Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(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.
