107 APPENDIX VI GLOSSARY Collaboration - Partnership between schools and universities that facilitate pre-service teachers to engage in clinical and laboratory experiences in the schools. Cooperating School/Agency - A school or agency in which field placement students and student teachers engage in professional experiences. The school or agency is not administered by, staffed by, or under the jurisdiction of Lycoming College Cooperating Teacher/Mentor - The professional teacher with whom the field experience student is working. The teacher is a school or agency employee who guides and mentors, prospective teachers within an actual classroom. Cooperating teachers must: have a minimum of three years of satisfactory teaching experience; hold a Level II PA certificate; have satisfactory or better evaluations. Cooperating teachers receive a stipend as compensation for their service. Mentor Teacher - The professional teacher in the same field experience or administrative role. The mentor is a school or district employee with leadership skills, has outstanding work performance, and has mentor training or has trained other pre-service or induction teachers. Mentor teachers must have a minimum of five years of above satisfactory teaching experience; hold a Level II PA certificate; have above satisfactory or better evaluations. Certification Officer - The Lycoming College faculty member responsible for all aspects of the certification application process after program completion. Diverse Student Populations - Populations of students representing all ethnic, racial, socioeconomic, and gender differences, as well as populations of students of all intellectual and physical abilities. EDUC 465: Student Teaching & Professional Seminar - This fourteen-week course provides an overview of the student teaching handbook and opportunities to apply knowledge of the Danielson Framework for authentic classroom situations. Students will have the opportunity to share ideas directly relevant to the student teaching process with their peers. Student teachers will explore how to search for and obtain a teaching position. Weekly discussions will facilitate collaboration with student teaching colleagues to further enhance the student teaching experience. This course supplements the graduate-level student teaching experience for student teachers in Early Education PreK-4 certification (with or without Special Education certification) and Secondary Education (Biology, English, Math, and Social Studies). Field - The classroom, school, or agency where a student teacher gains experience by interacting with professional teachers, students, instruction and curriculum and the process of teaching and learning. Field Experience- Denotes the entire range of field experiences or experiences in the school or agency that foster the application of theory to practice. Clinical Supervisor - A Lycoming College employee responsible to mentor the field placement student, to observe and evaluate the student, and collaborate with the cooperating/mentor teacher. Observation - On-site observation and evaluation of the field experience student, provided by the cooperating/mentor teacher and the university supervisor. Feedback is provided to the field placement student in order that he/she may work toward the highest levels of proficiency in teaching. The Field Placement Coordinator may participate in observations and collaborate with the cooperating/mentor teacher and university supervisor. Student Teacher - A teacher candidate engaged in student teaching in a school or agency. Student Teaching - Guided practice teaching in which the teacher candidate, over a period of consecutive weeks, is involved in the development and direction of teaching, learning, and assessment activities applicable to a group of students. All previous field experiences prepare the teacher candidate to have the highest possible rate of success in the student teaching experience. Student teaching is the last step of the teacher preparation program.
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