Learning to Teach: Responsibilities of Student Teachers and Cooperating Teachers

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Learn about what your cooperating teacher or student teacher is really thinking no 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 perspectives the 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, administrators, university professors, teachers, and teachers-to-be win!

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Learning to Teach is a very timely and important text that explores many of the unforeseen complexities and nuances associated with student teaching. This book is unique from other books on the topic, in that, it speaks to audiences of cooperating teachers and student interns simultaneously. In this text, Schweinberg shares a wealth of practical strategies on a host of issues and topics that student and cooperating teachers are confronted with on a regular basis. In addition, Schweinberg provides many rich and meaningful illustrations for cooperating and student teachers to use as case studies for improving their professional practices. The book is written in a style and voice that is highly accessible to a wide audience of readers. I strongly recommend this book for anyone works with student teachers as well as university faculty member who serve in a supervisory capacity. This text is an absolute must have! -- Dr. Terry Husband, assistant professor at Illinois State University School of Teaching and Learning; author of Read and succeed: Reading practices to support reading skills in African American boys
Through real life scenarios, Schweinberg skillfully navigates the reader through the challenges of student teaching from the perspective of both the mentor and student intern. In doing so, she offers practical yet empathetic advice to both. I started implementing Schweinburg's suggestions for cooperating teachers while I was in the process of reading Learning to Teach! -- Meghan Hawkins, social studies teacher and cooperating teacher, Normal Community High School, Normal, Illinois
Ms. Schweinberg's work captures the perspectives of both the cooperating teacher and student teacher necessary to generate the empathy required to establish a necessary collaborative relationship during the student teaching practicum. Her insights are a reflection of a veteran teacher's experiences from the 'trenches' that will facilitate and stimulate professional educators to better prepare tomorrow's teachers. I highly recommend this book to all teachers, university supervisors, and teacher education programs. -- Fred Walk, director of student teaching, Illinois State University; instructional assistant professor, Department of History; teacher for 43 Years
This cleverly crafted book allows cooperating teachers and student teachers to see a snapshot of some potential situations they may encounter while together. Schweinberg gives us the insight to be proactive rather than reactive when embarking on a positive, meaningful, and mutually respectful relationship with one another. Through real life examples, she shows us how we can manage our reciprocal relationship through acceptance, understanding, and team work! -- Cristie Koechle, first grade teacher and cooperating teacher, Northpoint Elementary School, Bloomington, Illinois

Author Bio

Carley Meyer Schweinberg is an elementary school teacher and cooperating teacher. She lives in Bloomington, Illinois with her husband and daughter.