School Administrator
The building level administrator supports the student teaching program by:
Helping to select competent cooperating classroom teachers.
Protecting the student teacher against exploitation.
Orienting the student teacher at work and helping in the evaluation of progress.
Making the student teacher’s experience as meaningful as possible using whatever means are available and expedient.
Signing the North Carolina Local Education Agency Evaluation of Student Teaching/Internship Performance as designee of superintendent.
Director of Teacher Education
The Director of Teacher Education has the responsibility for coordinating any field experience including the internship and student teacher placements. The responsibilities of the Director of Teacher Education include:
Acquainting oneself with the qualifications - personal, social, and educational - of the teacher candidates prior to placement by reading references, evaluations, and other credentials.
Acquainting oneself with the school programs and instructional personnel of the schools in which candidates will be placed.
Working with the public school administrators and supervisory personnel in the selection of clinical educators and placement of teacher candidates.
Working in close cooperation with university supervisors.
Acting as a liaison between the university supervisors and the School of Education faculty.
Planning/implementing in-service programs for cooperating classroom teachers.
Managing the field experience component of all education courses at the university.
Notifying teacher candidates of placements for internship and student teaching and any subsequent changes in placements.
Providing pertinent information concerning student teachers to the school principal and clinical educators.
Submitting the names of qualified candidates to the Teacher Education Council for admission to student teaching.
Keeping current on changes in licensure requirements in the state.
Helping compile all required paperwork for licensure.
Special Subject Teachers or Supervisor
The Special Subject Teacher or Supervisor assists in the internship and student teaching program by:
Helping the teacher candidate become familiar with the subject and its methods and materials.
Encouraging the teacher candidate to develop channels of communication and cooperation with special teachers.
Conferring with the teacher candidate about those students with special abilities or disabilities in the area of specialization or enlist the services of the Exceptional Children’s Coordinator in the school for conferences.
LEA Supervisor of Instruction/Coordinator
The Supervisor of Instruction/Coordinator assists in the internship and student teaching program by:
Helping in the selection of competent cooperating clinical educators.
Serving as a resource person to help cope with special instructional problems.
Observing the teacher candidate at work when circumstances permit.
Helping cooperating clinical educators and university supervisors evaluate the overall field experience program.
Superintendent or his/her Designee
The district superintendent assists in the internship and student teaching program by:
Cooperating with the university in the location of schools and cooperating clinical educators.
Encouraging personnel in the administrative unit to participate in the internship/student teaching program.