(a) An internship, clinical teaching, practicum, or
residency experience must take place in-person in a Prekindergarten-Grade
12 school setting rather than a distance learning lab or virtual school
setting.
(b) An internship, clinical teaching, or residency
experience for certificates that include early childhood may be completed
at a Head Start Program with the following stipulations:
(1) a certified teacher is available as a trained mentor;
(2) the Head Start program is affiliated with the federal
Head Start program and approved by the Texas Education Agency (TEA);
(3) the Head Start program teaches three- and four-year-old
students; and
(4) the state's prekindergarten curriculum guidelines
are being implemented.
(c) An internship, clinical teaching, practicum, or
residency experience shall not take place in a setting where the candidate:
(1) has an administrative role over the mentor, cooperating
teacher, site supervisor, or host teacher; or
(2) is related to the field supervisor, mentor, cooperating
teacher, site supervisor, or host teacher by blood (consanguinity)
within the third degree or by marriage (affinity) within the second
degree.
(d) School districts and charter schools authorized
under Texas Education Code, Chapter 12, 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 internship, clinical teaching,
practicum, and/or residency.
(e) 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 internships, clinical teaching, practicums,
and/or residency.
(f) An educator preparation program (EPP) may file
an application, with the appropriate fee specified in §229.9
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 or private school for a candidate's placement
located within any state or territory of the United States, as a site
for clinical teaching, practicum, or residency required by this chapter.
(1) The clinical teaching, practicum, or residency
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:
(A) military assignment of candidate or spouse;
(B) illness of candidate or family member for whom
the candidate is the primary caretaker;
(C) candidate becomes the primary caretaker for a family
member residing out of state; or
(D) candidate or spouse transfer of employment.
(2) The application shall identify the circumstances
that necessitate the request to complete clinical teaching, practicum,
or residency outside of the state of Texas and be in a form developed
by TEA staff and shall include, at a minimum:
(A) the accreditation(s) held by the school;
(B) a crosswalk comparison of the alignment of the
instructional standards of the school with those of the applicable
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and State Board for Educator
Certification certification standards;
(C) the certification, credentials, and training of
the field supervisor(s) who will supervise candidates in the school;
and
(D) 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.
(g) An EPP may file an application, with the appropriate
fee specified in §229.9 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, practicum, or residency required by this chapter.
(1) 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:
(A) military assignment of candidate or spouse;
(B) illness of candidate or family member for whom
the candidate is the primary caretaker;
(C) candidate becomes the primary caretaker for a family
member residing out of country; or
(D) candidate or spouse transfer of employment.
(2) The application shall identify the circumstances
that necessitate the request to complete clinical teaching, practicum,
or residency outside of the United States and be in a form developed
by TEA staff and shall include, at a minimum:
(A) the same provisions required in subsection (f)(2)
of this section for schools located within any state or territory
of the United States;
(B) a description of the on-site program personnel
and program support that will be provided;
(C) a description of any risks to candidate or supervising
personnel associated with placement in the country specified in the
application and options for mitigating risks; and
(D) a description of the school's recognition by the
U.S. State Department Office of Overseas Schools.
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