Clinical Faculty Visits

  • After the preliminary visit, four formal supervisory visits should occur every three to four weeks, beginning with the second or third week of placement. This should occur earlier for seven week placements.
  • OTC requires two observation forms, one midterm evaluation, and one final evaluation.
  • Observe at least one full lesson, using the student teacher’s lesson plan as a guide. As the student teacher assumes more responsibility, your observations will include more than one lesson.
  • As the student teacher assumes more teaching responsibility, clinical faculty may find it more effective to observe a series of lessons to evaluate ability to transition, variety of teaching styles, pacing, etc.
  • Meet with the student teacher at the completion of the lesson for a 20 to 30 minute feedback session. At this time, you should use the reflection questions to assist the student teacher with an analysis of his/her teaching performance.
  • If possible, meet with the cooperating teacher at each observational visit. If a meeting is not possible, you might wish to arrange a phone or electronic conference.
  • Please submit via email one copy of your observations, midterm/final evaluations, and cooperating teacher midterm/final evaluations.
  • Please do not send the Student Teacher Self-Evaluations, lesson plans, or portfolios to the OTC.
  • As clinical faculty, you are ultimately responsible for the student teacher’s grade. This decision should always be made with input from the cooperating teacher. Grading must be completed by following the program department’s grading policy.
  • At the end of each semester final grades must be submitted to the Office of Teacher Certification and department coordinator (if applicable) by the designated dates on our calendar located at our website.
  • When discussing the final evaluation with the student teacher, it is not appropriate to make verbal reference to an absolute final grade, since the placement is not considered complete until all requirements have been met. Refer instead to a specific performance criteria on the evaluation form.
  • If more than one clinical faculty is involved in the supervision of a student teacher, the clinical faculty members should arrange a phone or personal conference to determine the grade.

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Jamie Daniels

Jamie Daniels

As an outdoor enthusiast unsure of what I wanted to major I chose to attend Plymouth State University because of the many majors to choose from, and their great reputation for academics. During my freshman year I met some marvelous faculty that inspired me to become a History major with a double minor in Art History and Anthropology/Sociology. At PSU I have met life long friends, and made great connections with faculty who have assisted me in discovering what I would like to do after college, internships, clubs and the chorale, and a job on campus working in the library at the Michael J. Spinelli Special Collections and Archives.