The collaboration of public school cooperating teachers with university faculty is a particularly important support mechanism for our science and mathematics teacher preparation program.  The practical experiences are arranged at two different school sites in order for the pre-service teacher to have a variety of school experiences and work with multiple cooperating teachers throughout the year.  We sincerely appreciate the time, energy and expertise that the cooperating teachers give to our pre-service teachers. Cooperating teachers spend many hours advising, modeling, supervising and supporting pre-service teachers. They truly serve in a partnership role in providing expert, practical experiences for future teachers.  In order to assure the success of this rigorous program, cooperating teachers collaborate with university faculty and supervisors in guiding the student teachers.  Without this form of assistance this graduate teacher preparation program simply could not succeed.

We wish to express our sincere appreciation to cooperating teachers for their contribution to the program and the professional commitment to quality teacher preparation.  Thank you for your support of the program through not only your collegial participation but also through allowing our pre-service teachers to be active participants in all aspects of the school environment.  We look forward to a continued partnership role in the preparation of future mathematics and science teachers.

Faculty and University Supervisors

Professional Teacher Education in Mathematics and Science Program

College of Education – Oregon State University

Please see the “Roles and Responsibilities” section of the handbook for specific information regarding your duties as a cooperating teacher.

Please see the College of Education’s Field Partners site for forms.