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Be patient with yourself! You are a beginner in a very challenging and fulfilling career. Seek assistance immediately from your cooperating teacher, facilitator field supervisor or program coordinator if you are experiencing confusion, excessive anxiety—or if you simply need encouragement! Your fellow cohort members are also ready to lend a listening ear!
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Basics
- Read and follow all written guidelines and policies provided by UT College of Education personnel and by the Student Teacher Materials Web page (link to Student Teacher Materials), and the Handbook for Student Teachers (link to Student Teacher Handbook).
- Attend student teaching placement, classes and seminar as scheduled.
- Should an absence be necessary, provide prior notification by telephone to your cooperating teacher and UT facilitatorfield supervisor.
- Arrange a back-up plan so you can reach your placement should you experience automobile problems.
- Check e-mail messages daily, Monday through Friday, and on Sunday evenings. If an individual message from your facilitator field supervisor or coordinator requests a response, please reply within 24 hours.
- Complete all required cohort student teaching assignments (lesson plans, reports, etc.) on time, following written guidelines.
- Follow all stated or written guidelines provided by your cooperating teacher, school and district. Seek clarification promptly when needed.
- Maintain timely, accurate, and courteous communications with cooperating teacher, university facilitator field supervisor and program coordinator.
Student Teacher Notebook
Your Student Teacher Notebook must be visible in the classroom throughout the school day for reference by your cooperating teacher, university facilitatorfield supervisor, and program coordinator. However, due to the confidentiality of contents, this notebook must be off-limits to students, school visitors, parents, etc. Notebook contents will provide significant data for formative and summative evaluation. The notebook should be carried home daily by the student teacher, who must accept responsibility for its security.
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Present a copy of your lesson plans for the following week no later than Friday at 7:30 a.m. to allow your cooperating teacher some time to review them. If revisions are needed, you can complete those over the weekend and e-mail them to your cooperating teacher for approval. The weekly checklist must be signed by your cooperating teacher and placed with the facilitator’s field supervisor’s copy into your Student Teacher Notebook before you begin teaching each week. Please accommodate your cooperating teacher by providing earlier plans if requested.
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No two teachers would handle every issue identically. Remember the role that consistency plays in successful classroom management. Please defer to your cooperating teacher teacher’s judgment and preferences for this semester. You will have your own classroom soon! Meanwhile, appreciate your cooperating teacher teacher’s willingness to help you enjoy a successful student teaching experience.
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Field Supervisor
Your facilitator field supervisor will be on your campus weekly for observations and conferences. Your facilitator field supervisor will provide you with observation schedules for selecting formal observation times. In addition, facilitators field supervisors will perform informal observations and notebook checks. In your personal notebook, jot down questions or concerns to discuss with your facilitatorfield supervisor. You may request additional private conferences as needed. You have the right to expect university support!
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Failure to telephone your cooperating teacher and university facilitator field supervisor before 6:30 a.m. on the day of an unexpected absence could jeopardize your student teaching.
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During the first week of student teaching, please e-mail me any requests for anticipated absences due to religious observance. Notify your university facilitator field supervisor and cooperating teacher regarding any other anticipated absences as early as possible. These might include events such as a scheduled job interview, family wedding, or a physician appointment.
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