The evaluation of a teacher candidate is a continuous process that is undertaken by the cooperating teacher, the university supervisor, and the teacher candidate.
Comments regarding a candidate's knowledge, skills and dispositions in teaching should be specific and constructive. The emphasis on the domains of learning, the ten teaching standards and on authentic assessment using a variety of tools and techniques will provide candidates with a successful experience.
Evaluative feedback
On-going day-to-day evaluative feedback can be made through comments written on their lesson plans, separate evaluation sheets or through verbal discussion. Time should be set aside daily to discuss questions, address concerns, or to provide reflection on the day's events.
Mid-quarter or Mid-semester assessment
Mid-quarter or Mid-semester assessment serves as a progress check for the teacher candidate and is based upon the UW-Stout framework for Teacher Education. In addition to your assessments of the teacher candidate's performance and dispositions; it is important for the teacher candidate to evaluate his/her progress.
Evaluation procedures will include conferences that involve the teacher candidate, the cooperating teacher and the university supervisor. The cooperating teacher's assessments becomes part of the teacher candidate's e-portfolio.
Reviewing the evaluation form and disposition rubric together will help your teacher candidate understand areas of strength and needed growth. Teacher candidates appreciate forthright evaluations to help them channel their efforts.
You may also include comments on the form that summarize the teacher candidate's strengths and areas for continued growth in relation to UW-Stout's framework for teaching. The mid-quarter or mid-semester evaluation and disposition rubric are used by the cooperating teacher, teacher candidate and university supervisor.
Final Assessment
Final Assessment is to be completed toward the end of the student teaching experience by the cooperating teacher and reviewed and signed by the teacher candidate and the university supervisor.
Benchmark III: Portfolio Assessment Rubric
Each teacher candidate is required to have an e-Portfolio of evidence that illustrates they have met the student teaching requirements.