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EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENT TEACHING

EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENT TEACHING. BECOMing a Teacher. OPENING ACTIVITY. Working together is important to successful student teaching. STUDENT TEACHERS from FALL 2012. Alyson Bedell , Bloomfield Hills, 1 st grade Charity Bertrand, Richmond, 2 nd grade

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EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENT TEACHING

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  1. EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENT TEACHING BECOMing a Teacher

  2. OPENING ACTIVITY • Working together is important to successful student teaching.

  3. STUDENT TEACHERS from FALL 2012 • Alyson Bedell, Bloomfield Hills, 1st grade • Charity Bertrand, Richmond, 2nd grade • Joshua Jostock, Clarkston, 6th grade Math • Katie Kolb, Chippewa Valley, Kindergarten

  4. Beginning • Relationship with cooperating teacher • Keep communication open • Observe planning, routines, preparation, teaching, classroom management • Ask questions • Take initiative to assist, shadow, teach after watching teacher do the lesson

  5. Beginning • Check out teacher’s expectations • Come earlier and stay later than expected • Things that bother him/her • When you can discuss lessons • Establish a timeline for your work

  6. Beginning • Respect his/her area and establish your area • Keep your things neat and organized • Put his/her materials back properly • If something got unintentionally used up or ruined offer to pay for it or get another one

  7. STAFF INTERACTIONS • Teamwork with others • Attend staff meetings • Participate on committees • Invite principals in by January if you want to request a reference • Attend and get involved with extra curricular activities

  8. TEACHER Presence • Teacher presence • Confident, in control • Voice fills the room • Know the subject • Plan lessons well and have materials ready • Prepare for questions

  9. Teacher Presence • Teacher presence • Share honestly if you aren’t sure of an answer and find a way to get the answer • Get to know the students • Show you respect others without being tough or a friend • Build a climate of class community

  10. PERSONALITY • Use humor when appropriate • Share your experiences that fit the lesson • Have fun and get into the lessons • Talk with others outside of class • Remember to be professional in the community

  11. PLANNING • Spend the time to learn the content well before teaching it • Do the assignment you are asking students to do before you give it to get clarity • Prepare questions you anticipate students asking

  12. PLANNING • Get lesson plans approved by cooperating teacher by Thursday for the following week • Use inquiry based projects • Plan collaborative work • Incorporate student led learning • Use technology when appropriate • Implement plans that motivate students to learn

  13. PLANNING • Keep your materials well organized • Find an organizational method that works for you • Binder • Folders • Other

  14. INSTRUCTING • Use your teacher presence • Have an opening activity • Use hands-on, minds-on techniques • Keep students engaged • Assess whether students “got it”

  15. CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT • Be strict in the beginning • Set boundaries • Follow routines already in place • Classroom, absent work, restroom, beginning and ending of class, where to sit, how to move into small groups • Establish any new routines with cooperating teacher’s permission

  16. CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT • Display an agenda or daily schedule • Set clear responsibilities • Establish small blocks of time to work on various activities • Change it up occasionally

  17. Technology • Helps make students connected to subject area • Make use of what you have in the building • Computer lab assignments • Incorporating website, video streaming • ELMO • SMART board • Long distance learning • Take classes or use on-line tutorials

  18. PARENT Interaction • Talk with cooperating teacher before responding to parents—use his/her experience • Communicate the positive with the negative • With Power School, parents have instant access to grades • Keep up with E-mails, calls home—log them • Website for your class—calendar, homework, links, etc. • Attend Family Nights, Parent Teacher Conferences, etc.

  19. BE INVOLVED WHERE YOU CAN • During interviews, principals look for people who were involved in extra curricular activities. • Attend sporting events, concerts, play, anything you can • Work with a club if available • Take advantage of what is happening in the school.

  20. PORTFOLIOS • Take lots of pictures—keep camera ready • Get video and photo releases from parents • Show how you were involved • Save projects, creative lessons, assessment • Accentuate your use of technology • Show how you were engaged with students • Don’t wait until the last minute!

  21. What to expect during observations • Supervisors guide you and help you succeed • Be yourself • Follow your intuition • Act on instinct • Focus on the students and the lesson • Be prepared to reflect and get some tips on improvement

  22. REFLECTIONS • Take reflections seriously • Learn from what you have done • Video tape yourself and self-critique • Be ready for constructive criticism from your supervisor and cooperating teacher and learn from it • Use reflections to make yourself better

  23. Questions • ??? • May your student teaching be a great beginning to a successful career.

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