Cooperating Teachers
Mentoring teacher candidates into the profession is a vital role in effective teacher preparation. Stritch appreciates the time, energy, and expertise that our cooperating teachers provide.
The Stritch teacher education programs all contain two aspects of field experiences. All teacher candidates participate in clinical experiences in conjunction with their coursework. In addition, all teacher candidates take part in student teacher, the capstone field experience.
Clinical experiences vary in length from 20-35 hours. Cooperating teachers who work with clinical students can expect them to be in the school for a few hours a week.
Student teaching experiences are a full time placement with the goal of the teacher candidate taking over all teaching responsibilities in the classroom under the guidance of their cooperating teacher. Placements are secure for either a full semester or one-quarter.
Student Teaching Forms