Student Teaching Handbook - Butler University

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Early Childhood & Middle Childhood Program ............................................................................................................23 Program Description ..............................................................................................................................................24 Timeline Smart Starts: Weeks 1-3...........................................................................................................................................26 Test Flights: Weeks 3-6 ...........................................................................................................................................28 How Am I Doing? What Are My Next Steps?: Weeks 6-8........................................................................................30 In the Thick of it All: Weeks 8-12............................................................................................................................31 Stepping Back & Stepping Forward: Weeks 12-15...................................................................................................32 Teacher Work Sample..............................................................................................................................................33 Middle/Secondary Program............................................................................................................................................35 Program Description ..............................................................................................................................................35 Timeline Smart Starts: Week 1................................................................................................................................................36 Test Flights: Week 2.................................................................................................................................................38 How am I doing? What are my next steps? Week 3..................................................................................................40 In the thick of it all: Weeks 4-7................................................................................................................................41 Stepping Back & Steppeing Forward: Week 8..........................................................................................................42 ED434 Professional Portfolio and Rubric................................................................................................................43 Student Teaching Rubric.................................................................................................................................................46 Butler University – College of Education – . Student Teaching Observation Sheet........................................................................................................................47 Butler University – College of Education – . Student Teaching Midterm......................................................................................................................................49 Butler University – College of Education – . Student Teaching Final............................................................................................................................................55 Educational Placement....................................................................................................................................................61 Self-Managed Credential Files .................................................................................................................................61 Praxis Testing...........................................................................................................................................................61 Licensure.................................................................................................................................................................61 Job Search ...............................................................................................................................................................61 Tips for Writing Letters of Recommendation ..........................................................................................................62 3
INTRODUCTION The Butler University College of Education is committed to providing our students with a positive, supportive, practical and rewarding student teaching experience. Most educators will agree that the student teaching experience is of prime importance in developing teachers who will enter the profession as enthusiastic, effective and reflective teachers. At Butler, the student teaching experience affords the student an opportunity to continue to develop and reflect on the skills, knowledge and dispositions critical to student learning. While students have been given many opportunities throughout the teacher preparation program to develop their teaching skills through an early and wide variety of clinical experiences, clearly the student teaching experience is the capstone. Throughout our teacher preparation program, it is obvious that it is both a teaching and a learning experience. The importance of this phase of the process is exemplified by the fact that the student teacher becomes an important member of the school community under the direction of an expert or master teacher/mentor and also under the supportive direction of a university supervisor who has expertise in content and developmentally appropriate instructional approach. Student teaching at Butler University is a collaborative process from the partnership of placement to the supervision and reflection on growth that takes place along the way. We believe that a crucial key to the realization of a successful student teaching program lies in the ability of the teacher candidate, the cooperating teacher and the university supervisor to make the experience a supportive one for the optimum development of a reflective, knowledgeable professional. It is hoped that this capstone experience will prepare the student teachers for their education career and will benefit all of those involved. The Butler University student teaching program offers the candidate a variety of experiences which will assist in their individual development of the necessary competencies of a professional educator. Each candidate has the opportunity . for student teaching experiences in two different settings. Early Childhood and Middle Childhood student teachers . (Elementary) will have two student teaching settings of one semester each. Middle/Secondary and K-12 Music and Physical Education student teachers will also have two different settings of 8 weeks each. The variety of settings . addressing both content and developmental levels assures a well rounded, competent teacher education graduate. It is important to note that the College of Education recognizes the world as our community and intentionally develops an appreciation for and knowledge of our global neighbors. We create an inviting learning environment for people of all cultures. The college provides curricular and co-curricular opportunities for cultivating awareness of diversity, expanding into first hand experiences as global citizens. We seek the support of our partner schools both locally and globally, cooperating teachers and university supervisors in achieving this goal throughout our students’ professional preparation. The purpose of this “Student Teaching Handbook” is meant to be a resource guide with practical information for those who are a part of our capstone experience. It is by no means meant to be comprehensive. We constantly revise and update information especially as we receive your feedback and suggestions. We extend our gratitude to the public, private and international schools that accommodate our Butler students and . provide the learning community for this most important phase of our program. We also extend our thanks to the . professional teachers and university supervisors who provide support and mentoring throughout the student teaching experience. Sue Stahl Director of Student Personnel Services 4
Page 1 and 2: B U T L E R U N I V E R S I T Y C O
Page 3: TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction.....
Page 7 and 8: MISSION STATEMENT The Mission of th
Page 9 and 10: Middle Childhood and Early Adolesce
Page 11 and 12: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES Qualificati
Page 13 and 14: Important Contact Information Schoo
Page 15 and 16: Disruption of Instructional Process
Page 17 and 18: A final appeal may then be addresse
Page 19 and 20: ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CO
Page 21 and 22: ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITITES OF THE U
Page 23 and 24: STUDENT TEACHERS * COOPERATING TEAC
Page 25 and 26: The Early Childhood Middle Childhoo
Page 27 and 28: Smart Starts: Weeks 1-3 Communicati
Page 29 and 30: Test Flights: Weeks 3-6 Communicati
Page 31 and 32: How am I doing? What are my next st
Page 33 and 34: Stepping Back and Stepping Forward:
Page 36 and 37: Program Description Middle-Secondar
Page 38 and 39: Performance Evidence Gathering The
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Page 42 and 43: In the Thick of it All: Weeks 4-7 C
Page 44 and 45: Goal: ED434 Professional Portfolio
Page 46 and 47: Professional Portfolio Rubric Stude
Page 48 and 49: Butler University - College of Educ
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EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENT Self-Managed
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