Education Faculty/Adjuncts and University Supervisors

Education Faculty/Adjuncts and University Supervisors

40-Hour Rule Policy and Tracking Method

Buena Vista University

August 2015

79.12(5) Faculty members engaged in professional education maintain ongoing involvement in activities in elementary, middle, or secondary schools. For faculty members engaged in teacher preparation, activities shall include at least forty hours of teaching at the appropriate grade level(s) during a period not exceeding five years in duration.

(from Iowa Code, 2015)

Key Points
·  The purpose of this requirement is for faculty members to maintain meaningful, recent experience in current learning environments.
·  This can include early access learning settings in addition to P-12 schools.
·  The setting must be appropriate for the level of teaching the faculty member is engaged in. The activities must involve engagement with students.
·  This requirement applies to all faculty members who teach our candidates strategies and methods for teaching. Strategies and methods include: planning, assessment, and instruction. This rule affects all education faculty members.
·  Teaching (40 hours) may include co-teaching, teaching or substitute teaching.

ALL Education Faculty/Adjuncts and/or University Supervisors

must comply with the 40-Hour Rule.

Hours may be obtained in a combination of ways. You may:
Co-teach in a PK-12 classroom setting. This includes collaborating with the classroom teacher for planning, assessment, differentiation, instruction, and/or writing curriculum.
Substitute teach in a PK-12 Classroom or educational setting with students.
Teach in a PK-12 classroom setting.

Clarifications:

1.  When one is co-teaching, a current Iowa license is not required of the BVU personnel (the BVU person is covered by the classroom teacher’s license).

2.  The substitute or co-teaching experience should be at the level for which one has a teaching license and/or is preparing teachers.

3.  Any co-teaching model recognized by the Iowa Department of Education is acceptable.

Iowa’s Co-teaching Definitions and Characteristics (2004):

i.  Co-Teaching is defined as two teachers physically present in a heterogeneous classroom with joint and equal responsibility for classroom instruction. Iowa has adopted the Marilyn Friend co-teaching approaches with the following characteristics:

ii. One teach, one observe: One teacher provides instruction, while the other observes student learning to assess learning and gather data.

iii.  Station teaching: Teachers are at stations and students move from station to station.

iv.  Parallel teaching: Teachers simultaneously provide instruction through use of such structures as split class, cooperative learning, and lab settings. Teachers can provide the same or different content during parallel teaching.

v. Alternative teaching: One teacher instructs a large group and the other teacher instructs small flexible student groups.

vi.  Teaming: Teachers jointly present the same content at the same time through such structures as “tag team,” “speak-and-chart” and other teaming structures.

vii.  One teach, one assist: One teacher provides instruction while the other teacher assists individual students or small groups. It never should be used as the primary approach.

4.  Hours toward the 40-hour rule that are obtained in the PK-12 setting for colleges or universities other than BVU will be accepted. These hours should be noted on the Verification Log.

5.  “Extra” hours earned in one 5-year cycle may not be carried over to the next 5-year cycle

6.  The following activities to earn hours that are not acceptable because the activities do not involve working in PK-12 classroom settings include:

a.  Supervising student teachers in a PK-12 setting.

b.  Coaching

c.  Presenting professional development to PK-12 teachers/educators

d.  Teaching a course to teachers/educators when hired by another institution (AEA, CC, school district, 4–year college or university)

e.  BVU adjunct conference

f.  Attending professional conferences

7.  A Verification Log to document the 40 hours will be provided.

Schedule for Obtaining Hours:

1.  At any given time, Education Faculty/Adjuncts and University Supervisors must have on record that they have completed 40 hours in the past 5 years. It is recommended that 8-16 hours are completed each year to maintain meaningful, recent experience in current learning environments.

2.  A Verification Log must completed by Education Faculty/Adjuncts and University Supervisors and given to the Academic & Program Development Manager or Student Professional Services Coordinator every year.

Tracking Method:

All Education Faculty, Adjuncts, and University Supervisors are required to keep track of their accumulated hours on the Verification Log form provided by BVU. Forms are to be submitted to Margaret Carrington, Administrative Assistant School of Education, , during the month of April. The forms must be submitted no later than May 1st. Completed Verification Logs will be kept on file. Documentation of hours completed of the will be provided during DE Accreditation visits.

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