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General
Information
It is hoped
that this will be a good semester for you and your student teacher.
Please be mindful of the following:
Textbook
The Student
Teaching Guidelines is the official textbook for student teaching.
A copy of the Student Teaching Guidelines should be purchased by
each student teacher. Please see that your cooperating teachers
have a copy of the handbook. Items included in the text should prove
helpful tot he student teacher, the cooperating teacher, and the
university supervisor. Please collect the handbooks at the end of
the each semester to redistribute to your new cooperating teachers.
Orientation
Sessions
Supervisors
should hold an orientation session with cooperating teachers very
early in the semester. The purpose of these meetings should be to
inform cooperating teachers about the program and what is expected
of them, the student teacher, and the university supervisor. A similar
orientation session should be held with the student teachers. The
Student Teaching Guidelines provides an excellent source of information
for such meetings.
Visitations
Supervisors
must get out to visit student teachers frequently. A visit once
a week is encouraged. Anything less than seven visits for semester
student teachers, five visitations for 9-week student teachers and
four visitations for 7-week student teachers is unsatisfactory.
Problem
Situations
Inform the
Director of Clinical Studies immediately in the case of problem
situations. Most problems can be worked out to everyone's satisfaction
if the Director is notified early on. This procedure is for the
benefit of the student and for your protection.
Travel
Reimbursement
The office
of Clinical Studies (OCS) will reimburse supervisors for mileage
(at the University rate) for the purpose of supervising student
teachers. The OCS cannot pay fees for rental cars that are rented
by supervisors. The OCS also does not give approval for students
to drive university cars.
Reimbursement
for travel should be requested on the regular University of Delaware
business expense report form. The form should indicate that the
request is being made for travel for the supervision of student
teachers. Be sure to indicate your mileage to and from the various
destinations and include all receipts for which you are requesting
reimbursement. Sign the form in the space marked "requester"
and forward the completed form to the OCS. Do not have your department
chair sign the form.
It is preferable
that mileage reimbursement requests be submitted monthly. All requests
for reimbursements must be submitted to the OCS by May 30.
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