The Distance Clinical Connecting Candidates and Children (DC4) is an innovative new model for providing a clinical experience in a reading methods course. Pre-service teachers used this model to implement assessments and lessons via SKYPE with local elementary students. I designed this model to provide a clinical experience when faced with university scheduling constraints. Positive outcomes for preservice teachers involved in the piloting of the DC4 were noted in terms of growth as a teacher, planning and attitudes toward teaching reading. This type of model may hold potential for the inclusion of rural schools into university-public school partnerships involving clinical experiences of pre-service teachers, otherwise made impossible by geographic location.