House Journal: Page 1828: Thursday, May 3, 2001
27 adding the following new subsection:
28 NEW SUBSECTION. 25. Prescribe standards and
29 procedures for the approval of nontraditional
30 practitioner preparation internship programs to be
31 offered by practitioner preparation institutions in
32 this state in accordance with section 272.2,
33 subsection 13.
34 Sec. 4. Section 256.16, Code 2001, is amended by
35 adding the following new subsection:
36 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. a. The state board shall
37 adopt rules requiring that all higher education
38 institutions providing a nontraditional practitioner
39 preparation internship program, at a minimum, meet the
40 standards and comply with the standards established
41 pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 25. A
42 nontraditional practitioner preparation internship
43 program is exempt from the student teaching or field
44 experience requirements of section 272.25. A
45 nontraditional practitioner preparation internship
46 program shall include coursework in education theory,
47 instructional methods, classroom management, and
48 practice teaching. The program shall consist of two
49 twelve-semester-hour, or the trimester or quarter
50 equivalent, courses of study.
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1 b. The institution providing the nontraditional
2 practitioner preparation internship program shall
3 enter into a written agreement with a school district,
4 under terms and conditions as agreed upon by the
5 contracting parties, providing that the school
6 district will provide interns seeking a nontraditional
7 conditional teaching license with a one-year classroom
8 teaching experience in which the intern team teaches
9 with a practitioner, who is licensed in accordance
10 with chapter 272, and who shall be responsible for the
11 management of the classroom until the intern receives
12 a nontraditional conditional teaching license.
13 Interns teaching in a school district under the terms
14 of such a contract are entitled to the same protection
15 under section 670.8, as is afforded by that section to
16 officers and other employees of the school district,
17 during the time they are so assigned.
18 c. An individual must successfully complete the
19 first course of study prior to receiving a
20 nontraditional conditional license pursuant to section
21 272.2, subsection 13, paragraphs "a" and "b".
22 However, an intern shall not be issued a
23 nontraditional conditional license to teach until the
24 intern successfully completes the one-year classroom
25 teaching experience, except as provided in paragraph
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