February 20, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Garcia, Kelly, Crawford, Lilly, Hornberger and Griffin and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1538f.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1538f. (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall
not approve a teacher preparation institution under section 1538a
and R 390.1151 to R 390.1153 of the Michigan Administrative Code
unless the teacher preparation institution requires all full-time
faculty members teaching in a teacher preparation program to
complete at least 30 hours of continuing education per school year
that satisfies at least all of the following:
(a) Is specific to the subject area or areas in which the
faculty member teaches.
(b) Includes at least all of the following:
(i) Teaching experiences in a school operated by a school
district, intermediate school district, public school academy, or
nonpublic school that operates any of grades K to 12.
(ii) Teaching experiences in both urban and rural settings.
(iii) Instruction on social and emotional learning practices.
(iv) Teaching experiences with pupils who are English language
learners.
(v) Teaching experiences in a school operated by a school
district, intermediate school district, public school academy, or
nonpublic school with a high population of pupils living in
poverty.
(vi) Teaching experiences with pupils with a disability.
(vii) An introduction to the teacher evaluation tools used by
school districts, intermediate school districts, and public school
academies.
(viii) The use of data and statistics to inform instruction
and to aggregate local and state assessment tools.
(ix) Instruction on the development of classroom management
skills.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, meets the
requirements for approved professional development activities for
teachers in grades K to 12, as determined by the department.
(2) A faculty member described in subsection (1) shall
demonstrate to the department his or her completion of the
continuing education under subsection (1), to the satisfaction of
the department.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.