How to Train a Student Teacher

Build a Working Relationship. This is not a competition.

Make the student teacher a part of the classroom and school

community.

Prepare your students and keep them ‘in the loop’.

Student teacher should be teaching something the first day,

have their own desk area,

and their own set of seating charts.

The first week

My assumptions.

What I expect from you.

What you should expect from me.

Daily Schedule

Contract time

Calendar

You will observe excellent teachers here at the end of your experience.

I gotta be me! You gotta be you!

Student teacher quiz

Taking roll

Learning names

Recording scores

Building the student teacher’s confidence.

The first weekSubstitute info.

Phone numbers

Lunch info.

Supply requests

JPAS – teacher evaluation

Other teachers/administrators will give input.

Health issues

Rest, water, wash hands, food, germs from students, Spray Lysol on papers, disinfectant wipes, tissues, hand sanitizer, Tylenol, Bandaids,

I gotta be me! You gotta be you!

Student teacher quiz

Taking roll

Learning names

Recording scores

Building the student teacher’s confidence.

Tag-Team Teaching ¡Choca la mano!

Student teacher transitions into

teaching some of your classes.

Advanced organizer on the board.

Demonstration

Scheduling: Who’s turn is it to teach?

meme/you

(which parts do you want to teach?)discussion on prep period

youyou/me

youyou

Practice Vocal support. Breathing.

Standing to teach. (wandering)

Plays to which side of room?

Garbage words.

Physical ‘tics’.

Tempo = how fast/slow you speak the language. Also how fast/slow activities go.

Transitions = sing, keep giving instructions, count backward, set timer.

got C.U.E.?

Creative, Useful, Emotional

Butting in is OK. ‘Clean’ language – slang?

Questioning – ¿Cómo se dice? ¿Qué es esto? ¿Comprenden?, wait time.

yes-no, either-or

Memory tricks, RAPS,

songs, rhymes,

Order of instructions

PracticeTiming = how long for each

activity? How much to push them? How about extra time?

BEGINNING middle END

15 min. 20 min. 10 min.

How much Spanish? = when they give you the ‘I don’t get it’ look.

At-the-door quizzes

Comprehensible input (cognates, verb forms, command forms, subject pronouns, kids using their notebooks)

got C.U.E.?

What do you look like up there?

Facial expressions.

Eyes. Eyebrows. Smile!

Body location (brain friendly)

Video tape.

Classroom ManagementSmile, sounds, proximity,

humor, sarcasm.

Use all body parts.

Practice in front of mirror.

Hand, fingers, arms, voice, eyes, eyebrows, nose, lips, teeth, feet, ears, elbow.

Praise phrases – Come up with at least 10.

¡Fenomenal! etc.

Classroom Management

Who’s listening?

School-wide discipline plan

–Think time –3 strikes

Follow through.

(eat the paper)

See the whole room at once.

Hear every voice.

Know when to ignore.

Discipline Faces

Observing your Student Teacher

Their authority. How much freedom do they

have? Refer students to them.

Management. Procedures

Pointing to visual aides.

Using visual aides.

Are you actually talking about what is in your hands?

Writing on whiteboard. Move your body too.

The law of the pack.

Observation Notes from Cooperating Teacher

Always write down the positive first.

Let's talk about...

The teachers circle of influence and awareness.What certain students are doing.

The University adviser..

Organizationplanning

paperwork

making copies

secretarial stuff

answering emails

storing papers

filing system

grading papers

Skyward grading program

Printing progress reports

Student aide’s job

Planning and Collaboration

Cooperating teacher has the curriculum map and scope and sequence.

Student teacher will plan, prepare and teach one unit.

Cooperating teacher shares all ideas that they have, then let the student

teacher take it from there.

Get out of the way!

Student teacher should have the opportunity to teach 2 class periods without you in the

room for at least 3 weeks.Student teacher should take over 3 or 4

classes. Not all of them. You still teach 1st period and tag-team during

2nd period.

Observation opportunities

Student teacher should observe other master teachers in your building near

the end of their student teaching experience when you are integrating yourself back in as the main teacher.

They will know better what to look for after having their teaching experience.

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