The Preservice teacher: Your Professional Experience Role

During your placement in schools you should work as a co professional with your mentor classroom teacher.

Your role is to:

• discuss with your mentor teacher the specific requirements of the Professional Experience (practicum)
• reflect on and evaluate the school experiences
• contribute to collaborative team teaching by;
  1. becoming progressively involved in planning, programming and implementing. teaching/learning activities;
  2. keep a daily journal throughout your School experience;
  3. maintain a record of your teaching process – planning, implementation, assessment and evaluation using a portfolio for documenting the record of your teaching.
  4. implement the objectives and requirements of school experience including the respective (classroom) tasks and teaching activities.