University supervisors are an important liaison between the practicum/internship candidate and the School of Education. The supervisor should have open communication with the candidate and be a strong support for them as they develop their classroom skills.
Candidate Requirements
1. Prepare and teach three lessons, which will be observed and evaluated by the cooperating teacher. Send the lesson plans as an email attachment to the university supervisor for approval prior to teaching the lesson. Also, include a copy of the lesson plan in their Resource Notebook.
2. Complete a one-page daily journal and submit each week in ePortfolio
3. Record the daily hours and a brief description of activities on a calendar/timesheet. Complete 15 full days (at least 7 hours a day)
4. Create a Resource Notebook containing lesson plans and the materials collected.
Supervisor Requirements
1. Contact cooperating teachers to check on status of candidate performance after candidate has been in the classroom for one week.
2. Evaluate and approve lesson plans created by the candidate
3. Read weekly journals in WebCT
4. At the end of the practicum/internship, meet with the candidate to discuss their experience in the classroom; review the Resource Notebook and the cooperating teacher's evaluation; collect the calendar/timesheet
5. Complete the Evaluation form (see below).
6. Return the Resource Notebook to the student
7. Give the calendar/timesheet and Evaluation form to the Teacher Education Secretary
8. Submit a Pass/Fail grade for the candidate in ADVISE
Forms are provided for your convenience below in both Word and PDF formats. Click on the link to open or save the document to your computer. To complete a form electronically, save the document (Word format) to your computer and open it with Microsoft Word. The PDF forms can be opened and printed from your web browser or Adobe Acrobat, then completed by hand. Refer to Troubleshooting Tips below if you need help.
Forms and Guidelines
Evaluation Form (Word)
Evaluation Form (PDF)
Practicum Handbook
Troubleshooting Tips
If you need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader, click HERE for a free download.
To Use Electronic Word Forms (Windows)
1. Click on the form (Word format) and choose "Save" to save the file to your computer. (If you don't get this option, refer to Computer Settings below)
2. Open the form with Microsoft Word, complete it electronically and save your changes.
Computer Settings (Windows)
If you don't get the option to Open or Save a form after clicking on it once, follow these directions to change your computer settings.
1. Open My Documents
2. Go to Tools>Folder Options
3. Go to the File Types tab and select, "(.DOC) Microsoft Word Document" in the list of file types
4. Click the Advanced button and put a checkmark beside "Confirm open after download"
5. Click OK
To Use Electronic Word Forms (Macintosh)
1. First, determine the location of downloaded files
a. Open your web browser and go to File>Preferences
b. Under "Save downloaded file to", choose Desktop
2. Download forms
a. Click on the form
b. The web browser will automatically download the file to your Desktop and the Download Window will open. To open the file, either double-click it in the Download Window or go to the Desktop and open it there.
PDF Forms
Forms in PDF format will open automatically within the web browser, allowing you to either view or print.
