What are my responsibilities as a student teacher?
This depends on your classroom, as each teacher is different. You will normally start small and be lead up to running the entire day solo. As far as Ball State goes, you will keep a journal, have benchmark conferences, present your portfolio at the end of the semester, do the LAMP project, and plan/teach a unit plan. What is the LAMP project? LAMP is part of the unit plan you will be completing during your student teaching semester. Basically it helps prove you know how to assess your students knowledge and plan instruction from their needs. More specific requirements about the project can be found on Ball States LAMP website. More Information What do I need to know about the unit plan? The unit plan is at least a 10 day thematic unit. A big thing to remember is that you must use your theme to cover different subject areas. You use your theme to create around 7-10 lessons that you will teach your students. In addition to lesson plans, you create parent letters, vocabulary lists, learni
