The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effect of his or her choices and actions on students, parents, professionals in the learning community and others and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally. The mentoring relationship you build with the student teacher can help to determine his/her success in the classroom.

The following helpful tips from both student teachers and cooperating teachers were taken from discussion forums and other resources.  Please choose a few to review for ideas that might be helpful in your own classroom.  We will try to update this list regularly, so feel free to check back. 

Tips for Cooperating Teachers

How to Be a Really Great Mentor

10 Tips for Mentoring a Student Teacher

The Good Mentor

Student Teaching Tips for Cooperating Teachers

Nine Tips for Supervising Student Teachers

HOW TO BE AN EXCEPTIONAL MENTOR TEACHER

Tips from Student Teachers

Five Things I wish My Master Teacher Had Told Me

What Do Student Teachers Want in a Cooperating Teacher