Mentor Teacher Expectations

For Early Clinical and Professional Internship (I) Experiences, the Mentor Teacher will: 

• Become familiar with the teacher candidate’s experiences working with children/young adults. 
• Orient the teacher candidates to the school, classroom, and needs of the students. 
• Guide the teacher candidates in planning and implementing lessons relative to course requirements. 
• Incorporate opportunities for the teacher candidates to engage in tasks as part of the Developmental Curriculum Model (page 4). 
• Complete and submit the “Mentor Teacher Confirmation Form” via Qualtrics by the due date indicated. 
• Model ethical and moral behaviors in decisions involving students and in communication with others. 

For Professional Internship (II) Experiences, the Mentor Teacher will: 

• Become familiar with the intern’s experiences working with children/young adults. 
• Orient the intern to the school’s policies and procedures, specific information relative to the day-to-day functioning of the classroom, as well as the short-term and long-term needs of students. 
• Communicate frequently with the intern providing advice, guidance, expectations, and constructive feedback. 
• Communicate regularly with the university clinical educator. 
• Access Qualtrics links, complete, and submit all required documents by the due dates indicated in the 
• Professional Internship Coordinator’s welcome letter to mentor teachers. 
• Incorporate opportunities for the intern to repeatedly practice EXPLORING and ENGAGING tasks, while progressing towards mastery of EMERGING tasks.
• Provide an increasing number of opportunities for the intern to assume more responsibility for the work of the classroom. 
• Model ethical and moral behaviors in decisions involving students and in communication with others.