Conceptualized by: Luningning B.

Aribbay, MAEd
Associate Professor 1V – Apayao State College

Learning Task 4. Getting Acquainted with My Cooperating Teacher

Learning Task 4. Getting Acquainted with My Cooperating Teacher

Domain 2. Learning Environment

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 my expectations
• Demonstrate knowledge of policies and procedures that provide safe and secure learning
environments

Understandings
Name of Cooperating Teacher ___________________________________________
Degree _____________________________________________________________
Area of Specialization _________________________________________________
Years of Teaching experience ___________________________________________

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 critically 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 high 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.

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Associate Professor 1V – Apayao State College

Learning Task 4. Getting Acquainted with My Cooperating Teacher

My Performance Tasks
Performance Task 1. Complete the matrix given below. Choose only three (3) of the most
important expectations given by your CT.
Expectations of my Cooperating My Responsibilities
Teacher

What is the impact of these expectations to me as a teaching intern?

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ .

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Associate Professor 1V – Apayao State College

Learning Task 4. Getting Acquainted with My Cooperating Teacher

Performance Task 2. Cite the three (3) most important policies and procedures given by your
CT to provide safe and secure learning environment to your learners.

Policies and Procedures How do I respond to these? My plans of

action …….
1.

2.

3.

What is the impact of these policies and procedures to student learnings?

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________ .

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Associate Professor 1V – Apayao State College

Learning Task 4. Getting Acquainted with My Cooperating Teacher

Performance Task 3. My cooperating teacher is my role model in the following virtues. Cite
and give situations on how these virtues are applied?

Picture of your CT
Picture of your CT
Application
Virtue

Application

Virtue

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Associate Professor 1V – Apayao State College

Learning Task 4. Getting Acquainted with My Cooperating Teacher

My Learning Artifacts

Write an appreciation letter to your cooperating teacher for accepting you as his/her
teaching intern. Let him/her read this and request him/her to sign your letter.

A letter to my Cooperating Teacher

Signature of Cooperating Teacher

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Associate Professor 1V – Apayao State College

Learning Task 4. Getting Acquainted with My Cooperating Teacher

What is the impact of this letter to me as a teaching intern?

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________ .

What was the reaction of my CT to the letter? 9You may ask him/her to write on the space
provided?

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________ .

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