Rules and Assessment
Rules regarding lesson planning during clinical practice
- All lesson plans during the initial weeks should be carefully written out and detailed using the template used by the school district or one of the candidate’s choosing (with cooperating teacher approval). A teacher candidate simply MUST plan in more detail than a veteran teacher.
- If the teacher candidate is using the cooperating teacher’s plans or is required to use a scripted curriculum lesson, then it is not necessary to write a plan for those lessons; that work has already been done.
- The cooperating teacher will review all written plans and he/she will assess the teacher candidate’s overall level of competency in planning for instruction. The cooperating teacher will then use his/her professional judgment to determine when the teacher candidate is ready for more autonomy in planning for any given subject. Autonomy means the teacher candidate can choose his/her own format/template for lesson planning. However, it is the expectation of faculty at Wayne State that evidence of adequate planning remains a priority throughout the Clinical Practice semester.
- At no point in the semester should the teacher candidate be allowed to stop writing plans altogether, but he/she may be allowed to shift to a less detailed and less time-consuming format. Note: Throughout the semester, planning must always meet whatever requirements have been established by the building administrator for all teachers in the building
- When the college supervisor comes to observe, there should always be a detailed plan prepared for the college supervisor when he/she comes to observe – even after the teacher candidate shifts to a less-detailed format most of the time.
Assessment
- Follow all district policies regarding assessments. This may include proctoring assessment tests for students and following all policies regarding the protocol for ensuring reliable and valid assessments for students and not violating any guidelines regarding providing extra assistance to students. In addition, you are expected to examine assessment data during your clinical practice experience and also develop assessments to measure students’ knowledge of key concepts and skills. Finally, there is an expectation that you will be able to differentiate the assessments that you use based on your students and their needs.
Helpful Links
Review Policies and Procedures
Finding Employment (Nebraska Department of Education website)
