Cooperating Teachers

Abstract

Teacher Trainees are put to the test of fire when they are placed in public schools during the practicum. The description of the practicum is said to be “the single most powerful intervention in a teacher’s professional preparation” (Turney et al., 1982 p.47). Supervision of teacher trainees are a crucial part of teacher education. Almost everyone involved in education has at some point been a teacher being supervised or a supervisor. How prepared were we at either role? Perhaps it was something we were thrown into and were expected to land on our feet. The closest some teacher trainees have come to actual teaching would be peer teaching.