Field Study—English

Relevant sections of the Pre-Clinical Handbook provide information about policies, roles, and responsibilities.  

Specific responsibilities for field-study students will vary, depending on who is supervising the field study for UW-Whitewater.  Consult your supervisor for further information.   In general, students should expect to take on full teaching responsibility, including planning and assessment, though the speed at which students assume teaching responsibility depends on the situation and the cooperating teacher's judgment.  Any plans and materials developed in field study can be used to fulfill requirements for the methods class and the portfolio.  

Cooperating teachers: the section of the Handbook on recommended activities  and the one on the professional [methods]  block, which discusses the roles of student teacher, cooperating teacher, and supervisor, have been informative for teachers new to the program.   

Copies of the evaluation form to be used by field-study cooperating teachers are available at the Curriculum and Instruction department forms web site. 

Phase 3 Portfolio materials are also available online at the Curriculum and Instruction department forms web site.   Available forms include complete Phase 3 guides for students and supervisors as well as rubrics for the portfolio narrative, the philosophy statement, and artifacts representing each Wisconsin Standard for Teacher Development and Licensure.  Students in field study may ask their cooperating teachers or supervisors to rate specific performances using one or more of the rubrics so that related artifacts may be included in the student's Phase 3 portfolio.  

 
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John Zbikowski Department of Curriculum and Instruction Comments on this page: zbikowsj@uww.edu Last updated November 30, 2007 facstaff.uww.edu/zbikowsj/FS_Reqs.htm