- (a) "Approved educational agency" means an early childhood agency or an interlocal agency that has been granted approved status by the state board of education.
- (b) "Cooperating teacher" means a certified or licensed staff member of an accredited or approved educational agency to whom a student teacher has been assigned and who is performing assigned duties in supervising and instructing the student teacher in actual teaching experiences with pupils.
- (c) "Teacher education institution" means a college or university engaged in teacher preparation and accredited by the state board of education or a state-authorized agency of the state in which the institution is located.
- (d) "Student teacher" means a student who has been issued a student teacher certificate by a teacher education institution to assume teaching responsibilities in an accredited or approved Kansas educational agency under the supervision of a cooperating teacher.
(Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 72-1392; effective, E-70-36, July 31, 1970; effective Jan. 1, 1971; amended May 1, 1979; amended July 1, 1989; amended July 18, 2008.)