FEA Roles and Responsibilities

Field Experience Associates:

• Assist placement coordinators in placing pre-service teachers for the IFX and AFX field experiences;

• Develop and teach EDFX 325/350 seminar and ensure pre-service teachers understand processes and policies related to field experiences

• Support mentor teachers, pre-service teachers, school coordinators and university facilitators in understanding their roles and responsibilities

• Support second attempt students

• Support students requiring accommodations

• Provide support for IFX and AFX regional placements

• Provide support for EDFX 495 field experience students

For IFX Field Experience

• Provide a differentiated level of support to mentor teachers, and pre-service teachers depending on needs

• Ensure mentor teachers receive introductory emails from pre-service teachers prior to the start of the IFX field experience

• Provide weekly updates to mentor teachers, pre-service teachers, and school coordinators

• Support mentor teachers in issuing Notifications of Concern, if necessary

• Oversee and manage all placement terminations

• Ensure that IFX student have prepared the initial growth plan (by day 10)

• Guide pre-service teachers who want to apply for the Alberta Retired Teachers Award;

• Collect final assessments from IFX mentor teachers, review the draft of the final assessment and provide feedback to the mentor teacher, if needed. Submit an official copy of the final assessment to eClass for student access

For AFX Field Experience

• Support University Facilitators in the completion of their roles and responsibilities

• Communicate weekly with university facilitators and monitor for potential issues

• Support university facilitators in problem-solving to ensure the best possible outcome in dealing with placement concerns;

• Support university facilitators in issuing Notifications of Concern, if necessary

• Oversee and manage all placement terminations

• Collect final assessments from University Facilitators, review the draft of the final assessment and provide feedback if needed. Submit an official copy of the final assessment to eClass for student access