PROGRAM
OBJECTIVES
Student
teachers and cooperating teachers are reminded of the dual
nature of the student teaching experience. The student teacher
is both a student and a teacher. Facilitating learning among
pupils while simultaneously improving one's own teaching competence
are the objectives of the student teaching experience and
the mark of a professional teacher.
The
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, the cooperating teacher,
and the student teacher share responsibility in providing
planned, sequenced, systematic, and guided experiences for
the student teacher that actively promote:
•
The practice of teaching
as articulated in the College of Education's Conceptual
Framework: The Teacher
is a Reflective Facilitator;
•
The Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction Teacher Standards (See Appendix
A-1.);
•
The development
of cognitive, physical, social-emotional, ethical, and aesthetic
abilities in the context of significant teaching responsibilities;
•
The development of a
philosophy of education that is sound, workable, evolving,
articulated, democratic,
and reflected in practice;
•
The development
and application of traditional and state-of-the-art instructional
techniques, methods,
and strategies that reflect the findings of research and the
wisdom of practice;
•
The facilitation
of learning among all pupils in response to physical, cognitive,
developmental, and behavioral
needs, and cultural diversity;
•
The assessment of teaching
in terms of the needs of each individual pupil and the goals
and objectives of school
programs;
•
The development
of professional reflection, interests, attitudes, ideals,
and
accomplishments;
and
•
An understanding
of the school as a learning community and as part of the larger
community, the state,
the nation, and the world.
The departments involved in teacher preparation
programs have identified student objectives in the categories
of knowledge, understanding, skills and dispositions to meet
expectations of the UW-System and accrediting bodies. Varied
assessment measures are utilized during student teaching to
evaluate progress. In addition, the data collected serve in
the on-going process of program improvement.
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