Northern Illinois University
Educator Licensure and Preparation

Discuss the following topics with your teacher candidate to ensure a beneficial classroom experience:

• Using mutual respect and rapport as the foundation for managing a classroom.
• Designing lessons that engage children in the learning process.
• Planning lessons that scaffold and build on prior knowledge of students.
• Getting to know the students in the classroom, their personal interests, cultural assets and the communities in which they live.
• Differentiating lessons for students with varied learning needs (students with IEPs, 504 plans, slow learners, ELL students, struggling readers, gifted students).
• Connecting personal, cultural and community assets to teaching and learning.
• Teaching content effectively.
• Assessing the academic language used in the discipline and how to develop supports for students with varying language needs, as well as assessing their language use.
• Asking good questions aligned with objectives that get students thinking.
• Writing good assessments aligned with learning objectives and standards.
• Looking at quantitative and qualitative assessment data for the whole class to determine what students are doing well and what they still need to work on.
• Looking at student work samples to fine tune the assessment analysis.
• Providing rich feedback to students on an assessment.
• Using assessment data to define next steps of instruction.
• Ensuring students in the classroom understand the feedback provided and providing opportunities for students to use the feedback to advance their learning.
• Being a reflective practitioner/reflecting on teaching and learning in the classroom.

In the professional development school (PDS) model, co-teaching involves collaborating with your teacher candidate to help your students learn and grow. You'll share the planning, organization, delivery and assessment of instruction with your teacher candidate. You'll also reflect on your experiences together to improve both your instruction and your relationship.

In addition, you'll have access to professional development opportunities throughout the co-teaching experience, including several workshops.

Effective March 2023

NIU instructional waivers will be issued to the district for each NIU student per clinical course per academic term, regardless of the number of district personnel thatmayhave been involved in the supervision of the student.

Instructional waiversmayonly be redeemed by a professional employee or members of the professional staff of the district to which the waiver is issued, as stated in the clinical education site agreement. "Professional employees" shall be defined as those educator licensed personnel employed by the district. "Professional staff" shall be defined as teacher aides and substitute teachers who have worked a minimum of 20 days during the past academic year for the district.

The Office of the Bursar does not refund unused portions of a waiver. Withdrawal from a course after the official drop dateWillresult in forfeiture of the tuition waiver credit hours. Upon request of the district to the educator licensure and preparation office, withdrawal from a course prior to the official drop dateWillresult in the instructional waiver being returned to the district for reassignment as they choose.

Valid instructional waivers must be redeemed prior to the last day of the academic term in which a course is taken. However, all applicable university provisions regarding payment procedures and finance charges or late feeswillapply and are the responsibility of the student enrolled in the course.

For example, waivers not received by the first university bill payment date will accrue finance charges thatwillbe the responsibility of the student.

Waiver reports are issued to districts beginning inapriland november. Districts are encouraged to track the usage and balance the additional waivers each semester. Waivers cover only the instructional portion of tuition for the number of hours issued to the cooperating teacher by the district. Waivers are only applicable to domestic tuition rates. Waivers do not cover any registration fees thatmayapply, international programs/Study abroad, or cost recovery contract courses.

Expiration of Waivers

Tuition waivers are issued from the University Office of Educator Licensure and Preparation. They are valid for two years and will not be extended.

As a Cooperating Teacher you will receive an email notification from Anthology Portfolio when you are required to complete a survey. To access the guest Anthology Portfolio login page and enter your guest account to complete the survey(s), click on the "Go to Anthology Portfolio" link in the email. Enter your email address on the "Guest Login" screen, then follow the instructions to complete the survey.

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