PLAN FOR SCHOOL PRACTICUM

for student teachers in their last year of the teacher education program,
where English is used as the Medium of Instruction (EMI)
(School practicum I and II in the second semester, academic year 2022 - 2023)

1. Time
- The first period (5 weeks) is due to commence from January 09 to February 24, 2023.
(from 16/01 to 27/01/2023 is Vietnam's Lunar New Year holiday)
- The second period (5 weeks) is from March 06 to April 07, 2023.

2. Purpose
These school practicum experiences are intended to provide students opportunities to
experience school life, thereby developing appropriate attitudes towards teaching profession
as well as educational and teaching competencies, especially the teaching of their subjects
using English as the Medium of Instruction (EMI).

3. Content
Each school practicum period (05 weeks/a period) includes 02 requirements: Teaching
Practice using EMI and Educational Practice.

SCHOOL PRACTICUM I - 5 WEEKS

a) Teaching practice
- Requirements: A student teacher needs to teach 03 lessons, at least one of which is
delivered entirely in English. In the other lessons, the student teachers can partially use
English in teaching. For example: the instruction is in Vietnamese, but the students do the
worksheets in English; students study discipline-related vocabulary in English; students do
the consolidation exercises in English.
Besides, the student teachers are encouraged to:
▪ organize extracurricular activities (experiential learning of school subject, STEM
education, scientific experiments, project work etc.) partially in English.  
▪ develop teaching materials (PPT slides, test items, videos) in English.
▪ assist in the class and give tutorials in self-study time in English.
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 The student teachers need to develop weekly plans for teaching practice and carry out
such plans in consideration to adaptation to realistic school situations.
- Teaching practice supervision: Each student is supervised and evaluated by an
experienced mentor. If the mentor is a foreigner, there is an additional Vietnamese instructor.
A mentor supervises a maximum of 05 students.

b) Educational practice
- Requirements: Student teachers practise doing duties of a homeroom teacher and of a
teacher as part of the school’s community.
- Activities of educational practice:
▪ support the homeroom teachers to manage the class disciplines and help students in
learning.
▪ organize educational activities as the whole school with the homeroom teacher, for
example, school assemblies, collective labour activities, competitions between classes, ...
▪ plan and organize at least 01 class meeting;
▪ actively participate in teacher community’s  and the student teachers group’s
activities.
The student teachers need to develop weekly plans for educational practice and carry
out such plans in consideration to adaptation to unpreditable offline/online teaching situations.
- Educational practice supervision: Each student teacher is supervised and evaluated
by an experienced homeroom teacher. Each homeroom teacher supervises a maximum of
three student teachers.
SCHOOL PRACTICUM II – 05 WEEKS
Likewise the first period, the only difference is that the student teachers need to teach 5
lessons, at least 2 lessons of which need to be taught entirely in English.

3. Evaluation and grading rubrics of the school practicums

a) Teaching practice scoring

- The mentor evaluates each lesson in class and the extracurricular activities using the
following criteria:
Criteria Maximum
Planning, preparing materials 2
Content of the lessons in class/ extracurricular activities 2
Methods of teaching the lessons/ extracurricular activities 2
Use of English 2
Students’ learning effectiveness 2
Total mark: 10
- Bonus marks can be added for other professional activities performed by the student
teacher such as developing teaching materials in English, assisting in class, giving tutorials to
students in English, organizing extracurricular activities in English;
- The mentor is responsible to submit the teaching practicum final marks, writes
comments and signs the assessment form (pink sheet).

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b) Educational practice scoring
- The mentor evaluates the process of educational practice and grade weekly using the
following criteria:
Criteria Maximum
Weekly educational practice plan 2
Content of educational activities 2
Methods of organizing educational activities 2
Educational effectiveness for students 2
Attitudes of student teacher towards the school teachers, staff and other student 2
teachers
Total mark: 10
- Mentors caculate the final educational grade as the average of the five weekly grades
of educational practicum.
- Instructors submit the educational grades along with their comments and signature
into the assessment form (the pink sheet).

c) Classifying the practicum results

EVALUATION FOR SCHOOL PRACTICUM I

(The first 5-week period)

- The result of the first school practicum period are determined by the final average
grade of both teaching and educational practices with the corresponding coefficient as below:

▪ the coefficient of the teaching practice grade is 1.

▪ the coefficient of the educational practice grade is 2.

- Qualified grade: The final grade of the whole period must be above 5:
▪ From 9 to 10: Excellent
▪ From 8 to 9: Good
▪ From 7 to 8: Fairly good
▪ From 6 to 7: Above average
▪ From 5 to 6: Average

- Unqualified grade: The final grade is below 5, classified as Bad.

EVALUATION OF SCHOOL PRACTICUM II

(The second 5-week period)

Similar to the Praticum I evaluation, the only difference is:

▪ the coefficient of the teaching practicum grade is 2

▪ the coefficient of the educational practicum grade is 1.

4. Practicum schools

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 - The schools need to select an Practicum Committee to:
▪ set up plans and be in charge of all activities involving student teachers;
▪ assign school teachers to take care of the teaching and educational practicum;
▪ approve the practicum result of each student after having exchanged with the
mentors, professional groups as well as the chief of the practicum group from the HNUE;
▪ complete the the assessment form (the pink sheet) and summary table;
▪ recommend an award or a discipline for student teachers;
▪ write an overall report of the practicum.

- Leaders that in charge of subject teaching or homeroom work:

▪ treat students as a member of the professional group, allow them to join the
professional meeting of the group;
▪ assign tasks for each team and each student;
▪ participate in the assessment process of student teachers instructed by that group;

- Mentors of the teaching and educational practicum:

▪ help student teachers to set up plans for each week as well as for the whole period
and approve them;

▪ regularly check and advocate student teachers to carry out approved plans;

▪ Supervise student teachers through their implementation of learning activities as

well as class meetings with school students only when there is approved plans.  

5. School practicum group from the HNUE

- The chief of the group – Lecture:
▪ do the preparation for the practicum;
▪ set up an agreement with the school holding the practicum about the plan,
implementation and assessments;
▪ work with the school mentors and the practicum committee to monitor and evaluate
the practicum results of all student teachers;
▪ visit the school periodically to check the work of student teachers and offer support
during the practicum if necessary.

- The vice-chief of the group – Student teacher:

▪ be selected by the chief;

▪ help the chief to check up and advocate student teachers in the practicum group;

▪ report the encountered problems to the practicum committee and the chief of the
practicum group;

▪ be in charge in some situations as authoriezd by the chief;  

- Student teachers:
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 ▪ follow the regulations of the school and the practicum group;

▪ regularly attend at the school; in case of an absence due to an emergency, there

must be a permission in paper from the head of practicum committee;

▪ make practicum plans for each and for the period to submit for approvement;  

▪ try the best to do the teaching and educational practicum as planned.

6. Documents which need to be completed and handed over to HNUE

Practicum committees from schools need to finalize the following documents and hand
them over to the chief of the practicum group - lecturer from HNUE after each practicum
period:
- The assessment form for each student (the pink sheet). It is noted that in the first
period, the coefficient for education practicum is 2, while in the second term, the coefficient
for teaching practicum is 2.
- The summary table concerning practicum results for the whole group (see form in
Appendices);
- The overall report (see form Appendices);
- Proposal of award recommendations (see form in Appendices);
- Disciplinary documents (if any) include: student teachers’ review papers, documents
from the discipline meeting, decision from the head of the practicum committee.
Notes: All documents need signatures of the chief of practicum group, the head of the
school board, and stamps of practicum schools.

Department of Academic Affairs

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 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
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Hanoi National University of Education Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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THE SUMMARY TABLE FOR SCHOOL PRACTICUM, PERIOD 1

Academic year: 2022 – 2023

Practicum school:……………………………………………………………………………

Score
Teaching Education Combination
No Full name Notes
practicum practicum (with coefficient
(coefficient = 1) (coefficient = 2) included)
1.

Notes: one table for each school.

Hanoi, day………month………year 2023

Head of practicum group Head of practicum committee
(signature, full name included) (signture, stamp)

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 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
TRAINING
Hanoi National University of Education Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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THE SUMMARY TABLE FOR SCHOOL PRACTICUM, PERIOD 2

Academic year: 2022 – 2023

Practicum school:……………………………………………………………………………

Score
Teaching Education Combination
No Full name Notes
practicum practicum (with coefficient
(coefficient = 2) (coefficient = 1) included)
1.

Notes: one table for each school.

Hanoi, day………month………year 2023

Head of practicum group Head of practicum committee
(signature, full name included) (signture, stamp)

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 SAMPLE SUMMARY REPORT

School practicum, period………..., 2022 – 2023, from ………..…… to ………… /2023.

Practicum school: ………………………………………………….………………………
I. General introduction
1. About practicum group from HNUE
2. About practicum school

II. Plan and implementation

1. Schedule, plan and content
2. Implementation and coordination
3. Attitudes and responsibility of student teachers

III. Results
1. About teaching practicum
2. About education practicum

IV. Feedback for Hanoi National University of Education

1. About preparation
2. About planning and implementation
3. About materials
4. About assessment methods

Hanoi , day………month………year 2023

Chief of the practicum group Head of the practicum committee
(signature, full name included) (signture, stamp)

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 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
TRAINING
Hanoi National University of Education Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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PROPOSAL OF REWARD FOR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL PRACTICUM

Period……………, 2022 – 2023

Practicum School: ……………………………………………………………………………

Score Level of reward

Order Name Note
Teaching Education Final University Faculty
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10.

Hanoi, day………month………year 2023

Chief of the practicum group Head of the practicum committee
(signature, full name included) (signture, stamp)