Policy LDA: Student Teaching and Internships

The Committee encourages the administration to cooperate with teacher-training institutions in the placement of student teachers in the school system. All initial arrangements with the colleges and universities shall be reviewed with the Committee.

The committee authorizes the administration to honor the reasonable rules and training guidelines of the sending institution.

In all arrangements made with colleges and universities, the school system will be given the privilege of interviewing and accepting or rejecting individual candidates for student teaching and internships.

The school administration will devise procedures for evaluating the performance of student teachers that meet requirements of the sending institution and fit with the Committee’s policies.

Region Voted to Approve: 7/19/83
Amherst Voted to Approve: 3/1/83
Pelham Voted to Approve: 8/9/83
Effective Date: 7/19/83