
a summer recess.
(C) A practicum shall not take place in a setting where
the candidate:
(i) has an administrative role over the site supervisor;
or
(ii) is related to the field supervisor or site supervisor
by blood (consanguinity) within the third degree or by marriage (affinity)
within the second degree.
(D) An intern or probationary certificate may be issued
to a candidate for a certification class other than classroom teacher
who meets the requirements and conditions, including the subject matter
knowledge requirement, prescribed in §230.36 of this title and §230.37
of this title.
(i) A candidate for an intern or probationary certificate
in a certification class other than classroom teacher must meet all
requirements established by the recommending EPP, which shall be based
on the qualifications and requirements for the class of certification
sought and the duties to be performed by the holder of a probationary
certificate in that class.
(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.
(E) 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 appropriate
fee specified in §229.9(6) of this title (relating to Fees for
Educator Preparation Program Approval and Accountability), 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 appropriate
fee specified in §229.9(6) of this title, with the TEA for approval,
subject to periodic review, of a public or private school for a candidate's
placement located within any state or territory of the United States,
as a site for clinical teaching or practicum required by this chapter.
(i) The clinical teaching or practicum site may be
approved for a candidate who must complete requirements outside the
state of Texas due to the following reasons if they occur following
admission to the EPP:
(I) military assignment of candidate or spouse;
(II) illness of candidate or family member for whom
the candidate is the primary caretaker;
(III) candidate becomes the primary caretaker for a
family member residing out of state; or
(IV) candidate or spouse transfer of employment.
(ii) The application shall identify the circumstances
that necessitate the request to complete clinical teaching or a practicum
outside of the state of Texas and 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 appropriate
fee specified in §229.9(6) of this title, with the TEA for approval,
subject to periodic review, of a public or private school for a candidate's
placement located outside the United States, as a site for clinical
teaching or a practicum required by this chapter.
(i) The site may be approved for a candidate who must
complete requirements outside the United States due to the following
reasons if they occur following admission to the EPP:
(I) military assignment of candidate or spouse;
(II) illness of candidate or family member for whom
the candidate is the primary caretaker;
(III) candidate becomes the primary caretaker for a
family member residing out of country; or
(IV) candidate or spouse transfer of employment.
(ii) The application shall identify the circumstances
that necessitate the request to complete clinical teaching or a practicum
outside of the United States and be in a form developed by the TEA
staff and shall include, at a minimum, the same provisions required
in subparagraph (C)(ii) 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
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