2.04 Purposes of Student Teaching

• 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 skills in relation to the Standards of Effective Practice (see Section 5.3 Appendix C).

          Note: The 2024 update to the SEPs is available here: 8710.2000

• Provide opportunities for the teacher candidate to engage in co-curricular, extra-curricular, and other school activities.

• Provide the candidate with exposure to a variety of instructional approaches, management strategies, and instructional technology integrations.

• 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.