(1) In addition to the appropriate NCATE Student teachers are in the final stages of standards incorporated by reference in 16 entry into the education profession. KAR 5:010, the educator preparation Because this mentored experience institution shall provide opportunities for the includes the last opportunities most student teacher to assume major student teachers will have to prepare for responsibility for the full range of teaching teaching independently, it is important that duties, including extended co-teaching they learn to manage all of the classroom experiences, in a real school situation under teacher’s responsibilities on their own. the guidance of qualified personnel from the educator preparation institution and the cooperating elementary, middle, or high At the same time, the board has indicated school. The educator preparation program that student teachers are to have and the school district shall make co-teaching experiences” as “extended reasonable efforts to place student teachers part of their preparation program. in settings that provide opportunities for the Research indicates that P-12 students student teacher to develop and demonstrate who are co-taught by a teacher candidate the practical skills, knowledge, and and a cooperating teacher benefit from professional dispositions essential to help all having a student teacher more than P-12 students learn and develop. students who do not have a co-teaching pair. Co-teaching training provided by every educator preparation program prepares cooperating teachers and university supervisors to work effectively with student teachers in this model. (2) A student teacher shall not be placed in a setting that is not consistent with his or her planned certification content and grade range. (3) Beginning September 1, 2013, the student teacher placement shall provide the student teacher with the opportunity to engage with diverse populations of students.
(1) In addition to the appropriate NCATE standards incorporated by reference in 16 KAR 5:010, the educator preparation institution shall provide opportunities for the student teacher to assume major responsibility for the full range of teaching duties, including extended co-teaching experiences, in a real school situation under the guidance of qualified personnel from the educator preparation institution and the cooperating elementary, middle, or high school. The educator preparation program and the school district shall make reasonable efforts to place student teachers in settings that provide opportunities for the student teacher to develop and demonstrate the practical skills, knowledge, and professional dispositions essential to help all P-12 students learn and develop. Student teachers are in the final stages of entry into the education profession. Because this mentored experience includes the last opportunities most student teachers will have to prepare for teaching independently, it is important that they learn to manage all of the classroom teacher’s responsibilities on their own. At the same time, the board has indicated that student teachers are to have “extended co-teaching experiences” as part of their preparation program. Research indicates that P-12 students who are co-taught by a teacher candidate and a cooperating teacher benefit from having a student teacher more than students who do not have a co-teaching pair. Co-teaching training provided by every educator preparation program prepares cooperating teachers and university supervisors to work effectively with student teachers in this model. (2) A student teacher shall not be placed in a setting that is not consistent with his or her planned certification content and grade range. (3) Beginning September 1, 2013, the student teacher placement shall provide the student teacher with the opportunity to engage with diverse populations of students.
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