Student Teachers
To Ensure a productive experience for student teachers, the following guidelines shall be followed:
- Building principals shall make final decisions regarding:
- Teachers or teams willing and competent to direct the work of student teachers
- The program or schedule of student teaching to be followed for each student teacher
- No teacher shall have a student teacher under his supervision unless the cooperating teacher has the amount of experience mandated by the student teacher's college or university.
- Student teachers shall not be given full class responsibility without the cooperating teacher being available for supervision. A student teacher may not be used as a substitute teacher.
- Supervision of a student teacher shall be credited toward professional growth under the provisions of Board policy.
- Residents/interns shall be certificated teachers.
- A certificated mentor teacher shall be assigned to guide, consult with and advise no more than one resident/intern at any one time.
- Residents/interns shall be given reduced responsibilities.
- Supervisors shall have time to meet supervision responsibilities.
- While interns or practicum students in various training programs other than the resident/intern program are not included in the definitions in this policy, the restrictions concerning number, permissive assignment, full-time responsibility, differentiated staffing and staff design directives shall apply to all resident or intern personnel.
- Each prospective cooperating teacher/supervisor may accept or reject a student teacher or resident/intern teacher. A teacher shall receive the request to take a student teacher or resident/intern at least three weeks prior to the commencement of the assignment unless circumstances warrant otherwise. The prospective supervisor shall be involved in the interview and recommendation to hire any prospective resident/intern.
- A cooperating teacher supervising a student teacher shall be paid the total amount of money received from the sponsoring college or university in addition to his contract salary.
- A mentor teacher of a resident or first-year teacher shall be paid in accordance with Board policy.
- The building decision to construct a staff design utilizing certificated resident/intern teachers shall be made in accordance with appropriate staff design directives. No school shall exceed 30 percent of its certificated staff allocation for other than certificated personnel
- Additional provisions The terms of this policy will continue in full force and effect unless changed through the negotiations process as set forth in policy HD-Negotiations Style, Methods and Procedures. If any provision of this policy is found contrary to law, then such provision will be deemed null and void, but all other provisions or applications thereof will continue in full force and effect. Upon mutual agreement, this policy may be renegotiated in whole or in part at any time during the life of this policy. Any additions, deletions or revisions to this policy will be distributed to those affected and be in effect after ratification by the association membership and adoption by the Board. Neither the recognized association nor the Board can refuse to renegotiate this policy at the next requested round of negotiations following the timeline set forth in policy HD if this policy is included in the request. If the issues are unresolved as a result of the negotiations using all relief provided in policy HD, the provisions will remain in effect (except as provided elsewhere in Board policy) through the remainder of teachers' annual contract year.
| Legal References: | C.R.S. § 22‑60‑103 (repealed) |
| C.R.S. 22‑60‑113 (repealed) | |
| C.R.S. § 22-6-101 through 22-6-105 (repealed) | |