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Never — teachers are infallible and never make mistakes.Of course teachers make mistakes.You write about “observing and judging” the “performance” of students, as if this was a sporting event, PE class, or theatrical class or performance.That is always somewhat subjective.There are some simple transcription errors — you earned an 86, and the teacher entered a 68 in the grading program.Essay questions and papers are somewhat subjective, but teachers often use a rubric to guide their grading.Clearly, if the question had three subparts and you only covered two, you’re not getting an A on the question.If you think the teacher made a mistake, talk with the teacher. Ask about your grade and the way it was recorded — don’t start out with “you made a mistake here.”

First of all, what the teacher might assume does not match my experience: Students who put a lot of effort into their reports also put effort into the covers or folders they use to turn in paper reports. But my experience might not be representative.Filipinos do not have a weakness of character. On the whole, they are an amazing people who have withstood invasions, dicators, and foreign wars. They have a beautiful language, but one that has integrated aspects of Spanish and English, so that Tagalog now echoes two of the major occupations of the islands. They are resilient, as we see every time the islands experience a devastating typhoon or earthquake. Filipinos in the diaspora celebrate their culture and remain proud of their heritage, even though they no longer live on those islands.If the teacher can prove that there is an inverse correlation between the quality of content in the report and the quality of the artistry of the folder (that is, the better the content, the worse the effort in artistry; the better the artistry, the worse the effort on content), then that teacher needs to look into what is causing this to happen. For example, not all students have the same skills. Someone who can easily express themselves in words might find it easier to write than to create an artistic folder. Someone who can easily draw or use other artistic talents might find it easier to express some of what they’ve learned this way. Of couse, any artistic efforts must be strongly related to the topic of the report.To respect diversity of learning and communications styles, the teacher might want to develop a rubric for grading that acknowledges the value of visual representation of information. Here’s an example for grading a 9th-grade report assignment.40%: thoroughness and accuracy of written information20%: organization of information20%: visual representation of information (examples: drawings, maps, graphs)20%: clarity of writing

Typically, they observe a veteran teacher for a week or two, then teach that veteran teacher’s classes for the remaining weeks of the experience. When the students aren’t around, the veteran teacher shows the student teaching some of the behind-the-scenes stuff (how to enter grades into the online grade book… so exciting!) and generally gives them some pointers on how to improve their teaching.It’s basically a teaching internship.The veteran teacher (known as the “cooperating teacher” in these situations) evaluates the student teacher and reports their evaluations directly to the student teacher’s placement coordinator. That’s the contact person from the college.Sometimes, the college compensates the cooperating teacher with some free classes at their college.The cooperating teacher may also be asked to write a letter of recommendation for the student teacher.In some cases, the student teacher knows ahead of time that their cooperating teacher is leaving that position, and the student teacher, having experience with the school and students already, is first in line for the open position.