Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) An alternative
certification program seeking approval to implement a clinical teaching
component shall submit a description of the following elements of the program
for approval by Texas Education Agency (TEA) staff on an application in a form
developed by TEA staff that shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) general clinical teaching program
description, including conditions under which clinical teaching may be
implemented;
(2) selection criteria
for clinical teachers;
(3)
selection criteria for cooperating teachers;
(4) description of support and communication
between candidates, cooperating teachers, and the alternative certification
program;
(5) description of program
supervision; and
(6) description of
how candidates are evaluated.
(b) An educator preparation program (EPP)
seeking approval to implement a residency program must submit a complete
application in a form developed by TEA staff for consideration and approval by
the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC). The application must include
evidence indicating the ability to comply with the provisions of this chapter
and Chapter 230 of this title (relating to Professional Educator Preparation
and Certification).
(1) To determine whether
the EPP's evidence of compliance is sufficient, the program shall be scored on
a rubric developed and published by TEA staff. Evidence of compliance is
described in the figure provided in this paragraph.
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(2) TEA
staff will review the application and required evidence and shall recommend to
the SBEC whether the residency program should be approved.
(3) A post-approval site visit will be
conducted after the end of the first academic year in which the program reports
residency completers to the TEA in accordance with §
229.3 of this title (relating to
Required Submissions of Information, Surveys, and Other
Data).
(c) An EPP seeking
the addition of certificate categories and classes must comply with the
following as applicable.
(1) An EPP that is
rated Accredited, as provided in §
229.4 of this title (relating to
Determination of Accreditation Status), may request the addition of a
certificate class that has not been previously approved by the SBEC but must
present a complete application in a form developed by TEA staff for
consideration and approval by the SBEC. The application at a minimum must
include the components identified in §228.11(a)(1) of this title (relating
to New Entity Approval) and must document evidence that the EPP has the staff
knowledge and expertise to support individuals participating in the certificate
class being requested.
(2) An EPP
that is rated Accredited, as provided in §
229.4 of this title, may request
additional certificate categories be approved by TEA staff if the requested
additional certificate categories are within the classes of certificates for
which the EPP has been previously approved by the SBEC, by submitting an
application in a form developed by TEA staff. The application shall include, at
a minimum, the curriculum matrix, a description of how the educator standards
for the certificate are incorporated into the coursework and training; and
documentation showing that the program has the staff knowledge and expertise to
support individuals participating in the certificate category being requested.
The curriculum matrix must include the educator standards, the test framework
competencies, the applicable Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, the course
and/or module names, and the benchmarks and assessments used to measure mastery
of the standards and competencies and candidate progress through
coursework.
(3) An EPP rated
Accredited, as provided in §
229.4 of this title, and currently
approved to offer a certificate for which the SBEC is changing the grade level
of the certificate may request to offer the preapproved category at different
grade levels if the requested additional certificate categories are within the
classes of certificates for which the EPP has been previously approved by the
SBEC, by submitting an application in a form developed by TEA staff that shall
include, at a minimum, a modified curriculum matrix that includes:
(A) the educator standards;
(B) test framework competencies;
(C) course and/or module names; and
(D) the benchmarks and assessments used to
measure successful program progress.
(4) An EPP that has an accreditation status
other than Accredited, as listed in §
229.4 of this title, may not apply
to offer additional certificate categories or classes of
certificates.
(d) An EPP
that is rated Accredited, may open additional locations, provided the program
informs TEA staff of any additional locations at which the program is providing
educator preparation 60 days prior to providing educator preparation at the
location. Additional program locations must operate in accordance with the
program components under which the program has been approved to operate. An EPP
that has an accreditation status listed in §
229.4 of this title other than
Accredited may not open additional locations.
