Cooperating and Supervising Teacher Resource Page - 2024 Fall

Responsibilities

• Responsibilities

  Supervising Teachers

  • Bi-weekly formal Observations with feedback--using common observation form--this is a MINIMUM requirement 
  • Progress reporting (4x throughout semester)--can be done alone or in collaboration with cooperating teacher 
  • Observation log 
  • Collaboration with cooperating teacher on final grade
  • Completion of ONLINE final evaluation document--can be done alone or in collaboration with cooperating teacher 

  Cooperating Teachers

  • Ongoing verbal/written feedback for student teacher--journals/notebooks are a great way to accomplish this
  • Progress reporting (4x throughout semester)--can be done alone or in collaboration with supervising teacher 
  • Collaboration with supervising teacher on final grade
  • Completion of ONLINE final evaluation document--can be done alone or in collaboration with supervising teacher 

  Other (Cooperating and Supervising Teachers)

  • Ongoing mentoring and support of student teacher
  • Communication with student teaching supervisor
  • Feedback on lesson plans
  • Timely completion of reporting

  If the supervising teacher is not fully qualified by level or content area (per each 8-weeks of a placement):

  • Supervising teacher completes four formal observations
  • Cooperating teacher completes two formal observations
  • Collaborative progress reporting 
  • Collaborative final grade and final formal (online) evaluation
  • Other duties aligned in sections relevant sections above