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Home Products Creating Positive Practicum Experiences
Creating Positive Practicum Experiences
Research suggests that the practicum, or student teaching experience, can impact teachers’ early-career effectiveness and retention. Cooperating teachers, who mentor and coach teacher candidates, can shape a positive practicum experience by fostering trust, building teacher candidates’ confidence, and developing their teaching skills over time. This animated video by REL Northwest explores three ways cooperating teachers can optimize the quality of pre-service teachers’ practicum experiences.
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Coaching (Performance), Feedback (Response), Mentors, Observation, Professional Development, Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Improvement, Teaching Experience, Teaching SkillsResource Information
Northwest | Resource Type:
Video | Resource
Date: July 2021
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