Clinical Experience Supervision

Supervision

In order to improve the skills of the pre-service educator, an assigned university supervisor will observe and provide feedback during the clinical experiences of specified courses.

The clinical experiences in Benchmark I are designed as introductory experiences to cover the foundation courses and are restricted to observations, interviews, and data collection. Actual supervision begins in Benchmark II. The following courses are key content courses in which university supervisors observe pre-service educator's classroom skills. These courses are as follows:

Each clinical experience supervisor will make one visit per pre-service educator for a minimum of one hour. During this visit, the supervisor will:

1. Review the pre-service educator's lesson plan.
2. Observe the pre-service educator presenting a lesson.
3. Observe the pre-service educator managing behavior.
4. Observe the pre-service educator performing other instructional duties.

The university supervisor will confer with the cooperating teacher and complete an evaluative feedback form identifying observed areas of strengths and weaknesses. Pre-service educators review the evaluations in the assigned university course and discuss methods and procedures for improvement with the instructor. Severe deficiencies are referred to the administrative coordinator of internship for counseling, remediation, and follow-up visits.

Implementation of Clinical Experience Supervision

The clinical experiences university supervisor will visit the first class meeting to assist in explaining the procedures for supervision and his/her expectations. Information packets will be distributed during the first class meeting. Pre-service educators should complete and submit the form to the instructor by the third class meeting, who will submit them to the Academic Program Manager. This means that pre-service educators are required to quickly find placements and arrange a schedule with the cooperating teacher.