Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-79.19

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 10, November 13, 2024

Rule 281-79.19 - Clinical practice standard

The unit and its school, AEA and facility partners will provide clinical experiences that assist candidates in becoming successful practitioners in accordance with the following provisions.

(1) The unit ensures that clinical experiences occurring in all locations are well sequenced, purposeful, supervised by appropriately qualified personnel, monitored by the unit and integrated into unit standards. These expectations are shared with candidates, supervisors and cooperating professional educators.

(2) Cooperating professional educators and college/university supervisors share responsibility for evaluating the candidate's achievement of unit standards. Clinical experiences are structured to have multiple performance"based assessments at key points within the program to demonstrate the candidate's attainment of unit standards.

(3) Clinical experiences include all of the following criteria:

a. Take place in the context of providing high-quality instructional programs for students in a state-approved school, agency or educational facility;

b. Take place in educational settings that include diverse populations and students of different age groups;

c. Provide opportunities for candidates to observe and be observed by others and to engage in discussion and reflection on clinical practice;

d. Include minimum expectations and responsibilities for cooperating professional educators, school districts, accredited nonpublic schools or AEAs and for higher education supervising faculty members;

e. Include prescribed minimum expectations for involvement of candidates in relevant responsibilities directed toward the work for which they are preparing;

f. Involve candidates in communication and interaction with parents or guardians, community members, faculty and staff and cooperating professional educators in the school.

(4) The institution annually delivers one or more workshops for cooperating professional educators to define the objectives of the field experience, review the responsibilities of the cooperating professional educators, build skills in coaching and mentoring and provide the cooperating professional educators other information and assistance the institution deems necessary. Each workshop incorporates feedback from participants and utilizes appropriate delivery strategies.

(5) The institution shall enter into a written contract with the cooperating school districts that provide field experiences for candidates.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-79.19

ARC 8053B, lAB 8/26/09, effective 9/30/09

Adopted by IAB June 12, 2024/Volume XLVI, Number 26, effective 7/17/2024