USC Upstate: Directed Teaching

Meeting Teacher Candidates, Cooperating Teachers, and

USC Upstate Supervisors

Capstone Experience

First Extensive Classroom Experience

FOCUS: Work independently, positive, in-depth interaction = SUCCESS

Teacher Candidate-Cooperating Teacher-Supervising Teacher = Expectations

School of Education: SoE

Follow Cooperating Teachers’ schedule – Daily and semester

Be on time and in attendance every day

Dress appropriately

Conduct themselves professionally

Keep weekly journal

Create lesson/unit plans

Develop calendar of responsibilities

Student Teachers MUST:

MAJORS

ONE PLACEMENT TWO PLACEMENTS

Early Childhood

Elementary

Secondary ◦ English◦ Mathematics◦ Social Studies/History◦ Chemistry

Spanish, Art, Special Education/LD, PE◦ Elementary◦ ML/Sec◦ K-12 Certification

Middle Level◦ Subject change within

school◦ 2 areas of

concentration

All Teacher Candidates began on the first report day for teachers in January at their assigned school

First Placement ends on February 21st

Second Placement starts on February 24th

Directed Teaching ends on April 25th

Share Fair on April 28th

IMPORTANT DATES for ALL

QUESTIONS?

Spartanburg 1,2,3,4,5,6, and 7

Union County

Cherokee County

Greenville, Pickens, Laurens, Anderson, and Oconee Counties

Sumter County = USC Sumter

Cooperating Districts/Counties

Competent in ADEPT Performance Standards School Introductions/Schedules Work Space Implementation Plan for ST

◦ Orientation Period

◦ Assume Classroom Duties

◦ Work Toward Independence

Approving Lesson Plans/Units Daily Feedback on Instructional Process Classroom Management Techniques

COOPERATING TEACHERS

Each Cooperating Teacher will complete at least 2 formal ADEPT observations on APS 4-9 and at least one formal ADEPT observation on APS 1-3, 10.

Each USC Upstate Supervisor will complete at least 4 formal ADEPT observations on APS 4-9 and at least two formal ADEPT observation on APS 1-3, 10.

Each student will have at least 9 formal ADEPT observations at the end of the experience.

Formal Observations by Cooperating Teachers

CT will gain the necessary ADEPT observation forms from their Upstate Supervisor.

CT will complete the observation forms and give those observation forms to the Supervisor before the end of the experience.

Additional observations may be completed during the experience and are available from the Upstate Supervisor.

ADEPT Observation Forms

Important Documents for CT

FORMS to Complete NOW

*Complete at END

ADEPT Orientation Information (online)

ADEPT Verification Form (online)

Cooperating Teacher Educational Background and Experience Form (online)

Standards of Professional Conduct (online)

Teacher Education Program Evaluation (online)

ADEPT Formative Evaluation Form (form)

ADEPT Formative Review Form (form)

Remuneration for Cooperating Teachers & Administrators

The reward for working with a teacher candidate is a sense of satisfaction derived from assisting in the preparation of a new member of the teaching profession.

USC UPSTATE also provides remuneration for those individuals in public schools who agree to work with teacher candidates by offering cooperating administrators and cooperating teachers the privilege of taking graduate coursework through the USC UPSTATE or the USC graduate program at a reduced rate of tuition.

Cooperating administrators are eligible to take one graduate course for $15.00 during the two years following their hosting a teacher candidate in their school.

For each teacher candidate supervised in a placement, the cooperating teacher is eligible to take one graduate course for $15.00 during the next two years.

Experience in classroom (70 days) +

CT attending meetings +

CT completing ADEPT observations (at least 3) +

CT completing the online documents ====

= Recertification letter & a reduced tuition course (3 hour).

Expectations from CTs

Questions?

USC Upstate Supervisors

Administrative Duties Instructional Duties

Representative of SoE Closest to Current

Experience Get to know the

school’s administrators

Signing in at each visit Responsible for SoE

paperwork Communicating with

Field Coordinator

Working with ST and ADEPT = ALL APS

Setting high expectations for Student Teachers

Responsible for syllabus implementation

Consistent at all times Implementation Plan

USC Upstate Supervisors will complete with ONE PLACEMENT ST: ◦ 4 ADEPT observations on APS 4-9 ◦ 2 ADEPT observation on APS 1-3, 10◦ Total of 4 and 2 (at least)

USC Upstate Supervisors will complete with TWO PLACEMENT ST:◦ 2 ADEPT observations on APS 4-9 IN EACH

PLACEMENT ◦ 1 ADEPT observation on APS 1-3, 10 IN EACH

PLACEMENT ◦ Total of 4 and 2 (at least)

Observations

Student Teachers’ Responsibilities?

Cooperating Teachers’ Responsibilities?

Upstate Supervisors’ Responsibilities?

Questions?

www.uscupstate.edu

ACADEMICS⇓

School of Education⇓

Right-side of page: ⇒“Faculty Only”

⇓“Cooperating Teachers Only”

⇓“Student Resources”

⇓“Field Experiences Handbook”

SoE: Website Important

Teacher Candidates/Directed Teaching

Meet periodically during the semester

Held by USC Upstate Professors – after school day

Evaluates Exit Portfolios

Works with student’s Teacher Work Sample

Issues Addressed

Pull Back Seminars

Diversity Conference March 6, 2014 USC Upstate

Attendance will be maintained by Cooperating

Teacher and Upstate Supervisor. Days absent will be made up at the end of

the experience except for Diversity Conference.

Excused Days from Classrooms

is the key to the successful completion of the Directed Teaching experience for all those involved this semester!

COMMUNICATION

Debbie Whittingham Coordinator of Field Experiences School of Education, Health Education Complex Office 3025

dwhittingham@uscupstate.edu Office: 864-503-5520 Fax: 864-503-5574 Emergency: 864-266-4676

Contact Information