Collaborative Agreement

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:

  1. To ensure that the candidate has met all academic prerequisites requirements to this experience;
  2. To send to the clinical educator a digital clinical experience handbook, support materials, and all necessary evaluative material;
  3. To provide support services, through a seminar, for the teacher candidate;
  4. To assign a clinical supervisor whose responsibilities include observing the teacher candidates, meeting with the clinical educator advising the student on ways to improve, and being responsible for issuing the clinical component grade;
  5. To pay an honorarium to the clinical educator of clinical practice teacher candidates and provide Professional Development hours. To provide appropriate Professional Development hours to the clinical educator of clinical experience teacher candidates;
  6. To immediately notify the school if the candidate is to be removed from the classroom;

The School District commits itself to the following:

  1. To provide a classroom facility where the teacher candidate will practice teaching students in the School District;
  2. To assign a clinical educator using the enclosed WPU Criteria for Recommending a Clinical Educator as a guide in selecting this individual;
  3. To provide a quality learning experience for the teacher candidate which is jointly planned by the cooperating teacher and clinical supervisor;
  4. To assist the teacher candidate with daily plans and presentations, observe the actual teaching and offer suggestions for improvement;
  5. To submit interim and final reports to the WPU Office of Field Experiences and Partnerships;
  6. To detail in writing to the director of The Office of Field Experiences Partnerships the reasons for the termination of a student’s field experience by the school;
  7. 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.