New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 99 - DISTANCE EDUCATION
Part 1 - PUBLIC AND PRIVATE POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS OPERATING UNDER THE INTERSTATE DISTANCE EDUCATION ACT
Section 5.99.1.11 - SUPERVISED FIELD EXPERIENCE

Universal Citation: 5 NM Admin Code 5.99.1.11

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

Supervised field experience is a form of distance education which enables instruction from an experiential learning site. The experiential learning site will facilitate student participation in experiential learning activity which requires application of previously studied skills through practica, student teaching, clinical placements, research, internships, or other similar placements. The institution and the experiential learning site must enter into an agreement to facilitate experiential learning activity for students through use of supervisors, mentors, faculty members or other qualified professionals employed by the experiential learning site.

A. A student may participate in a supervised field experience, without the institution obtaining DEA if the institution certifies the following:

(1) the supervised field experience is part of a program of study offered by the enrolling institution;

(2) the experiential learning site has entered into an agreement with the institution which specifies:
(a) the student will receive oversight by a supervisor, mentor, faculty member or other qualified professional, located at the experiential learning site; and

(b) the supervisor, mentor, faculty member or other qualified professional has a direct or indirect reporting responsibility to the institution where the student is enrolled;

(3) no greater than 10 students from an individual academic program will be placed simultaneously at an experiential learning site during a full-term (quarter or semester);

(4) approval requirements have been satisfied by the applicable professional licensing agency or board, if the supervised field experience requires licensure or certification for practice; and

(5) support services and complaint resolution procedures will be made available to the student, while the student participates in the supervised field experience.

B. The department may allow an institution to maintain an exemption from DEA and increase maximum student placements beyond those in Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of 5.99.1.11 NMAC if the experiential learning site contains more than one division, department, or unit, and the institution seeks to place students within different divisions, departments, or units. If an institution seeks to place more than 10 students at an experiential learning site that contains more than one division, department, or unit, and maintain eligibility for DEA exemption, the institution shall file a request with the department detailing the basis of the increase in maximum student placements. For the department to consider an increase in maximum student placements beyond those in Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of 5.99.1.11 NMAC, it will evaluate the demonstrated ability of the institution and the experiential learning site to provide adequate learning opportunity and resources to the student. In making its determination, factors considered by the department shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) the size of the facility or location of the experiential learning site;

(2) the number of distinct divisions, departments, or units to which students will be placed within the experiential leaning site;

(3) whether the divisions, departments, or units engage in distinct specializations or disciplines;

(4) whether the number of supervisors, mentors, faculty member or other qualified professionals available is adequate to provide oversight and fulfill the terms of the agreement between the institution and the experiential learning site, entered into pursuant to Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of 5.99.1.11 NMAC; and

(5) overall demand for student placements by all institutions seeking to establish agreements with the experiential learning site.

C. An institution that seeks to place more students at an experiential learning site than permitted pursuant to Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of 5.99.1.11 NMAC and does not obtain express approval by the department pursuant to Section B of 5.99.1.11 NMAC must obtain DEA pursuant to 5.99.1.12 NMAC.

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