Guidelines for Student Teaching Internship - The Citadel

Section 5: Expectations of the College SupervisorThe college supervisor has the responsibility for preparing, guiding, and supervising thestudent teaching intern during the period of orientation and the student teaching experience.The college supervisor works closely with the school and cooperating teacher to ensure thateach intern is provided with the opportunity for a meaningful and comprehensive studentteaching internship.Student teaching interns will be visited by college supervisors on a regular basis asindividual schedules permit. The classroom visit should be followed by a conference. Whennecessary a three-way conference that includes the student teaching intern, the cooperatingteacher, and the college supervisor may be held. The student teaching intern, the cooperatingteacher, or the college supervisor may request these conferences. The college supervisor willfacilitate formal midterm and final conferences with the cooperating teacher and studentteaching intern to assess competence using the ADEPT performance standards.Each college supervisor is expected to:1. attend the college's orientation program;2. conduct orientation sessions for cooperating teachers when necessary;3. conduct an orientation session for appropriate school administrators and other schoolpersonnel as required or requested;4. become acquainted with the educational program and the instructional personnel of thecooperating schools;5. administer the requirements and procedures of the specific student teaching course inwhich the student intern is enrolled;6. assist the cooperating teacher in supervising the student teaching intern’s performance;7. evaluate the work of the student teaching intern jointly with the cooperating teacherand the intern;8. serve as a resource teacher for the intern;9. provide counseling for the individual intern concerning professional problems and referthe intern to appropriate personnel for counseling concerning personal problems;10. conduct seminars with the interns. (Topics included may range from specific subjectitems of common interest to individual concerns requiring group discussion andassistance.);11. provide student teaching interns with notification of ADEPT timeline for completion ofthe assessment process;12. engage in the ADEPT process and provide follow-up conferences with the cooperatingteacher and intern;13. complete administrative responsibilities as required;14. complete six site visits with a minimum of four observations of at least fifty minutesduration for each intern;The Citadel, School of Education 23