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  1. Secure copies of all pertinent forms from your program coordinator or facilitator.
  2. Complete your Autobiographical Sketch and send copies to your cooperating teacher and facilitator. 
  3. Complete the Intern I Contact Form. As soon as you obtain information for the cooperating teacher section, type the form and send copies to your cooperating teacher and facilitator.
  4. Read and demonstrate adherence to the Code of Ethics and Standard Practices for Texas Educators, available at http://www.edb.utexas.edu/education/edservices/fieldexperiences/5183/policies/ .
  5. Review the policy regarding Intern I students not being left alone with students except for very brief periods. See information for cooperating teachers above.
  6. Carefully study each cluster of the Formative and Summative Assessments. This document should guide your professional development. Be sure that you and your cooperating teacher have a clear understanding of the standards, skills and practices on which you will be evaluated.
  7. Print and thoroughly examine the TEA Curriculum Guidelines for Pre-Kindergarten and the Kindergarten TEKS  from the TEA Web site.
  8. Discuss developmentally appropriate practices with your cooperating teacher.
  9. Review the introduction to this document with your cooperating teacher.  Be sure that you have a shared understanding of the goals and purposes of this semester’s field experience.
  10. Demonstrate an understanding of school emergency procedures.
  11. Obtain a map of the school and tour the building.
  12. Tour the school attendance zone.
  13. Introduce yourself to a school administrator.
  14. Discuss briefly with a school counselor, a nurse, and the assistant principal such topics as student records, routine and emergency referrals and school safety.
  15. Clarify procedures for your use of library/media center material.
  16. Use a school district calendar to mark holidays, staff development, parent conference days, etc. Calendars are available through school district websites.
  17. Obtain a copy of your cooperating teacher’s schedule and complete a Daily Class Schedule form. Send a copy to your facilitator.
  18. Use a spiral notebook to record informal observations, questions, and concerns for reflective journals.
  19. Diagram the classroom and playground. Label areas for clarity. Date your diagram.
  20. Inventory materials used by your cooperating teacher (including those shared with other classes)
  21. Examine district curriculum guides and/or the district scope and sequence for language arts, mathematics, social studies and science.  Ask your cooperating teacher to assist you in locating these materials.

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