Cooperating Teacher Materials

INTERN SUBSTITUTE POLICY

Interns are generally NOT PERMITTED to substitute. Only students with approval from the Director of Education Services will be permitted to substitute during the semester. While it may be perceived as a valuable teaching opportunity, we have to weigh the risk of things not going well for students who had limited amount of mentor experiences. Students will have the opportunity to do a small amount of substitute teaching around or after the mid-term point of student teaching.

STUDENT TEACHER SUBSTITUTE POLICY

If an unusual situation arises, student teachers may be permitted to substitute for their cooperating teachers for a few days. This usually occurs after the mid-term point. Permission to substitute for any other classroom teachers may be granted after the completion of student teaching.

Quite often AISD will only take substitute applications from AISD student teachers so students must attend the Mandatory AISD Student Teacher Orientation in order to apply.  Please see the Student Teacher Calendar for date and time.  Students do not need to provide any documentation prior to attending.  All materials and information will be provided at the orientation.

Please note that there is no make-up for the substitute teaching portion of the orientation.  Students must attend in order to sign up for substitute teaching.  AISD will not allow students to substitute if they have any misdemeanor within 5 years or any felony conviction at all. Pending charges must be cleared in order to substitute teach. Request for changes should be made in person at the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Other districts have their own substitute application, orientation, criminal background check, and requirements.  Please see the HR department for any district in which the student is interested substitute teaching.

TUBERCULIN SCREENING

Tuberculin screening is required by some districts before students enter the schools.

ETHNIC COMPOSITIONS

To view the ethnic composition of any school in Texas, visit this Web site: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/aeis/2010/campus.srch.html

Step 1: Choose AEIS report

Step 2: Choose either a PDF (view using Adobe Reader) or HTML (view using your internet browser) format

Step 3: Choose how you wish to search (most will want to search by campus name)

Step 4: Enter the name of the school name

COOPERATING TEACHER APPLE LAPTOP DISCOUNT

Click here to view the Cooperating Teacher Laptop Initiative Invite and learn more about the discount pricing on Apple laptops available for cooperating teachers.

 

*Several documents below are available in PDF format.  To download Adobe Reader, please go here.

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

• EC-6 ESL / EC-6 Bilingual Interns and Student Teachers (Word Doc) (PDF)
• UTLA Secondary Interns and Student Teachers (Word Doc) (PDF)
• All-Level Kinesiology Interns and Student Teachers (Word Doc) (PDF)
• All-Level Fine Arts Interns and Student Teachers (Word Doc) (PDF)
• All-Level Special Education Interns and Student Teachers (Word Doc) (PDF)

HANDBOOKS

• Student Teaching Handbook (Word Doc)
• Guiding Student Teachers Handbook (Word Doc)
• Becoming a Mentor: Practical Suggestions for A Professional Partnership (PDF)

FORMS AND TEMPLATES

• Criminal History Record Information Authorization (PDF)
• Name Badges with Black University Seal (Word Doc)
• Name Badges with Orange University Seal (Word Doc)

GUIDELINES AND OTHER HELPFUL INFORMATION

• Individual Performance Plan Guidelines
• Sample Seminar Lesson Plans

TAPING AGREEMENTS

• Lesson Taping Agreement Form - UT student (Word Doc)
• Lesson Taping Permission Form - Parents / English (Word Doc)
• Lesson Taping Permission Form - Parents / Spanish (Word Doc)
• Recording Agreement Form - Interviews (Word Doc)

EVALUATION FORMS

Observation Forms

Certifications: EC-6 ESL Generalist, EC-6 Bilingual Generalist, Special Education, Kinesiology

• Anecdotal Record - with lines (Word Doc) (PDF)
• Anecdotal Record - without lines (Word Doc) (PDF)

Certification: UTeach-Liberal Arts

• Observation and Lesson Verification Form (Word Doc) (PDF)

• CT Observation-Evaluation Form (Word Doc) (PDF)

Intern Evaluation Forms

Certifications: EC-6 ESL Generalist, EC-6 Bilingual Generalist, Special Education, Kinesiology

Use the following forms mid-semester and end-of-semester, and keep in coordinator student files:

• Formative Assessment Intern I/II (short form) (Word Doc) (PDF)

• Formative Assessment Intern II/III and Student Teacher (long form) (Word Doc) (PDF)

Certification: UTeach-Liberal Arts

Use the following forms mid-semester and end-of-semester, and keep in coordinator student files:

• CT Midterm Evaluation (Word Doc) (PDF)

• CT Final Evaluation (Word Doc) (PDF)

Student Teacher Evaluation Forms

Certifications: EC-6 ESL Generalist, EC-6 Bilingual Generalist, Special Education, Kinesiology, UTeach-Liberal Arts

Use the following form mid-semester, and keep in coordinator student file:

• Formative Assessment Intern II/III and Student Teacher (Word Doc) (PDF)

Use the following form end-of-semester and turn in to Education Services:

• Summative Assessment Student Teacher (Word Doc) (PDF)
• Summative Assessment Check List (Word Doc) (PDF)

SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICIES