Cooperating Teachers Roles and Responsibilities

Provides a model of teaching for the teacher credential candidate to observe and adapt to their teaching style.
Supports, models, and encourages the implementation of the Teacher Performance Expectations.
Provides the teacher credential candidate an opportunity to observe, ask questions, and become familiar with the classroom management plan, to include routines, procedures, and overall organization.
Assists the teacher credential candidate as they write and develop lesson plans, as well as, a variety of class activities related to the course/grade level curriculum.
Ensures that the teacher credential candidate writes measurable objectives to effectively assess their lessons.
Empowers the teacher credential candidate by delegating and sharing authority as the teacher and classroom manager
.Assists the teacher credential candidate in establishing methods of classroom control appropriate to the age and grade level of the students. Thereby, ensuring that the candidate inspires the respect of students through effective classroom management techniques.
Provides the teacher credential candidate the opportunity to assess student work.
Provides the teacher credential candidate constructive criticism, suggestions, and ideas.
Models and provides the teacher credential candidate a variety of methods and styles of teaching.
Assists the teacher credential candidate in identifying available instructional materials.
Participates in three-way conferences with the teacher credential candidate and the University Supervisor to calibrate observations and ongoing progress.
Completes and submits the Student Teacher Formal Evaluation Forms.
Completes and submits an evaluation of the University Supervisor and Program.