Refer to your Cooperating Teacher and other school faculty as Mr., Mrs., or Ms. Do not use first names unless they suggest that you do so. Alert yourself to the organizational techniques of your Cooperating Teacher and follow them religiously. Talk often with your Cooperating Teacher, with me, and with other student teachers. Your responsibilities will include lunchroom duty, bus duty, hall monitoring, parent-teacher conferences, etc. Do not maintain outside employment.
Student teaching is equivalent to three or four full time jobs.
Accommodate yourself to your Cooperating Teacher's style, class rules, and expecations. Follow your school's disciplinary policies, classroom management procedures, and other professional guidelines. Student Teaching Journal Maintain a student teaching journal with entries on at least a weekly basis. Put this journal in your portfolio. Email your entries to the Science Ed Supervisor each week.