- Provide teacher role models with whom the teacher candidate may identify.
- Provide the teacher candidate with a gradual induction into teaching through pre-student teaching field experiences and full-time student teaching.
- Facilitate integration and application of educational theory and teaching methodology in student teaching.
- Provide learning experiences in which the teacher candidate can sharpen and refine her/his skills in relation to the ten Standards of Effective Practice (see Section 5.3 Appendix C).
Note: The 2023 update to the SEPs is available at this location: 8710.2000
- Provide opportunities for the teacher candidate to engage in co-curricular, extra-curricular, and other school activities in which he/she may ultimately have responsibility as a teacher.
- Provide the candidate with exposure to a variety of instructional approaches, e.g., differentiated instruction, small group/large group, co-teaching.
- Provide learning experiences in which the teacher candidate receives immediate and constructive feedback from the cooperating teacher and the university supervisor.
- Provide an opportunity for the teacher candidate, university supervisor, and cooperating teacher to assess the candidate's readiness for individual responsibility in the classroom.