HF 2352 (LSB 6046YH (3) 89)

HOUSE FILE 2352

BY  MASCHER

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the student teaching experience provided in practitioner preparation programs and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   d.  Require that each student admitted to an approved practitioner preparation program participate in pre-student teaching field experiences that include both observation and participation in teaching activities in a variety of school settings. These pre-student teaching field experiences shall comprise a total of at least fifty hours in duration, at least ten hours of which shall occur prior to a student’s acceptance in an approved practitioner preparation program. The student teaching experience shall be a minimum of fourteen weeks in duration one school year in duration during the student’s final year of the practitioner preparation program first school year after being admitted to the practitioner preparation program. The program shall make every reasonable effort to offer the student teaching experience prior to a student’s last semester, or equivalent, in the program, and to expand the student’s student teaching opportunities beyond one semester or the equivalent.  A cooperating teacher shall supervise the student during the student teaching experience. The school district or accredited nonpublic school that employs the cooperating teacher shall compensate the student during the student teaching experience.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to students admitted to an approved practitioner preparation program on or after the effective date of this Act.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the student teaching experience provided in practitioner preparation programs.
   Currently, the student teaching experience is a minimum of 14 weeks and takes place during the student’s final year of the practitioner preparation program. The bill requires that the student teaching experience be one school year in duration and take place during the student’s first school year after being admitted to the practitioner preparation program. The bill also requires a cooperating teacher to supervise the student during the student teaching experience. Additionally, the bill requires the school that employs the cooperating teacher to compensate the student during the student teaching experience.
   The bill applies to students admitted to an approved practitioner preparation program on or after the effective date of the bill.