Cooperating Teacher Handbook

• Intro
• Pages 1-10

TCA Curriculum Guide

• Course Overview
• Project TOC
• Project Cover
• Evaluation
• Syllabus
• Task Lists

TCA Teacher's Tools

• Materials List
• Project Leader's Notes
• Project Contacts
• Recommended Resources

Unit 1 - Course Overview

• TCA Roles SG
• TCA Roles

Unit 2 - Focus on the Field Experience

• First Day of School SG

Unit 3 - Careers in Education

• Non-teaching Careers SG
• Non-teaching Careers
• Self Evaluation vs Options WB
• Self Evaluation vs Options
• Teaching Specialties
• The Impending Shortage
• The Teacher I Will Be SG
• The Teacher I Will Be

Unit 4 - Instructional Management

• Classroom Management
• Classroom Management Paper Rubric
• Communicating With Parents SG
• Communicating With Parents
• Developing Self Discipline SG
• Developing Self Discipline
• Expectations SG
• Expectations
• Increasing Positive Behavior SG
• Increasing Positive Behavior
• Off-task Behavior WB
• Off-task Behavior
• Organizing a Classroom
• Student Safety 1st

Unit 5 - Human Growth and Development

• Research Paper on Development SG
• Research Paper on Development WB
• Research Paper on Development
• Five Developmental Areas
• The Eight Multiple Intelligences SG
• The Eight Multiple Intelligences
• Learning Styles/Multiple Intelligence SG
• Learning Styles/Multiple Intelligence
• Physical Factors Affecting Learning
• Rejected Kids SG
• Rejected Kids
• Toe Coloring SG
• Toe Coloring

Unit 6 - Instructional Planning

• Bloom's Taxonomy SG
• Bloom's Taxonomy
• Cross Curricular Thematic Units SG
• Cross Curricular Thematic Units
• Developing Units of Instructions SG
• Developing Units of Instructions
• Lesson Plan Evaluation SG
• Lesson Plan Evaluation
• Manipulatives SG
• Manipulatives
• Performance Objectives SG
• Performance Objectives

Unit 7 - Instructional Performance

• Bulletin Boards
• Guiding Student Study SG
• Guiding Student Study
• Individual Instruction SG
• Individual Instruction
• Introducing a Lesson SG
• Introducing a Lesson
• Manipulatives SG
• Manipulatives
• Oral Questioning SG
• Oral Questioning
• Preparing Information with Technology SG
• Preparing Information with Technology
• Simulation Techniques SG
• Simulation Techniques
• Small Group Discussion SG
• Small Group Discussion

Unit 8 - Instructional Evaluation

• Assessing Special Needs SG
• Assessing Special Needs
• Assessing Student Performance SG
• Assessing Student Performance
• Basic Skills Remediation
• Determining Grades SG

Unit 9 - Professional Growth and Development

• Extra Duty SG
• Extra Duty
• Interviewing a Teacher
• Professional Organizations SG
• Professional Organizations
• Resumes and Applications
• School Board Meeting SG
• School Board Meeting

Unit 10 - School Structure

• Hierarchy of Schools SG
• Hierarchy of Schools
• Reporting Abuse
• School Leadership SG
• School Leadership
• School Policy
• Site-Based Decision Making SG
• Site-Based Decision Making
• Support Staff SG
• Support Staff
• Unions SG
• Unions