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Responsibilities
of University Supervisors
The university
supervisor or center coordinator will visit and observe the student
teacher several times throughout the semester. The supervisor or
center coordinator will evaluate the student's performance with
the student and the cooperating teacher. Between scheduled or unscheduled
visits, the student teacher may contact the university supervisor
at any time to discuss concerns and problems. The supervisor or
center coordinator will work very closely with the student teacher
so that the student teaching experience is a satisfying and rewarding
experience, personally and professionally. If the student teacher
is unable to reach the university supervisor or center coordinator,
contact the Office of Clinical Studies (OCS).
Student teachers
and cooperating teachers can expect the university supervisors and
center coordinators to:
- wear the
official University of Delaware teacher education ID badge as
a form of identification upon entering the building.
- provide
quality orientation experiences for the student teacher and the
cooperating teacher.
- provide
training or refreshing in the use of the student teaching evaluation
instrument.
- provide
student teachers and cooperating teachers with a suggested weekly
sequence which approximates how the average student teacher should
progress through the experience. While each student teacher should
be allowed to progress at his/her own rate, the weekly sequence
is a suggested plan for involving the student teacher in activities
during the student teaching experience. As such, the suggested
sequence serves as a guide, with decisions being made based upon
discussion and the best judgment of the cooperating teacher, the
student teacher, and the university supervisor.
- conduct
a weekly seminar for all student teachers assigned to them. A
convenient location should be arranged for these seminars. Seminar
topics must include classroom management, grouping, instructional
strategies, student problems, etc. Building principals and cooperating
teachers should be invited to participate in selected seminars.
- observe
and conference with the student teacher regularly to insure the
student teacher's satisfactory progress.
- effectively
collaborate with the cooperating teacher in the evaluation process.
- provide
written feedback to the student teacher following each observation.
- be available
to cooperating personnel to assist and advise them concerning
problems involving students in the clinical setting.
- act as a
counselor and confidante to students.
- provide
multi-faceted experiences during the student teaching semester
to enhance and promote the transition from student teacher to
classroom teacher.
- schedule
a THREE-WAY CONFERENCE (involving the student teacher, cooperating
teacher and supervisor) at the mid-point to evaluate the student
teacher's progress to that stage of the experience. (Supervisors,
use the final evaluation report form (page 93) and/or the 3-Way
Discussion Notes form (page 88) to give feedback to the student
teacher at the three way conference.)
The three-way conference is a procedure to be used for the purpose
of letting the student teacher know where s/he stands at the mid-point
of the experience and to establish a plan for guiding the efforts
of the student teacher for the remainder of the experience. While
it is not necessary to submit a grade for the student teacher
at the mid-point, if a student is not making satisfactory progress,
s/he must be told that s/he is not passing the course at this
time. This must be documented in writing. An improvement plan
must then be developed by the supervisor and cooperating teacher
to establish specific procedures, skills, and schedules that the
student must meet in order to complete the course with a passing
grade. (See suggested Improvement Plan Form page 89.)
- conduct
additional THREE-WAY CONFERENCES as the need arises.
- conduct
a THREE-WAY CONFERENCE at the conclusion of the student teaching
experience. Share completed copies of the cooperating teacher's
and the university supervisor's final evaluation report with the
student teacher at this time. If the completed report is not in
final typed condition, a near final draft will be
sufficient. However, the report must be complete to the degree
that the student teacher will not be surprised when s/he reads
the final version. The cooperating teacher and the university
supervisor should meet prior to this conference to discuss the
final evaluation.
- submit the
final typed evaluation report to the OCS no later than one week
after the close of the student teaching semester. All reports
should be sent directly to the OCS. Supervisors should not forward
student teaching reports to MBNA Career Services. Reports will
be sent to MBNA Career Services by the OCS upon written request
of the student teacher.
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