Butte School District

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

5440

Student Teachers/Interns

The District recognizes its obligation to assist in development of members of the teaching profession. The District will make an effort to cooperate with accredited institutions of higher learning in education of student teachers and other professionals in training (such as interns) by providing a reasonable number of classroom and other real-life situations each year.

The District and respective training institutions will enter into mutually satisfactory agreements whereby rules, regulations, and guidelines of the practical experiences will be established.

The building administrator will coordinate all requests for placement from cooperating institutions and notify the Superintendent so that excessive concentrations of student teachers and interns will be avoided. As a general rule:

1. A student teacher will be assigned to a teacher or other professional who has agreed to cooperate and who has no less than three (3) years of experience in the profession;
2. A supervising professional will be assigned no more than one (1) student teacher/intern per school year;
3. The supervising professional will remain responsible for the class;
4. The student teacher will assume the same conditions of employment as a regular teacher with regard to meeting health examination requirements, length of school day, supervision of co-curricular activities, staff meetings, and in-service training; and
5. The student teacher will be subject to the District policy regarding background checks, if the student teacher has unsupervised access to children.

Cross Reference:    
5122  Fingerprints and Criminal Background Investigations

Legal Reference:    
§ 20-4-101(2) and (3), MCA  System and definitions of teacher and specialist certification – student teacher exception

Policy History:
Adopted on: 10/18/04
Revised on: