; (2) a description of the subject areas and grade levels the mentor feels most comfortable mentoring; and (3) a brief teaching philosophy statement. (c) Availability The database shall be available as a resource for teacher preparation programs to allow for prospective teachers to complete student teaching in a location outside of the staffing area of the teacher preparation program. 5. Sense of the Senate It is the sense of the Senate that teaching be formally recognized as a career pathway that is part of career and technical education as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2302 ), allowing early career pathway programs in education, offered at the secondary school level and offering college credit toward pursuing a teaching licensure program, to be eligible for funds available through programs that support career and technical education.