COLLABORATIVE CLINICAL AGREEMENT Between WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY and the SCHOOL DISTRICT It is agreed that the College of Education at William Paterson University (WPU) and the School District (listed on the form) have joined together to offer a Clinical Component (Clinical Experience and/or Clinical Practice) program for the teacher candidate (listed on the request form). The University commits itself to the following: To ensure that the candidate has met all academic prerequisites requirements to this experience; To send to the cooperating teacher a digital clinical experience handbook, support materials, and all necessary evaluative material; To provide support services, through a seminar, for the teacher candidate; To assign a clinical supervisor whose responsibilities include observing the teacher candidates, meeting with the cooperating teacher, advising the student on ways to improve, and being responsible for issuing the clinical component grade; To pay an honorarium to the cooperating teachers of clinical practice teacher candidates and provide Professional Development hours. To provide appropriate Professional Development hours to the cooperating teachers of clinical experience teacher candidates; To immediately notify the school if the candidate is to be removed from the classroom; To provide and follow multiple strategies to support student, school, and faculty security and confidentiality while candidates conduct the requirements of the mandated edTPA. The School District commits itself to the following: To provide a classroom facility where the teacher candidate will practice teaching students in the School District; To assign a cooperating teacher using the enclosed WPU Criteria for Recommending a Cooperating Teacher as a guide in selecting this individual; To provide a quality learning experience for the teacher candidate which is jointly planned by the cooperating teacher and clinical supervisor; To assist the teacher candidate with daily plans and presentations, observe the actual teaching and offer suggestions for improvement; To submit interim and final reports to the WPU Office of Field Experiences; To detail in writing to the director of The Office of Field Experiences the reasons for the termination of a student’s field experience by the school; To support and provide district guidelines to teacher candidates relative to the required components of the mandated edTPA, including but not limited to video-taping teaching for teacher candidates participating in Clinical Practice I and/or II. Clinical Experience (practicum) teacher candidates will not participate in edTPA; To support and provide district guidelines to teacher candidates relative to the state mandated licensure performance assessment, edTPA, including but not limited to video-recording of the candidate’s teaching; To ensure that teacher candidates do not serve as substitute teachers or coverage for classrooms without a district employee present. Both the University and School District will abide by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act which prohibits the disclosure of student records to unauthorized third parties. This Agreement shall exist for the duration of time that the teacher candidate is functioning in the clinical component in the School District. This Agreement shall terminate at the time the teacher candidate completes or is removed from the School District clinical component assignment. Both parties commit to this Agreement because it is an essential step in preparing future teachers who will help School Districts continue to offer a quality education program for their students.
