Learning to Teach

Responsibilities of Student Teachers and Cooperating Teachers

Carley Meyer Schweinberg

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN: 9798216345107
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

Learn about what your cooperating teacher or student teacher is really thinking — no mind reading necessary! This concise book is written for both teacher interns and mentor teachers, and addresses "relationship" problems in real world language that interns and mentors may encounter as they begin their placement together. Each chapter of Learn to Teach: Responsibilities of Student Teachers and Cooperating Teachers outlines a new topic pertinent to a cooperating teacher and student teacher pair. Each section is broken into the two perspectives — the student teacher and the mentor teacher. Working relationships between teacher interns and mentor teachers do not need to feel stiff and obligatory! The sections within this book are brief, easy to read, and will lead to meaningful discussion that will create connections between an educator-student educator pair. When student teachers and cooperating teachers begin their professional relationship out on the right foot students, parents, administrators, university professors, teachers, and teachers-to-be win!

Table of contents

• CONTENTS
• PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 1. FEEDBACK—CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM MEETS PAT ON THE BACK
• CHAPTER 2. SLOW DOWN, ONE THING AT A TIME
• CHAPTER 3. APPRECIATE YOUR STUDENTS
• CHAPTER 4. GET A LIFE!
• CHAPTER 5. PLAN TO PLAN
• CHAPTER 6. NAVIGATING PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
• CHAPTER 7. (SOMETIMES) MAKING YOURSELF SCARCE DURING PLANNING TIME
• CHAPTER 8. NO COMPLAINING RULE
• CHAPTER 9. CO-TEACHING: SUPPORTING EACH OTHER
• CHAPTER 10. STUDENT TEACHER AS TEACHER, COOPERATING TEACHER AS STUDENT
• CHAPTER 11. DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO
• CHAPTER 12. IT’S NOT YOUR CLASSROOM
• CHAPTER 13. FLEXIBILITY IS KEY, FOR BOTH MENTOR AND TEACHER INTERN
• CHAPTER 14. BE YOUR OWN ADVOCATE
• CHAPTER 15. ADMINISTRATORS’ ROLE
• CONCLUSION. Closing Remarks
• APPENDIX A. Get-to-Know-You Questionnaire for Cooperating Teacher and Student Teacher
• APPENDIX B. Student Teacher/Intern Questionnaire
• APPENDIX C. Cooperating Teacher/Mentor Questionnaire
• APPENDIX D. Student Teacher Skills: Proficiencies Incoming Student Teachers Should Possess
• APPENDIX E. Cooperating Teacher Skills: Proficiencies Mentor Teachers Should Possess
• APPENDIX F. Questions for Discussion
• APPENDIX G. Basic Student Teacher Observation Form
• APPENDIX H. Primary School Staff List
• APPENDIX I. Secondary School Staff List
• APPENDIX J. Using Classroom Observations to Improve My Teaching
• APPENDIX K. Co-Teaching: Ways to Support Rather Than Evaluate Your Student Teacher in the Classroom
• APPENDIX L. Possible Teaching Scenarios
• APPENDIX M. Administration: Responsibilities of Cooperating Teachers in Our School
• APPENDIX N. Administration: Responsibilities of Student Teachers in Our School
• REFERENCES