Teacher Cadet II

Teacher Cadet II Instructions, requirements, and portfolio requirements

Welcome to TC2!  I hope you enjoy this semester with your class and cooperating teacher.  If you have any concerns or questions, text or email me.

Reminders:

• You are not an actual student teacher.  The teacher should not leave you alone for extended periods with the students, nor expect you to teach everyday.

• Keep an attendance log.  Make extra copies as necessary.  Text me if you are absent so I can record it in NCwise.  Contact your cooperating teacher if you will be absent, especially if he/she is relying on you for a lesson.  If you exceed 3 absences per 9 weeks, see me about how to document “Make-up” time.

• Keep up with weekly journals.

• Collect student samples and document with pictures.

• Re-sign and have parents re-sign the driving permission and confidentiality agreement (in this packet).

• Write out lesson/ min-lesson plans and reflection for each one you do.  Make copies of the sheet provided.  You need to complete at least 10 mini-lessons or full lessons for the entire semester.  Include any worksheets, models, or student samples that go with each lesson.

• If you are with a new cooperating teacher, send a new letter to parents introducing yourself and getting permission to take the students’ pictures.  This letter and the parent responses must be included in the portfolio.  If you are with the same cooperating teacher, include last semester’s letter and parent responses.

• You will need to conference with me once every four weeks, preferably during 4^th block or after school.  Bring your cooperating teacher’s quarterly evaluation with you to the conference.   I will text you to make arrangements.

• As mentioned above, be sure your cooperating teacher fills out the evaluation every four weeks.

• I will make arrangements to observe you in your classroom.  I will attempt to observe you 4 times.  If I cannot attend, an administrator will observe you.  I will give you advanced notice of the day and time.  You need to be teaching a lesson when we come to see you.

TC2 Portfolio

Place the following information in your portfolio.  It needs to be in the same order as listed below.

1.          Attendance Log

2.          Welcome letter to parents with parent responses following.

3.         Cooperating Teacher evaluations

4.         Cadet Instructor observation notes/ conference notes

5.         Weekly Reflections

6.         Lesson plans and reflections with lesson plan samples (teacher made models) and student samples

7.          Pictures of you working with students, the classroom, any bulletin boards you’ve done, and any special events.

8.         Reflection on the entire semester including best and worst moments.  Mention any moments that really touched your heart or were moments of self realization.

9.         Description of your best student and most difficult student.  What did you do to challenge your best student?  what did you do to help/ handle your most difficult student?