Cooperative Improvement of Off-Campus Student Teaching

Abstract

As the importance of clinical experi ence gains increased recognition in teacher education, improvement in the quality of off-campus student teaching looms as a major problem. A cooperative ap proach to this problem is reported here. Mr. Burnett, formerly Director of Off- Campus Student Teaching at Central Washington College of Education is now Director of Student Teaching, School of Education, George Washington University. Mr. Dickson is a supervisor of student teaching, Central Washington College of Education. Others involved in the leader ship of the seminar-workshop at Central were: Max Berger, Curriculum Director of the Ellensburg City Schools; and Anne C. Lembesis, Frances Shuck, and Donovan Swanson, supervisors of student teaching, Central Washington College of Education.