There are three one credit graduate workshops (200:133g) offered in
conjunction with UNI's Professional Development School. Each meets for
five sessions of 3 hours each. The first of the three introduces
teachers to the field experience requirements, discusses ways to
increase the engagement of field experience students, provides tips for
coaching field experience students, and shows teachers how to use field
experience students to individualize instruction. The second extends
and expands upon those concepts addressed while additionally preparing
teachers to provide leadership to other teachers who are mentoring
preservice teachers. The third course requires working with a team of
other teachers to teach the first mentoring course. Syllabi for these
courses are available below.
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These guides are intended to be given to
field experience students during the first day they arrive in class or
perhaps at your school's orientation for field experience students.
Orientation guides can provide field experience students with a
welcoming statement, the requirements for the field experience, an
overview of your expectations as a mentoring teacher, descriptions of
the classroom procedures, and your philosophy as a mentoring teacher.
As you will see in the examples below, they may be as brief as one side
of a page. Regardless of length, most teachers agree they are a handy
tool for communicating expectations to field experience students,
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