DEFINITIONS.
Tex. EDUC Code § 21.901.
in effectIn this subchapter:
(1) "Alternative partnership preservice program" means the Preparing and Retaining Educators through Partnership Alternative Preservice Program established under Section 21.905 .
(2) "Board" means the State Board for Educator Certification.
(3) "Cooperating teacher" means a classroom teacher who:
(A) has at least three full school years of teaching experience with a superior record of assisting students in achieving improvement in student performance;
(B) is employed as a teacher of record by a school district or open-enrollment charter school participating in a partnership preservice program or grow your own partnership program under this subchapter and paired with one or more teacher candidates, students, or employees who are participating in a program under this subchapter; and
(C) provides coaching in the teacher's classroom to one or more teacher candidates, students, or employees participating in a program under this subchapter.
(4) "Grow your own partnership program" means the Preparing and Retaining Educators through Partnership Grow Your Own Partnership Program established under Section 21.906 .
(5) "Mentor teacher" means a mentor teacher as described by Section 21.458 .
(6) "Partnership preservice program" means a Preparing and Retaining Educators through Partnership Preservice Program established under Section 21.902 .
(7) "Residency partnership preservice program" means the Preparing and Retaining Educators through Partnership Residency Preservice Program established under Section 21.904 .
(8) "Teacher candidate" means a person enrolled in an educator preparation program participating in a partnership preservice program.
(9) "Traditional partnership preservice program" means the Preparing and Retaining Educators through Partnership Traditional Preservice Program established under Section 21.903 .
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2 ), Sec. 2.17, eff. June 20, 2025.