Standard 3: Field & Clinical Practice

Standard 3. The unit and its school partners design, implement, and evaluate field experiences and clinical practice so that teacher candidates and other school professionals develop and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions necessary to help all students learn.

Exhibits 3.3

3.3.a	Examples across programs of collaborative activities between unit and P-12 schools to support the design, implementation, and evaluation of field experiences and clinical practice, including memoranda of understanding	Initial Practicum/Block Scoring Guide Advanced Supervisor Evaluation Form Initial and Advanced Cooperating District Agreements Cooperating District Agreement Form EPAC Committee Superintendents Day
3.3.b	Policies, practices, and data on candidate placement in field experiences and clinical practice	Initial and Advanced Field Experience Handbook (Pg. 7) Graduate Practicum Handbook Databases available on site in EPI Center
3.3.c	Criteria for the selection of clinical faculty, which includes both higher education and P–12 school faculty	Initial and Advanced Field Experience Handbook (Pg. 21, 26) Graduate Practicum Handbook
3.3.d	Examples of support and evaluation of clinical faculty across programs	Initial and Advanced EPP Completion Survey Annual Clinical Faculty Evaluations available in the EPI Center University Supervisor Meeting Agenda (Others available on-file in the EPI Center)
3.3.e	Guidelines/ handbooks on field experiences and clinical practice for candidates, and clinical faculty, including support provided by the unit and opportunities for feedback and reflection	Initial Practicum General Information and Guidelines University Supervisors’ Training Advanced Observation Document Initial and Advanced Field Experience Handbook Graduate Practicum Handbook
3.3.f	Assessment instruments and scoring guides used for and data collected from field experiences and clinical practice for all programs, including use of technology for teaching and learning (These assessments may be included in program review documents or the exhibits for Standard 1. Cross reference as appropriate.)	Initial Effects on Student Learning Rubric Effects on Student Learning Data Summary Effects on Student Learning Data Overall Advanced PDAS Rubric
3.3.g	Performance data on candidates entering and exiting from clinical practice for all programs (These assessments may be included in program review documents or the exhibits for Standard 1. Cross reference as appropriate.)	Initial and Advanced Unit Assessment Data Admission Data for Student Teaching Effects on Student Learning 4 Data

NCATE Continuous Improvement Model

Standard 3: Field & Clinical Practice

Exhibits 3.3

NCATE Continuous Improvement Model

Institutional Report

I. Overview and Conceptual Framework

II. Unit Standards

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