(2) A preliminary teaching license, personnel service license or administrative license shall be issued on application to an otherwise qualified applicant who has completed an approved professional education program and meets such other requirements as the commission may consider necessary to maintain and improve the quality of instruction in the public schools of the state.
(3) In addition to any requirements imposed under subsections (1) and (2) of this section, an applicant for a preliminary teaching license must complete a supervised clinical practice experience. The supervised clinical practice experience:
(a) May include student teaching, internships, observations and similar experiences;
(b) Must be under the direction of:
(A) A supervisor from the approved educator preparation program in which the applicant is enrolled; and
(B) A teacher who is from the school district where the applicant is completing the supervised clinical practice experience and who:
(i) Possesses a teaching license issued by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission;
(ii) Has been an effective teacher for three or more years, as determined under rules adopted by the commission; and
(iii) Is trained to supervise the applicant during the applicant’s supervised clinical practice experience and to work in partnership with the applicant’s supervisor from an approved educator preparation program; and
(c) Must comply with other requirements adopted by the commission by rule.
(4) A preliminary teaching license, personnel service license or administrative license may be renewed if the applicant meets the requirements established by the commission by rule.
(5) The commission shall develop a process that allows a teacher holding a preliminary teaching license to continually renew the preliminary teaching license based on the completion of requirements established by the rules of the commission if the teacher does not qualify for a professional teaching license due to lack of employment. [1997 c.383 §4; 2003 c.525 §1; 2013 c.286 §8; 2015 c.279 §1; 2015 c.647 §§38,39]