Lecture Note 12 GETTING ACQUAITED WIH MY COOPERATING TEACHER

Desired Learning Outcomes

 Get acquainted with my cooperating teacher

 Listen and respond effectively to the expectations of my cooperating teacher.
 Enumerate my responsibilities based on the given expectations
 Demonstrate knowledge of policies and procedures that provide safe and secure learning
environments.

Essential Question

 What is the role of the cooperating teacher in my internship program.

 What expectations of me are given by my cooperating teacher.
 How shall I respond effectively to these expectation?
 What are the policies and procedures given by my CT on providing safe and secure learning
environments?

The Cooperating Teacher plays a very vital role in the successful implementation of the Teaching
internship Program.

The Cooperating Teacher (CT) is defined as a teacher with a minimum of three years of teaching
experience who acts as a mentor in the teaching internship program in the area in which the teaching
intern is earning her degree. The CT serves as a model in all aspects of teaching and learning.

 He/she engages you to work collaboratively and productively to enrich your classroom activities.
 He/she allows you to reflect critical and creatively on your learning experiences to ensure that
you accomplish more and do better in your future activities.
 He/ she shares interactive and innovative teaching strategies and methods you have not learned
and are not familiar with to make your classroom activities highly engaging.
 He/she gives second advice about the good/ best practices in teaching and learning.
 He/she gives teaching tips and how to do things in the most effective and efficient ways.
 He/ she suggests instructional resources to make your classroom activities more meaningful and
rewarding.