Standard 10. The unit must collaborate with each school partner to ensure that:

(3) each cooperating teacher receives training that addresses the cooperating teacher's role, program expectations, candidate assessments, procedures, and timelines.

The UED Director of Field Experiences provides training including informative resources (quick reference materials) that clearly detail expectations of the program goals. Pre-pandemic, all cooperating teachers for student teaching experiences were required to attend a Kick-Off orientation at the beginning of the semester during which the student teaching placement occurs. During these orientations conducted by the Director of Field Experiences, cooperating teachers receive and discuss the expectations and logistics of hosting a UED student teacher. These roles, expectations, observation and overall evaluation instruments and timeline of student teacher responsibilities while implementing a co-teaching model are all included in the kick-off workshop packet given to attendees in the beginning of each semester.

Now, the Director of Field Experiences provides video-recorded training for cooperating teachers and the required topics in this standard are discussed with the university supervisor before the placement begins or the first week of the placement when they have their first triad meeting with the student teacher. Materials included as part of the Cooperating Teachers’ Student Teaching orientation folder include:

• Cooperating Teacher Checklist
• Semester Overview
• Co-Teaching Introduction
• Observation Report Form
• Teacher Candidate Mid-Term Evaluation Rubric Recording Form
• Teacher Candidate Evaluation Rubric

During student teaching placements, University Supervisors and the Director of Field Experiences provide continued support as needed to the Cooperating Teachers regarding their expected roles, program expectations, how to assess teacher candidates, field placement procedures, and timelines of the student teaching placements. During this period, Cooperating Teachers are provided with edTPA Resources, including:

• UED’s MN edTPA Introduction Material - Summary
• Minnesota edTPA video for Cooperating Teachers
• Minnesota’s edTPA website
• Making Good Choices: A Support Guide for edTPA Candidates

For cooperating teachers who host candidates in pre-student teaching clinical field experiences, they are also provided a video recording of the training made by the Director of Field Experiences which describes the cooperating teacher's role, program expectations, candidate assessments, procedures, and timelines.