Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 10 - EDUCATION
Chapter 10.58 - PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM STANDARDS
Subchapter 10.58.3 - Curriculum Principles and Standards: Basic Programs
Rule 10.58.312 - INITIAL CLINICAL PARTNERSHIPS AND PRACTICE
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 10.58.312
Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) The provider:
(a) ensures that effective partnerships and
high-quality clinical practice in different settings and modalities are central
to preparation so that candidates develop the knowledge, skills, and
professional dispositions necessary to demonstrate positive impact on all P-12
students' learning and development;
(b) co-constructs mutually beneficial P-12
school and community arrangements for clinical preparation and share
responsibility for continuous improvement of candidate preparation by:
(i) ensuring partnerships for clinical
preparation follow a range of forms, participants, and functions;
(ii) establishing mutually agreeable
expectations for candidate entry, preparation, and exit;
(iii) ensuring that theory and practice are
linked by maintaining coherence across clinical and academic components of
preparation;
(iv) sharing
accountability for candidate outcomes; and
(v) to the extent possible, providing
opportunities for candidates to student teach in the district and school of
their choice, including through recruitment and retention programs adopted by
school districts, in accordance with statewide agreements among
providers;
(c) ensures
that partners co-select, prepare, evaluate, and support high-quality clinical
educators, both provider and school-based, who demonstrate a positive impact on
candidates' development and P-12 student learning and development;
and
(d) works with partners to
design and implement clinical experiences, utilizing various modalities of
sufficient depth, breadth, diversity, coherence, and duration to ensure that
candidates demonstrate their developing effectiveness and positive impact on
all students' learning and development. Clinical experiences are structured to
have multiple performance-based assessments at key points within the program to
demonstrate candidates' development of the knowledge, skills, and professional
dispositions, as delineated in ARM 10.58.311.
AUTH: 20-2-114, MCA; IMP: 20-2-121, MCA
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