Teacher_Education_Handbook

 Maintain weekly contact with teacher candidate and cooperating teacher  Complete final evaluation in collaboration with the cooperating teacher  Submit all paperwork to the School of Education Office The Site Building Administrator will:  Recommend highly qualified cooperating teachers to the Director of Field Experiences at Northern State  Communicate the importance of the mentoring relationship in the development of professional educators  Make available to the teacher candidate copies of the school’s official policy handbooks  Alert the Director of Field Experiences of any concerns related to the teacher candidate The Site Cooperating Teacher will:  Provide for the teacher candidate's gradual progression of responsibilities from observation to full-time teaching  Assist the teacher candidate in analyzing and critically evaluating his/her competencies and contributions to students’ learning through ongoing observation and reflection  Work with the teacher candidate in planning and co-teaching  Observe the teacher candidate during the assignment and confer with both the teacher candidate and the university supervisor  Provide periodic progress reports for each observation  Provide, whenever possible, an opportunity for participation in activities outside of the regular classroom responsibilities Student teaching extension The student teaching experience will be extended by the Director of Field Experiences if more than three absences occur during the twelve week experience. Absences are prorated for shorter field experiences. The experience may be extended upon the recommendation or request of the cooperating teacher, university supervisor or teacher candidate. Justifications of requests for extensions of the student teaching experience may include extended time to make up extensive unavoidable absences, extended time for the teacher candidate to achieve success and extended time in an additional or different site. In all cases, a recommendation for extension must be accompanied by the following:  Written documentation of the reason(s) for recommending the extension;  ·A Plan of Assistance, if the extension is related to performance issues;