A 24-item questionnaire--Attitudes Toward the Teaching of English--was administered to 34 cooperating teachers and their 34 student teachers from the University of Kentucky. The questionnaire was administered to both groups as a pretest and to student teachers as a posttest. This study investigated the influence of cooperating teachers toward the…

The Student Teaching Department of Eastern Illinois University developed a survey instrument in 1972 to assess attitudes of public school cooperating personnel regarding supervision of student teachers. Survey data consisted of 755 responses from school principals, district administrators, area supervisors, and classroom teachers. Results…

This document emphasizes the importance of inquiry into teaching behavior by supervisors in professional laboratories and suggests ways and means of conducting that inquiry. The document is divided into three areas: a) an examination of the current and predicted nature of professional laboratory experiences in the education of teachers, b) a…

The article describes specific performance criteria for the cooperating teacher and student teacher to consider as both work together to accomplish the prime objective of student teaching--skill in the teaching-learning process. (Author/MS)

A program in which college supervisors, cooperating teachers, and education students cooperate and work as a team is described. (JD)

Three teaching evaluation forms for assessing university supervisors are presented. The forms are designed for use by student teachers, cooperating teachers, and administrators, respectively, and each form uses different criteria. (DS)

The author presents humanistically-oriented evaluation criteria for the assessment of college supervisors, supervising teachers, and student teachers in a competency-based teacher education setting. (MJB)

Identified are information and goals important to supervisory teachers in student-teacher training programs. (GW)

Data indicates that use of a clinical approach by supervisors in dealing with teachers promotes more effective communication and is so perceived by teachers; yet the approach requires careful training and subsequent monitoring to assure that the method is indeed consistently used. (MJB)

Satisfaction levels of preservice teachers with their field-based student teaching program, and supervising teachers' perceptions of that satisfaction, are discussed. (MJB)

The need for certification of supervising teachers to help insure a high quality of classroom teachers is explored. Advantages of certification and suggestions for designing and implementing a certification program are offered. (DF)

Examines the importance of the cooperating teacher in the education and field experience of the student teacher in music education. Discusses the responsibility of the college to both the student and cooperating teacher, and recommends a five-step process through which the student teacher gradually develops independence in the classroom. (GEA)

Examines the tremendous impact that professionals have on neophytes in student teaching and suggests three major thrusts that need to be addressed during the student-teaching phase: (1) providing a model of what it means to be a professional educator; (2) passing along some of the tools of the trade; and (3) developing intellectual processes…

This article presents a conceptual framework that relates facts about the student teaching experience to what ought to be learned. Two cases of student teaching illustrate how the relative influence of program, setting, and participant interaction shape opportunities for learning. Suggestions for teacher educators are offered. (Author/MT)

This study was conducted to establish the degree of uniformity that exists between the university supervisor, the cooperating teacher, and the student teacher in evaluating the student teacher according to common criteria. Participants were 81 student teachers, their 81 cooperating teachers, and 15 university supervisors. Results are discussed.…