Section 228.67 - [Effective 9/1/2024] Clinical Teaching(a) A candidate for initial certification as a classroom teacher must have a clinical teaching assignment for each subject area in which the candidate is seeking certification.(b) The required duration of a clinical teaching assignment shall be a minimum of 490 hours that is not less than an average of 4 hours each day in the subject area and grade level of certification sought, including planning periods but not including lunch periods. The minimum may be reduced to no less than 455 hours if the candidate is absent from the clinical teaching assignment due to a documented instance of parental leave, military leave, illness, or bereavement.(c) For certification in more than one subject area that cannot be taught concurrently during the same period of the school day as the primary teaching assignment, at least five hours per week of the clinical teaching requirement in subsection (b) of this section must be completed in each additional subject area if and only if: (1) the educator preparation program (EPP) is approved to offer preparation in the certification category required for the additional assignment;(2) the EPP provides ongoing support for each assignment as prescribed in Subchapter F of this chapter (relating to Support for Candidates During Required Clinical Experiences);(3) the EPP provides coursework and training for each assignment to adequately prepare the candidate to be effective in the classroom; and(4) the campus administrator agrees to assign a qualified cooperating teacher appropriate to each assignment.(d) The EPP must structure the clinical teaching assignment so that the candidate is provided opportunities for co-teaching and increased instructional responsibility over the course of the clinical teaching assignment and as the candidate demonstrates mastery of educator standards.(e) Clinical teaching is successful when the candidate demonstrates proficiency in each of the educator standards for the assignment and the field supervisor and cooperating teacher recommend to the EPP that the candidate should be recommended for a standard certificate. If either the field supervisor or cooperating teacher do not recommend that the candidate should be recommended for a standard certificate, the person who does not recommend the candidate must provide documentation (e.g., evidence of failure to demonstrate proficiency in educator standards, evidence of failure to meet program requirements, evidence of failure to adhere to campus policies) supporting the lack of recommendation to the candidate and either the field supervisor or cooperating teacher.(f) The EPP may require additional hours of clinical teaching if the first experience was not successful.(g) An EPP must provide ongoing support to a candidate as described in Subchapter F of this chapter for the full term of the initial and any additional clinical teaching, unless, prior to the expiration of that term:(1) a standard certificate is issued to the candidate;(2) the candidate is discharged or is released from the EPP; or(3) the candidate withdraws from the EPP.19 Tex. Admin. Code § 228.67
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 20, May 17, 2024, TexReg 3541, eff. 9/1/2024