Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6A - State Board of Education › Chapter 6A-5 - EDUCATOR STANDARDS, PREPARATION AND PERFORMANCE › Section 6A-5.067 - Teacher Apprenticeship Program

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to implement the Teacher Apprenticeship
				Program to provide an alternative pathway to enter the teaching profession as
				set forth in Section 1012.555, Florida Statutes
				(F.S.).
(2) Definitions. In this
				rule, the following definitions apply:
(a)
				"Initial Teacher Preparation Program, " also known as ITP, means a program
				offered by Florida postsecondary institutions to prepare instructional
				personnel under Section
				1004.04, F.S., and Rule
				6A-5.066, Florida Administrative
				Code (F.A.C.).
(b) "On-the-Job
				Training" means a formalized system of job processes, which must be augmented
				by related instruction, that provides the experience and knowledge necessary to
				meet the training objective of learning the occupation of teaching. The
				on-the-job training must be delivered through structured, supervised work
				experience under the tutelage of a teacher apprentice mentor.
(c) "Participating Employer" means the public
				school districts and charter schools that have been approved by the Department
				of Education (Department) to participate in the Teacher Apprenticeship Program.
				The responsibility to hire, employ, and pay the progressive wage structure of
				the teacher apprentice and the wages of the teacher apprentice mentor who is
				training the teacher apprentice rests with the participating employer as
				specified in Rule 6A-23.002(19),
				F.A.C.
(d) "Related Instruction"
				means an organized and systematic form of instruction designed to provide the
				teacher apprentice with knowledge of the theoretical subjects related to the
				apprentice's specific occupation. For the purposes of the Teacher
				Apprenticeship Program, the related instruction must consist of upper division
				coursework applied toward the award of a baccalaureate degree that prepares the
				teacher apprentice for initial teacher preparation and a professional
				certificate as set forth in Section
				1012.56, F.S.
(e) "Sponsor" means the Department; the
				Department administers the program on behalf of participating school districts
				and charter schools in accordance with the Standards of Apprenticeship
				registered in accordance with Rule
				6A-23.004, F.A.C.
(f) "Teacher Apprentice" means an individual
				who holds a temporary teacher apprenticeship certificate in accordance with
				Section 1012.56(7)(d),
				F.S., and Rule 6A-4.004, F.A.C., and who is
				employed by a participating employer and placed in the classroom of a teacher
				apprentice mentor using team teaching strategies to fulfill the on-the-job
				training component of the registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program.
(g) "Teacher Apprentice Mentor" means a
				teacher who is employed by and has been selected by the participating employer
				to serve as a mentor in the Teacher Apprenticeship Program for the on-the-job
				training component of the Teacher Apprenticeship Program.
(h) "Work Process" means an outline of
				teacher apprentice mentor supervised work experiences and on-the-job training
				with the allocation of approximate hours to be spent in each activity in
				accordance with Rule 6A-23.002(32),
				F.A.C.