A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for clinical educators to include educators employed at department of defense schools.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑296.11(b)(3) reads as rewritten:
"(3)	Educator preparation programs shall ensure clinical educators who supervise students in residencies or internships meet the following requirements:
a.	Be professionally licensed in the field of licensure sought by the student.
b.	Have a minimum of three years of experience in a teaching role.
c.	Meets one of the following:
1.	Have been rated, through formal evaluations, at least at the "accomplished" level as part of the North Carolina Teacher Evaluation System and have met expectations as part of student growth in the field of licensure sought by the student.
2.	For clinical educators employed at Department of Defense Elementary and Secondary Schools located in North Carolina and established pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 2164, have been rated as "fully successful" in all areas of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) teacher evaluation instrument. The clinical educator shall have met expectations as part of student growth in the field of licensure sought by the student if such student growth measure exists."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2017 fall academic semester.