PSU Supervision Plan for the September Experience and Fall Practicum
(Question: Can you access this information on www.psusupervisor.pbworks.com)
TODAY: Supervisor training
Meeting your supervisees (PSU campus)
Agenda for meeting with your supervisees
1. Introductions (brief bios of each supervisee and yourself)
2. Communication (exchange contact info, scheduling initial conference
within a week, journals)
3. Meetings with Cooperating Teachers (initial disposition, midterm,
and final evaluation conferences)
4. Reasonable expectations (supervisees share supports they need and
supervisor shares professional expectations required for this
experience)
September Experience
Weeks 1-2: Visit #1 Initial Meeting (immediately after confirmation of school placement)
1. Review the Green Folder (expectations, credit reimbursement info)
-For Full Time Teacher Candidates: Prompt that teacher candidates
will have several assignments that they will complete at their
practicum sites, as well.
2. Ensure teacher candidates have a regular weekly 20 minute meeting
scheduled to connect and plan with cooperating teacher
3. Scheduled 3 days/week, 3 hours/day that teacher candidate will be at
school (and 1 hour flex-time for attending other required events)
4. Set 3 conference dates for initial dispositions evaluation, midterm and final
evaluations and clarify who will enter data in TK20
5. The teacher candidate should email and call cooperating teacher and
supervisor in advance if you are unable to attend practicum that day
6. Check in with the teacher candidate (is the practicum notebook ready?)
Week 4: Visit #2 Disposition evaluation conference
1. Initial disposition evaluation conference with CT, supervisor and teacher
candidate (this is a checkpoint to determine if teacher candidate is ready to
move forward to fall practicum)
2. Informal observation of teacher candidates with students if appropriate
3. Schedule/confirm date for first observation
Fall Practicum
Weeks 1-3: Visit #3: (School site and PSU campus meetings)
1. Formal Observation #1
2. Check progress of candidate (supervision folder & practicum checklist)
3. Supervisor training session at PSU
Week 5 – 6: Visit #4 (School site and PSU campus meetings)
1. Formal Observation #2
2. PSU Supervisors check progress of candidate (supervision folder &
practicum checklist)
3. Midterm Evaluation (meeting with CT, candidate, PSU Supervisor)
4. Schedule / Confirm dates for Formal Observation #3, and Final Evaluation
Weeks 7- 9: Visit #5 (November 9th–27th)
1. Formal Observation #3
2. Review candidate self-evaluation of video #1
Weeks 9- 11: Visit #6 (November 23rd-December 11th) (School site and PSU campus
meetings)
1. Final Evaluation (meeting with CT, candidate, PSU Supervisor)
2. Review student self-evaluation of video #2
3. On Campus Meeting in Seminar Class - (weeks 10-11)