Models for Effective Cooperating Teacher and Student Teacher Collaboration
- Student teacher works with small groups and individual students in need of special attention, helping to differentiate in the classroom.
- Cooperating teacher and student teacher divide up subjects, each taking primary responsibility for certain content areas.
- Student teacher prepares special units or special content.
- Student teacher works with groups of students over time.
- Cooperating teacher and student teacher split up the class and teach smaller groups the same or different content.
- Cooperating teacher and student teacher review assessments and reflect together on the effectiveness of lessons.
- Cooperating teacher and student teacher plan together.
- Cooperating teacher and student teacher pool their resources and think together about how to help individual students.
- Cooperating teacher and student teacher observe each other, ask questions and offer feedback.
Temple University College of Education and Human Development. 2021. “Mentor Teacher Roles and Responsibilities.” Temple University website. https://education.temple.edu/ofp/mentor-teacher-roles-responsibilities (accessed May 20, 2021). Some terms have been changed to fit the Alberta educational context.
