This handbook, which represents the thinking of cooperating teachers on a number of issues important to all Teacher Corps programs, provides an overview of the area of concern of cooperating teachers in working with interns. Part 1 describes the role of the cooperating teacher and provides guidelines for a smooth induction of interns into the…

This paper examines various aspects of the author's transition from classroom teacher to a cooperating teacher and then from cooperating teacher to university teacher educator. This analysis is used as the basis for several specific suggestions for how to improve the preparation of the next generation of teacher educators and teacher education…

For universities located in rural areas, field placement supervisors often find it difficult to locate placements for student teachers who are specialized in areas (e.g., special education, P.E.) with a limited number of cooperating teachers in each school. In those cases, placements for student teachers may require the cooperation of schools…

This article attempts to explore the concept of the professional learning community from the critical discourse perspective. Instead of viewing collective learning as being controlled by higher levels within the school hierarchy as a means to increase power, critical discourse seeks to uncover how power, knowledge, and truth are continuously being…

In this article, the authors explore the roles of university supervisor and cooperating teacher as mentoring partners in the student-teaching process, based on their perspectives as they served in those roles for an elementary general music assignment. Their observations and tips may help current or future student teachers, cooperating teachers,…

Preservice teachers want to interact with principals during clinical experiences and principals recognize the importance of fulfilling that wish. The problem is that both teacher and leadership preparation programs lack clear expectations regarding the principal's role with preservice teachers. In this article, the author suggests that teacher…

The purpose of this study was to shed light on mentor teachers' perceptions of their roles and responsibilities and to contrast their understandings with a normative view of mentoring (Goldsberry, 1998; Hawkey, 1997). We hypothesized that the mentor teachers' perceptions would likely differ from established conceptions of this construct, a…

The purpose of this study was to describe student teachers' perceptions and preferences of the type of supervision they experienced while interacting with their university supervisors and cooperating teachers. Results revealed that student teachers perceived both their cooperating teachers and university supervisors to engage in contextual and…

The two main purposes of this study were to create a systematic observation instrument in order to obtain clearer and more specific feedback from junior high school teachers about student teachers' teaching performances during their practicum, and to provide a way for junior college, university teachers, student teachers, and practicum supervisors…

Discusses demonstrations given by regular teachers in the process of training student teachers. (LG)

This booklet outlines a four-phase induction program for a small group of beginning teachers, a continuing process of orientation and professional growth throughout the first year of teaching: (1) During the Summer: The Importance of Being Prepared; (2) Orientation: Organize, Organize, Organize; (3) After School Starts: The First Semester of…

This student teaching program was designed to strengthen communication and interpersonal relationships between the student teacher, the cooperating teacher, and the college supervisor. It was also planned to test the adaptability of an inner-city teacher training program to a rural environment (Ottawa) and to continue the pursuit of more effective…

Differences in attitudes toward pupil control between university educators and cooperating pupil school teachers were measured to determine if student teachers might be receiving conflicting sets of expectations. The results of the study confirm that college supervisors have a more humanistic attitude toward pupil control than cooperating teachers…

There were no significant differences between groups of teachers receiving three different styles of supervision during teaching practicum with respect to the influence of the cooperating teacher upon the attitudes of the preservice teachers toward science teaching. There was no systematic trend toward or away from the teacher in any group. The…