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University Supervisor Roles and Responsibilities

The University Supervisor is a faculty member of the Watson College of Education or the College of Arts and Sciences. The University Supervisor…

Supervises and functions as a collegial coach with partnership teachers and administrators for site-based interns;

Ensures clarity in the relationship between theory and practice so that each informs and shapes the other;

Assists in the development of professional school-based cultures and the emergence of a compatible and legitimate university preparation environment;

Offers suggestions and support for the intern, incorporating relevant theories and practical methods of teaching;

Facilitates and participates in a specified number of site seminars focusing upon instructional practices and the consequences of such practices in school sites;

Observes and evaluates the intern’s performance at least four times during the semester;

Validates the intern’s completion of the technology Product of Learning;

Serves as the professor of record in evaluating the intern’s practicum experience and assigning the intern a grade;

Observes, records, reflects upon and analyzes practices and performance data to improve the quality of field-based experiences;

Serves as an intellectual resource for public school partners through sharing of expertise, provision of articles and research information, graduate assistance and any other appropriate and available modes.