Congrats on having a student teacher! It is a great
opportunity to help a younger person get off to a good start
professionally. In my experience, I have found that admins
are looking for teachers who: have good classroom management
skills, can work with certain types of student population,
and can teach the subject matter using a variety of
techniques. These are the 3 attributes that I concentrate on
with the student teachers that I have.

For classroom management, I show them my plan, suggest others
that they might use, but basically let them use their own if
they have one. My school is adopting a school-wide plan this
year, so I will expect mine to use it.

For special needs in students, I work with them on the
modifications for our spec. ed. students(up to 40% of some
classes). Also, we have a significant Hispanic population,
so student teachers need to have skills to work with them.
Additionally, we have great pressure to differentiate to
accomodate high ability learners.

In lesson plans, the student teacher needs to be following
the state standards & communicating those to students in each
class. I expect the plans to be done ahead of time and to
reflect a variety of methods.

My goal is not to have the student teacher to do things "my
way", but to find his/her best ways for classroom management,
working with special populations, & teaching the material.
Hope this helps! KM

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