Mentor Teacher Expectations
For Early Clinical and Professional Internship (I) Experiences, the Mentor Teacher will:
- Become familiar with the teacher candidate’s experiences working with children/young adults.
- Orient the teacher candidates to the school, classroom, and needs of the students.
- Guide the teacher candidates in planning and implementing lessons relative to course requirements.
- Incorporate opportunities for the teacher candidates to engage in tasks as part of the Developmental Curriculum Model.
- Complete and submit the “Mentor Teacher Confirmation Form” via Qualtrics by the due date indicated.
- Model ethical and moral behaviors in decisions involving students and in communication with others.
For Professional Internship (II) Experiences, the Mentor Teacher will:
- Become familiar with the intern’s experiences working with children/young adults.
- Orient the intern to the school’s policies and procedures, specific information relative to the day-to-day functioning of the classroom, as well as the short-term and long-term needs of students.
- Communicate frequently with the intern providing advice, guidance, expectations, and constructive feedback.
- Communicate regularly with the university clinical educator.
- Complete and return required documents to the professional internship mailbox, Livetext, and the university clinical educator by the due date (s) indicated (This varies per type of internship but should include Personnel/Confirmation Qualtrics form as well as the required evaluation forms).
- Access Qualtrics links, complete, and submit all required documents by the due dates indicated in the Professional Internship Coordinator’s welcome letter to mentor teachers.
- Professional Internship Coordinator’s welcome letter to mentor teachers.
- Incorporate opportunities for the intern to repeatedly practice EXPLORING and ENGAGING tasks, while progressing towards mastery of EMERGING tasks.
- Provide an increasing number of opportunities for the intern to assume more responsibility for the work of the classroom.
- Model ethical and moral behaviors in decisions involving students and in communication with others.