STUDENT TEACHING OBJECTIVES
STUDENT TEACHING OBJECTIVES
SUPERVISOR EXPECTATIONS
I. Completion of weekly objectives
2. Room Management - keeping room neat & orderly
* desks, seats
* supplies & tools
* equipment
* displays
Supplies on hand / well stocked
Lesson materials prepared / organized
* maintain in class displays and/or other building displays
3. Classroom management
* attendance records for each class
* homeroom procedure
* record keeping
* knowledge of school
procedures,firedrills,discipline, safety, etc.
4. Establish notebook
* student grade sheets, class lists, etc.
* lesson plans
* grading policy and assessment plan to share with
students
* daily log - successes, frustrations, etc.
* ideas - addresses, free materials, future lesson
sparks, etc.
* comments / records regarding students such as
medical problems, learning limitations, or any anecdotal records of student behavior.
5. Lesson Plans:
Text with supporting materials, tools, slides,reproductions, etc. utilizing behavioral
objectives and assessment for day. Unit plans with goals,
objectives or other evidence of long term planning
6. Criteria for teaching
Establish a list of criteria for classroom management (rules,
regulations, procedures etc.)
Re-evaluate at mid term; modify and make changes as needed,
use eval. check list.
Determine teaching techniques and strategies that are appropriate
and applicable to each group.
7. Choose a student to analyze and study. Keep an ongoing log of
their progress. Shadow that student (with their and the Principals permission) for
one school day.
8. Meet and interview other school personnel and learn what roles
they play in the educational setting. Such as librarian, counselor, vice
principal, union rep., special ed teachers, aids, etc.
9. Attend faculty meetings.
Attend extra-curricular events, sporting, club meetings, dances,
parent nights, etc.
10. Find out about your professional organization. Such as the New
York State Art Teachers Association. Find out how to belong (there are student
rates) and if there is a local group active in the area. Try to attend a regional
meeting as a guest of your cooperating teacher or another teacher on faculty where you
are student teaching.
11. Dress, talk and act professionally at all times!
12. Mail your weekly schedule to supervisor's home, a week in advance.
Be sure to indicate where you can be found during free periods,
please indicate conference days, school holidays, assemblies and early dismissal dates.
13. Be sure you have cooperating teacher's home phone number in case
of problems. Be sure that they have your home phone and your college supervisor's
home and work phone.
14, Gather data and evidence for your professional teaching portfolio.
Show coop. teacher and college supervisor the results for feedback.
15. Phone college supervisor at home to report any absences, the earlier
the better. If supervisor is not home, phone college and leave message. Follow
school procedure to report absences and call your coop. teacher at home as
well.
For MAT-Art Education Majors only #16:
16. Identify your research topic within the first two weeks of the
semester. Write up a proposal of just how you wish to conduct the research and how you
will collect data to analyze. Discuss this with cooperating teacher for additional
input and ultimate approval. Submit to supervisor for additional approval and
feedback. (You'll probably want to make an appointment to accomplish this task.)
The final report will be a written document including the
following chapters:
1) Identification of the problem with rationale of pursuit.
2) Review of literature, to ascertain what is already known
about this topic in the field. May use books, documents, and professional
journals.
3) Description of the study, how you will proceed to
actualize your plan and
collect information to analyze.
4) Report of findings
5) Overview of project with recommendations for further
studies.
Please use APA style when writing this document. A complete bibliography
should be at the very end of the document. (See handouts in library to reference as to
form and style.) Length of the document will be minimally 25 pages.
WEEKLY OBJECTIVES
WEEK l
l. list classroom criteria / discuss with cooperating teacher
2. learn names of one class
3. learn classroom procedure of cooperating teacher
4. read handbooks, student/teacher and handouts
5. observe cooperating teacher and list observations for
discussion
6. tour and become familiar with school facilities and support
staff
7. observe another teacher in same subject area
make a list of teaching techniques used in class
make a list of discipline techniques used in class
compare with techniques used in cooperating teacher's
class
discuss observations with cooperating teacher
8. set up daily conference time with cooperating teacher
9. know the names of the professional staff with whom you will be
working
l0. identify which class you will teach first, develop potential
lesson plans for discussion
11. inventory available materials for your use with classes
12. discuss proposed grading and assessment plans with
cooperating teacher
WEEK 2
l. assume teaching responsibility for one class
2. learn the names of the remaining classes
3. identify which class you will add next week
4. discuss potential unit plans with cooperating teacher
5. identify and discuss research topic with cooperating teacher.
6. set up appt. to discuss research topic with college supervisor
7. set up and establish your grade book
WEEK 3
l. assume teaching responsibility for two classes
2. identify which class you will add next and when
3. identify display areas available for your use within classroom
and outside.
4. continue to plan for additional classes to teach as
cooperating teacher permits
5. continue to observe other teachers whenever possible with
their permission
6. determine if there are extracurricular activities where you
might assist