32 VIOLATION OF SCHOOL CODE AND ACT 34 Purpose: To establish reasons and processes for the removal of a student teacher from the student teaching assignment. Policy: Student teachers are ultimately the guest of the cooperating school districts and as such may be removed by the district officer. In such cases, the student teacher forfeits the right to student teach for the remainder of that assignment. (Teacher candidates may be reassigned by the College during the semester immediately following such removal.) If convicted of a felony which is covered in the School Code and Act 34, the student teacher will be immediately withdrawn from the student teaching assignment and will forfeit the time spent during the student teaching experience. If indicted for a felony which is covered in the School Code and Act 34, there shall be removal of the student teacher from the student teaching assignment until the matter is cleared. Process: Immediately upon notification of the indictment, the director of teacher education, along with the department chair, will notify the student teacher of his/her suspension from the student teacher assignment. The student teacher will be assigned to a class or an independent study closely related to the activities that she/he would have had during the student teaching assignment. When (if) the student teacher is cleared of the indictment, she/ he will be readmitted to the student teaching assignment. Since no classroom experience or independent study can replace the actual classroom teaching experience, it may be necessary to extend the student teaching assignment to allow for these experiences. Should a student teacher wish to contest these decisions, they may do so to the Provost of the College. UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE Policy: If it is determined by the cooperating teacher and/or the College supervisor that the teaching competency of the student is at an unsatisfactory level, the student teacher may be removed from the student teaching assignment. Process: The student teacher will be made aware of the areas of weakness and will be given recommendations for improvement. Progress, or lack of progress, will be monitored by the cooperating teacher and/or the College supervisor. Should no improvement be evident, a three-way conference with the student teacher, the cooperating teacher and the College supervisor will be held to discuss withdrawal of the student teacher from the student teaching experience. A voluntary withdrawal will result in a change of schedule. Should the student teacher choose not to withdraw, it will be recommended to the department chairperson that the student teacher be removed from the student teaching assignment and will receive a failing grade. It should be noted that this will allow credit completion in order to graduate but will not allow for candidate to certify. Removal of a student teacher placement will result in an unsatisfactory rating in all four categories on the PDE 430 evaluation form. Recourse: Should the student teacher wish to grieve the decisions made in any of the steps above, the teacher candidate may appeal the decision to the Provost of the College. REMOVAL OF A STUDENT FROM STUDENT TEACHING PLACEMENT
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