SECONDARY SCHOOL ORIENTATION

Contact the following people or offices and see how they support the classroom teacher. If you are in a school with more than one intern, please arrange to do this in a group so as not to overburden an individual.

Guidance - Name of guidance counselor for each grade level:

Library - Obtain library rules:

Nurse - Nurse’s name, hours, what to refer for:

Vice Principal - Names and responsibilities:

Resource/Curriculum - Check out procedures:

Media service - Check out procedure:

Department Chairperson - Name of chairperson:

Special Ed./E.S.L./

Reading Specialist - Name of Mainstreamed Resource Person

Explore, understand, locate, and/or do the following things to aid in your familiarization with the school.

Student/Faculty Handbook - Copy school rules.

The school’s expectations of the student teacher.

Non-teaching duties of the classroom teacher – Describe two duties e.g.: attendance, book receipt

Attend one extra-curricular activity of your interest:

Fire exits, Safety procedures, Accident report form – Locate the Bodily Fluids kit.

Observe the different ability level classes. For one class, observe someone whom your partnership teacher recommends as a model of the lecturing teacher and for another class, a teacher who uses group work.

A basic class:

An honors class:

An advanced placement class:

Observe one teacher in each subject of your content area.

Observe all classes you might take over—giving particular attention to your class and using a seating chart to learn the names.