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Re: Failing Student Teaching
Posted by Kate on 6/25/08
Thanks. I really appreciate your feedback and will take all of
this into consideration.
On 6/25/08, Teacher wrote:
> 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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