Cooperating Teachers: Undergraduate Elementary
Cooperating teachers share their knowledge and skills around instructional practices as the teacher candidate assumes the role of beginning teacher. The cooperating teacher’s continual guidance, mentoring, and modeling is essential in making the field experience a success.
Below, cooperating teachers will find materials for the semester in which they are working.
There are three practicum semesters prior to student teaching. Identify your practicum semester through the subject area focus listed with each term.
Practicum Semesters
Semester 1 (Focus on Emergent Literacy and Educational Psychology)
Elementary Practicum Handbook (Adobe PDF)
CT Assessment Form (MS Word)
Semester 2 (Focus on Language Arts and Social Studies)
Elementary Practicum Handbook (Adobe PDF)
Semester 3 (Focus on Math and Science)
Elementary Practicum Handbook (Adobe PDF)
CT Assessment Form (MS Word)
Student Teaching
Student Teacher Guidebook (Adobe PDF)
Getting Started Protocol (Adobe PDF)
Instructional Cycles Part 1 (Adobe PDF)
Instructional Cycles Part 2 (Adobe PDF)
Unit Teaching Experience (Adobe PDF)
Program Policies and Procedures (Adobe PDF)
Cooperating Teacher Assessment Rubric (Adobe PDF)
