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Field supervisor

A certified educator, hired by the educator preparation program, who preferably has advanced credentials, to observe candidates, monitor his or her performance, and provide constructive feedback to improve his or her professional performance.

Internship/Residency

A one-year supervised professional assignment at a public school that may lead to completion of a state licensure.

Candidate

A participant in an educator preparation program seeking certification.

Alternative certification program

An approved educator preparation program, delivered by entities, specifically designed as an alternative to a traditional undergraduate certification program, for individuals already holding at least a baccalaureate degree.

Teacher of record

An educator employed by a school district who teaches the majority of the instructional day in an academic instructional setting and is responsible for evaluating student achievement and assigning grades.

Educator preparation program

An entity approved by the Department of Education to recommend candidates in one or more educator certification fields.

Field-based experiences -

Experiences in which the primary activity of a candidate for certification is the performance of professional educator activities while interacting with Early Childhood-Grade 12 students, teachers, and faculty/staff members in a school setting that is part of regular classroom instruction. The professional activities include more than observation within a classroom. The interaction with students, teachers, and entity faculty/staff must be ongoing and relevant.

Mentor -

For a classroom teacher, a certified educator assigned by the campus administrator who has completed mentor training; who guides, assists, and supports the beginning teacher in areas such as planning, classroom management, instruction, assessment, working with parents, obtaining materials, district policies; and who reports the beginning teacher's progress to that teacher's educator preparation program.

Academic year

If not referring to the academic year of a particular public, private, or charter school or institution of higher education, September 1 through August 31.

Pedagogy

The art and science of teaching, incorporating instructional methods that are developed from scientifically-based research.

Entity

The legal entity that is approved to deliver an educator preparation program.

You will be recommended for your Intern/Probationary Certificate, which is district-specific, when the following events occur: You acknowledge the Personal Payment Plan. The district provides our office with a completed SOE (this will be on the quiz). You demonstrate content mastery through testing. You have completed 150 hours of training and 30 hours of field based observations (this will be on the quiz).

You will be recommended for your Intern/Probationary Certificate, which is district-specific, when the following events occur: