Your Key to SuccessYour Key to Success

COEHDCOEHDField ExperiencesField Experiences

Why is this important? Why is this important?

This is an opportunity for you to gain information that will help you make a decision that can affect the rest of your life.

This is your first impression of education, and education’s

first impression of you.

Two Major Goals for Two Major Goals for School-University School-University

PartnershipsPartnerships

Provide professional Provide professional development opportunities development opportunities for pre-service teachers for pre-service teachers

Support learning and Support learning and teaching in the public teaching in the public schoolsschools

Field Field ExperiencesExperiences

An integral part of the An integral part of the teacher education program.teacher education program.

The primary focus of schools The primary focus of schools and teachers – K-12 student and teachers – K-12 student learning.learning.

UTSA pre-service teachers UTSA pre-service teachers are special guestsare special guests in the in the schools.schools.

It is important to portray, a It is important to portray, a responsible and professional attitude.responsible and professional attitude.

Use the information in the following Use the information in the following slides as a guide.slides as a guide.

Be ResponsibleBe Responsible

AttendanceAttendance

• Have good attendance Have good attendance (Communicate with your (Communicate with your mentor teacher if you do mentor teacher if you do have to be absent.have to be absent.

• Be on time!!!! Be on time!!!!

Research your School Research your School and Districtand District

Go to the district/school website

•Principal

•Teacher/team

•Location

•Demographics

•Other information

School RulesSchool Rules

Follow policies and Follow policies and procedures of the procedures of the

school and the school and the district.district.

Be ProfessionalBe Professional

Consider this a Consider this a semester long semester long

interview.interview.

Appropriate DressAppropriate Dress

Business Business CasualCasual

No No unconventional unconventional piercing or hair piercing or hair color, hide your color, hide your

tattoos.tattoos.

Wear your Picture IDWear your Picture ID

Cell PhonesCell Phones

RelationshipsRelationships

Develop relationship Develop relationship with your mentor with your mentor teacher and the teacher and the

students.students.

ConfidentialityConfidentiality

During the course of any field During the course of any field placement you will learn confidential placement you will learn confidential information about students. You will information about students. You will need to be sure not to use first and need to be sure not to use first and last names of students or teachers last names of students or teachers when discussing scenarios in your when discussing scenarios in your classes.classes.

Getting the Getting the Best ExperienceBest Experience

•Take advantage of the Take advantage of the opportunity to learn from opportunity to learn from mentor teachers.mentor teachers.•Be actively involved in the Be actively involved in the classroom and school – not classroom and school – not just an observer.just an observer.•Go above and beyond the Go above and beyond the minimum expectations.minimum expectations.

Look for Look for OpportunitiesOpportunities

•TutoringTutoring•MentoringMentoring•Student activitiesStudent activities•Parent involvement activitiesParent involvement activities•Faculty meetingsFaculty meetings•Grade-level/departmental Grade-level/departmental meetingsmeetings•Staff development sessionsStaff development sessions

Be a Winner!Be a Winner!

Go Beyond!Go Beyond!