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Book SynopsisLearn about what your cooperating teacher or student teacher is really thinkingno mind reading necessary! This concise book is written for both teacher interns and mentor teachers, and addresses relationship problems in real world language that interns and mentors may encounter as they begin their placement together. Each chapter of Learn to Teach: Responsibilities of Student Teachers and Cooperating Teachers outlines a new topic pertinent to a cooperating teacher and student teacher pair. Each section is broken into the two perspectivesthe student teacher and the mentor teacher. Working relationships between teacher interns and mentor teachers do not need to feel stiff and obligatory! The sections within this book are brief, easy to read, and will lead to meaningful discussion that will create connections between an educator-student educator pair. When student teachers and cooperating teachers begin their professional relationship out on the right foot students, parents, administrator
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Feedback—Constructive Criticism Meets Pat on the Back Chapter 2: Slow Down, One Thing at a Time Chapter 3: Appreciate Your Students Chapter 4: Get a Life! Chapter 5: Plan to Plan Chapter 6: Navigating Professional Relationships Chapter 7: (Sometimes) Making Yourself Scarce During Planning Time Chapter 8: No Complaining Rule Chapter 9: Co-Teaching: Supporting Each Other Chapter 10: Student Teacher as the Teacher, Cooperating Teacher as the Student Chapter 11: Do As I Say, Not As I Do Chapter 12: It’s Not Your Classroom Chapter 13: Flexibility is Key, for Both Mentor & Teacher Intern Chapter 14: Be Your Own Advocate Chapter 15: Administrators’ Role Conclusion: Closing Remarks Appendixes References
