The sequence from single responsibilities to full instruction is developed by the supervising teacher. Prior to teaching the first two lessons in each subject area, the student teacher should submit a detailed lesson plan for your review and critique. Additionally, you should observe and critique those lessons' delivery. After those initial formal written lesson plans and observations, you are free to make any arrangements with respect to lesson plans that you desire or your school requires for its classroom teachers. Subsequently, you should formally review and critique the student teacher at least once a week.
Every student teacher is required to design and implement a unit of instruction.
The focus and length will be determined by the student teacher and you. If the student teacher has two placements, it should probably be done during the first or longer placement. Materials from this unit must be submitted by the student teacher to the IUK Teacher Education Program. For licensing purposes, the State of Indiana requires that student teachers have full instructional responsibility for a minimal number of days. If for any reason you do not want to turn over full responsibility for all of your classes to your student teacher, please discuss this as soon as possible with the student teacher's university supervisor or the IUK Director of Student Teaching.