New Streamlined Process
UT Coordinators supply teachers in Austin ISD with AISD's electronic Internet form, which
Coordinators must first contact the campus principals when making placements in Austin ISD.
Principals must first be contacted and their permission received prior to talking with the teachers. Coordinators will supply teachers in Austin ISD with Cooperating Teacher Applications each semester. The applications will be completed electronically through DocuSign.
Teachers are required to complete and submit Cooperating Teacher Applications/Agreements that have been approved by their principals.
After principal permission is received, teachers may be recruited only during the dates given to us by the district. The Recruiting and Placement Timeline for each semester will be made available to the coordinators as soon as it is established.
Teachers may not host students unless/until a signed form from their principals has been received, either by the Education Services Office or the district. Applications are available on the Education Services Wiki. CT Agreement Forms Submission information may be found at the bottom of the applications.
I am writing to provide information on a new streamlined process for recruiting Cooperating Teachers in AISD. In the past, UT had an agreement form, and AISD did as well. We have now collaborated with Austin ISD to create one form and share the contents. This is our pilot semester, and we will continue to make improvements with your feedback. We ask for your flexibility as we try a new approach to making the CT recruiting process smoother for everyone. The Cooperating Teacher tracking worksheet is what you will see in UT BOX and will be continuously updated as the new CT Interest forms come in. Note: Using the new form, the principal approval occurs by April 26th. If the principal does not recommend the CT, which rarely happens, we will contact you.
During the initial month of recruiting (March 18th-April 12th), if you are working to connect with a school and are not getting a response from the principal, please email me at kcruise@utexas.edu. I will reach out to the district each week with a list of schools that have been unresponsive to requests and AISD will nudge the principals. Send me your needs by Friday of the second week(after reaching out twice with no response) and I will send the district a list of nudge requests by the following Monday.
PLEASE REMIND ALL CT'S YOU RECRUIT TO INDICATE THEY WANT TO WORK WITH YOU ON THE FORM.