Clinical Practice Information for Supervisors

Video for Evaluation and Assessment, Part 1

Video for Evaluation and Assessment, Part 2

 

Formative Assessments

During the semester, the college supervisor(s) will conduct all required supervision visits (i.e. instructional evaluations). During these visits, the goal is to provide feedback and support for growth. All WSC policies and procedures should be followed. In addition, utilizing the information received at the required assessment trainings is expected.

• An instructional evaluation is a task-oriented meeting during which there is an Observation Form (Formative Assessment) completed. The college supervisor will observe the teacher candidate presenting a lesson and provide written and verbal feedback afterwards.
• Instructional evaluations will be conducted approximately once every three weeks by the college supervisors.
• Review the lesson plan for the lesson you are observing.
• The college supervisor will take notes all aspects of the lesson observed (beginning time, lesson being taught, behavior/response of pupils during lesson, etc.). You may take notes on a laptop or using paper (provided by WSC). If using the paper version of the assessment, you still must enter the evaluation and general comments into the electronic assessment within Anthology Portfolio within a timely manner. For the formative, there is the option to select “Not Applicable.” The further along the candidate progresses, the less the “Not Applicable” option should be selected.
• Confer privately with the teacher candidate at the close of the observation.
• Make recommendations using concrete examples for ways to improve. During the post-observation conference discuss the lesson with the teacher candidate. (Did the lesson go as planned? If you were to teach the lesson again, what might you change? What do you need to review tomorrow?) Help the teacher candidate evaluate the lessons in a reflective manner.
• Confer privately with the cooperating teacher concerning the progress of the teacher candidate. (Inform the cooperating teacher about the information shared during the post-observation conference with the teacher candidate.)
• You will be sent an email each time an assessment is released that includes instructions and a direct link to the evaluation form located in our data management system called Anthology Portfolio. You can access the specific evaluation via that email or access all the evaluations by logging into MyWSC and then going to MyEportfolio to access all of your pending forms. Please note that evaluations are released on set dates, most likely before you need them. That is okay, simply log in and access the evaluations when you are ready to complete them. All forms can be found in the appendix.
• Supervisors Outside the 150-Mile Radius - you can only access the assessments from the emails. Be sure when you go into the assessment portfolio that you are on the proper form. Each email link is specific to a form and you may receive certain assessments before you have completed prior ones. If this happens, the best way to make sure you go to the right form is to click on the hamburger icon on the top left (main menu), then click on “Assess.” All of your pending assessments should appear. From there you can go to the proper one.
• Submit the completed Observation Form (Formative Assessment) with notes in Anthology Portfolio within 48 hours after completing the observation. Students can access the evaluation within Anthology Portfolio.
• Contact the Academic Coordinator immediately if the teacher candidate's work is not satisfactory. (If questions need to be answered during the on-site observation, don’t hesitate to phone the Academic Coordinator or Director of Education Services right then.)

Summative Assessments

• Summative evaluations are conducted at mid-term and at the end of the experience, following a consultation with the content college supervisor. If your teacher candidate is only doing half of his/her full experience with you before moving to a second placement, then you only need to submit a Summative Evaluation at the end of his/her time with you.
• Please keep your school administration informed regarding the teacher candidate's progress.
• The summative should reflect what has been observed, what has been read in the journal (reflections, other observations), and what has been learned through dialog with the other college supervisor (if applicable) and with the cooperating teacher. The summative evaluation should include all aspects of Clinical Practice, not just the performance on one lesson.
• You will be sent an email that includes instructions and a direct link to the evaluation form located in our data management system called Anthology Portfolio. You will be able to log on to that system as a guest user when it is time to complete the evaluation.

All cooperating teachers are provided with material from WSC on how to conduct formative and summative assessments. In addition, training is provided to ensure a valid and reliable system for assessing teacher candidates as they learn and grow. Make sure to follow all WSC guidelines and use the provided assessment tools. If there are any questions, contact the Academic Coordinator for Clinical Practice. It is expected that you will provide feedback daily to your teacher candidate. Ideally, after each lesson there can be some time to reflect and discuss elements that went well and areas of opportunity. Additionally, you should meet weekly to discuss the teacher candidate’s progress and areas to work on for the following week.

Low Marks on Assessments: When a teacher candidate receives a low mark in any area on any of the evaluation forms, please document (in the space provided by that item on the form) the reason for the low assessment. Together with the teacher candidate, determine a strategy and timeline to remedy the area of concern. A recommended timeline would be one to two weeks for lower-level instructional skills and two to four weeks for upper-level instructional skills. If you do not see satisfactory progress towards meeting the deadline for remedying the area of concern, or if you have any questions about the process, please contact the Academic Coordinator or Director of Education Services immediately.

Effective communication between the cooperating teachers and the college supervisor(s) to discuss the progress of the teacher candidate, help plan for scheduled observations is crucial for the success of the candidates.

Please do not wait to notify the appropriate people if you have concerns about your teacher candidate. The sooner everyone is aware of problems, the sooner the problems can be addressed. If you feel and/or observe that something is not quite right, it probably isn’t. Of course it is necessary to allow the teacher candidate to make mistakes – this is a learning experience after all – but if the same mistake or concern comes up more than once, then college personnel should be notified.

You may wish to familiarize yourself with the part of this handbook that describes supervision of a struggling teacher candidate.

Contact the college supervisor or the Academic Coordinator, Dr. Christian Legler, at [email protected] or 402-375-7387 with any Clinical Practice concerns. We are here to provide support for this experience – to you and the teacher candidate.