Abstract
The purpose of this session is to explore what cooperating teachers can do to build a positive relationship with student teachers to help foster a successful internship. Working with student teachers over 10 years, I have seen great successes in the relationship between the cooperating teacher and the student teacher; I have also seen others not as successful. To motivate at the beginning of the session, attendees will be asked to reflect upon their experiences, positive or negative, working as a student teacher, a cooperating teacher, and/or a program supervisor. Throughout the session, an interactive model will be utilized for the attendees to brainstorm and interact with each other and the presenter on topics of interest. They will also learn from the presentation of the results of a phenomenological study on the stated topic. At the end of the session, participating stakeholders in the field experience would be enhanced so that they could foster a more successful experience for future teachers who will impact the learning of younger generations for many years to come.
Location
Room 2908
Recommended Citation
Lu, Hsiu-Lien, "Ways for Cooperating Teachers to Build a Positive Relationship with Student Teachers" (2012). SoTL Commons Conference. 52.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2012/52
Handout
Ways for Cooperating Teachers to Build a Positive Relationship with Student Teachers
Room 2908
The purpose of this session is to explore what cooperating teachers can do to build a positive relationship with student teachers to help foster a successful internship. Working with student teachers over 10 years, I have seen great successes in the relationship between the cooperating teacher and the student teacher; I have also seen others not as successful. To motivate at the beginning of the session, attendees will be asked to reflect upon their experiences, positive or negative, working as a student teacher, a cooperating teacher, and/or a program supervisor. Throughout the session, an interactive model will be utilized for the attendees to brainstorm and interact with each other and the presenter on topics of interest. They will also learn from the presentation of the results of a phenomenological study on the stated topic. At the end of the session, participating stakeholders in the field experience would be enhanced so that they could foster a more successful experience for future teachers who will impact the learning of younger generations for many years to come.
