Re: Failing Student Teaching
Posted by Teacher on 6/25/08
Very few people actually fail student teaching. There are
some things to remember though as a student teacher. These
are issues that I see on this board.
1. Remember you are a guest in the school and in the
teacher's room.
2. Don't criticize her teaching style or the methods she uses
to teach any subject.
3. Remember that the district and/or the state may have
specific guidelines for what she teaches. (For example, Texas
has TEKS (state mandated curriculum for every subject from
preK through grade 12; and TAKS the state mandated assessment
that kids are expected to pass.)
4. Be able to take contructive criticism without having your
feelings hurt.
5. If there is a problem with the teacher, go to your
university supervisor. Only he can make changes in
placement. I have seen this done in Texas,
6. Dress professionally even if the teachers in the school
are dressed very casually. We interviewed in suits, dresses,
etc. We have the job so we may wear nice walking shorts to
work in or jeans and a T-shirt. Student teachers and subs
just cannot dress that casually. I have student taught,
subbed and now teach fulltime.
7. Avoid the teacher's lounge unless it is lunch. Don't
gossip about students are teachers. Don't talk about politics.
8. Before making any changes to the class routine, ask you
cooperating teacher first.
9. Where I teach, we encourage our student teachers to join
either the student association of Classroom Teachers or Texas
State Teachers Assn. because of liability insurance. Anytime
you are in a classroom, you need to have liability insurance.
On 6/24/08, Kate wrote:
> Okay, I'm about to begin student teaching soon. I would like
> to know how do one fail student teaching? What should I be
> on the look out for?
>
> Thanks!
> On 5/21/08, A Wife wrote:
>> My husband is currently an first-year intern in CA and
> found
>> out today that he is failing student teaching. His advisor
>> said that he has to sign a contract saying that he will
> take
>> Intro To Music Ed, a class that he does not have to take
>> since he passed the CSET. His advisor has been upset with
>> him for passing the CSET and not having to take other
>> classes, so she has been after any excuse to get him to
> take
>> the classes. She even told him today that he needs to quit
>> gigging and teaching privately (both of which we need as
>> income, as I'm currently a SAHM
>> teacher> to 2 babies. So, it seems as if her requests
>> aren't ethical, right? But what about his rights as a
>> student? Can she really make him take that class?
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Failing Student Teaching, 5/21/08, by A Wife.
- Re: Failing Student Teaching, 5/22/08, by Darren B..
- Re: Failing Student Teaching, 6/12/08, by ??.
- Re: Failing Student Teaching, 6/24/08, by Kate.
- Re: Failing Student Teaching, 6/25/08, by Teacher.
- Re: Failing Student Teaching, 6/25/08, by Kate.
- Re: Failing Student Teaching, 6/27/08, by to everyone...
- Re: I'm to everyone.., 6/27/08, by OOPS no ing on fail, sorry nfm.
- Re: Failing Student Teaching, 6/29/08, by MSR.
- Re: Failing Student Teaching, 6/29/08, by MSR.
- Re: Rafe Esquith had to do student teaching twice, 6/29/08, by that puts things into perspective at least for me (nfm).
- Re: Failing Student Teaching, 6/30/08, by Kate.
- Re: Failing Student Teaching, 7/01/08, by Very Veteran Teacher to Kate.
- Re: Failing Student Teaching, 7/01/08, by Tammy Urban.
- Re: Failing Student Teaching, 7/09/08, by Daddy-o.
- Re: Failing Student Teaching, 7/09/08, by Sue.
- Re: Failing Student Teaching, 7/10/08, by bill.
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