Student Teaching
Student teaching is the capstone field experience where ETE students teach in an elementary classroom for eight weeks and then teach in an appropriate classroom for their concentration area for another eight weeks. In addition to gradually taking over the classroom responsibilities in this semester-long placement, student teachers complete a portfolio, a teacher work sample, and either a second teacher work sample or an Academic and Behavioral Intervention Plan. All of these activities are designed to prepare students for the teaching profession. The Student Teaching Manual provides support materials and describes all of the activities during the student teaching experience.
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- Calendar
EDUC 400 STUDENT TEACHING
Course Description
Welcome to the student teaching semester! Through the courses and field experiences that have preceded this semester, you have been developing the roles and dispositions of scholar, problem solver, and partner. As a teacher candidate at the University of Delaware, you have discovered the importance of thoughtful analysis and continual revision of approaches to teaching and learning. In this, your student teaching semester, you now have the opportunity to apply, adapt, and revisit all that you have learned about teaching and learning as you serve the children, adolescents, and adults within the school and community settings in which you are placed.
Course Content and Goals
The primary goal of the student teaching semester is to provide you with the opportunity to be a reflective practitioner serving diverse communities who assumes, integrates, develops, and refines three related and critical professional roles: scholar, problem solver, and partner.
As a scholar, as a problem solver, and as a partner you will be organizing content for student learning (planning), creating an environment for student learning (management), teaching for student learning (lesson execution), and developing your professional skills and relationships (teacher professionalism). You will also be developing several other important dispositions and values. These include:
- Self-reflection, which will enable you to critique your performance and to make and support judgments and instructional decisions with evidence about the learning of individuals or groups of students.
- Deeper insight into the nature of the learning process and greater knowledge of human development.
- An understanding of the roles of the many different individuals engaged in the teaching-learning process and of collaborative partnerships that can work for common purposes.
- Realization of the importance of your own personal and professional goals.
- Proficiency in instructional competencies and classroom management techniques through direct experiences and the thoughtful analysis and revision of approaches.
- Knowledge of the resources and materials available to the classroom teacher and the ability to adapt and/or incorporate available resources and materials into the instructional program.
- Increased skill in performing routine administrative duties including the maintenance and submission of required records and reports.
Forms
The links below provide quick access to forms that are also included in the Student Teaching Manual:
Student Teaching Coordinators
Ms. Vicki Goettel | District: Pennsylvania | Email: vgoettel@udel.edu
Vicki Goettel is a Student Teacher Coordinator, for the neighboring Pennsylvania school districts, at the University of Delaware. She completed both her Bachelor of Science degree and master of Instruction degree at the University of Delaware. Her professional experience includes teaching fourth and fifth grades in the Appoquinimink School District. She worked collaboratively with other teachers to design the district Social Studies curriculum based on the State Standards. She is a Teacher Consultant for the Delaware Geographic Society. She was honored with being named the Teacher of the Year for Redding Intermediate School and inducted into the Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority.
Ms. Ann Jornlin | District: Colonial | Email: ajornlin@udel.edu
Ann Jornlin acts as the lead student teaching center coordinator for the ETE program and has recently created the Student Teaching Coordinator Manual. She supervises student teachers within the Colonial School District, where she has worked in that capacity since 1981. She conducts training sessions for cooperating teachers on "Performance Assessment of Student Teachers: Introduction to Pathwise." She served as the Project Manager for the New Teacher Mentoring Program in the Colonial School District, and she was a member of Delaware's Task Force to develop the Delaware Professional Teaching Standards.
Ms. Deirdre Lilly | District: Red Clay | Email: dlilly@udel.edu
Deirdre Lilly is the student teaching coordinator for the Red Clay School District. She supervises the field experience for Elementary Teacher Education candidates collaborating with district administrators and teachers. Since 2001, she has conducted Pathwise evaluation training workshops to cooperating teachers and other student teaching program supervisors. She collaborates with other ETE coordinators to structure the course requirements and guidelines for the ETE student teaching program. Additionally, she is responsible for planning and delivery of EDUC 308, Curriculum in the Primary and Middle Grades.
Ms. Betsy Read | District: Christina | Email: bgread@udel.edu
Betsy Read is the Student Teacher Coordinator for the University of Delaware and the Christina School District, which she has done since January, 1990. She is a member of the Christina School District Instructional Division where she coordinates with the curriculum supervisors and Assistant Superintendent on district initiatives. She has taught or teaches math methods courses at the University of Delaware: EDUC 335, Elementary Math Methods, EDUC 336, Middle School Math Methods, EDUC 667 Methods of Integrating Mathematics and Technology and the mathematics section of EDUC 308, Integrating Curriculum. She worked on two projects with the Educational Testing Service, in 1992 - 1994 as part of the development team for the Praxis III - Teacher Performance Based Assessment and in 1994 to develop test items for the NAEP Middle School Mathematics Assessment. She has developed workshops (e.g. mathematics, writing, classroom management) and trained many teachers in the Christina School District and the State of Delaware. She taught for 15 years as general elementary educator, a special education teacher, and a secondary mathematics teacher. Currently she is coordinating the development of a rubric to evaluate mathematics lesson planning with the EDUC 335, math methods faculty and EDUC 400 student teaching coordinators.
Ms. Mary Ann Venturena | District: Brandywine | Email: mavent@udel.edu
Ms. Venturena began her elementary teaching career (grades 1-6) in 1973. Since 1991, she has served as the Student Teacher Supervisor in the Brandywine School District. She has provided Pathwise Training for cooperating teachers and clinical faculty. She has collaborated with other coordinators to develop inservice and orientation workshops for cooperating teachers. Her current responsibilities include the administration of the Delaware New Teacher Mentoring Program in her district and participation in the Clinical Studies Advisory Group.
Ms. Marsha Baumeister | Part-Time Coordinator | Email: marshab@udel.edu
Marsha Baumeister serves as an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware, a Field-placement Coordinator for Science Semester, and a Student Teacher Coordinator for Cecil County, Maryland. She currently teaches literacy methodology and graduate education courses. Her professional experience includes more than 20 years as a Middle School language arts teacher and reading specialist (K-12). In addition to serving as a principal of a National Blue Ribbon School, she also served as a design team member and facilitator of the Maryland Principals Academy. Dr. Baumeister earned a Masters of Education in reading instruction at Loyola College and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Supervision at the University of Maryland. She has been awarded the Governor’s Citation for Instructional Leadership in Maryland Schools, the Judith Ruchkin Research Award (MASCD), and an Award in Teaching Excellence (BCPS). Her interests include literacy, educational leadership, administration, and enhancing educational equity.
Ms. Stephanie Kotch | Vertical Model | Email: sakotch@udel.edu
Stephanie Kotch is an Instructor at the University of Delaware and coordinates the Vertical Model of Field Experience. She has compiled 15 years of diverse educational experience that includes Child Care Director, Administrative Director, Classroom Teacher, Professional Development Instructor, and Elementary Science Specialist. Her current research interests include improved field experiences for pre-service teachers, mentoring support within the student teaching triad, and preservice conversation groups.
Cooperating Teacher Manual
Follow these links to view the contents of the Cooperating Teacher Manual:
Instructions
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Important Dates
- Teach in Delaware Day is scheduled for Tuesday, April 20, 2010.
- Project Search for Teachers is scheduled for Wednesday, April 21, 2010.
