General:

http://www.gvsu.edu/coe

Grand Valley State University's College of Education website. Basic information about student teachers and handbooks

http://www.pbs.org/teachers/earlychildhood/articles/studentteachers2.html

From PBS Teachers, short article "Advice from Former Student Teachers to Supervising Teachers".

http://www.abea.us/2007Mentoring.doc (Microsoft Word document)

Three-page Mentoring and Supervision of Teacher Interns: Tips for Success includes "Techniques to Achieve Successful Communication between the Teacher Intern and the Field Based Supervisor" and "Techniques to Become a Successful Field Based Supervisor" by Dr. Linda Bean, Arkansas Tech University.

http://www.morris.umn.edu/academic/education/eled/files/tchrtips.pdf

One-page "Tips for Successful Cooperating Teachers" adapted from Augsburg College Student Teaching Manual.

http://www.teqjournal.org/backvols/2000/27_1/2000v27n107.PDF

Full-length journal article "Questions to Ask and Issues to Consider While Supervising Elementary Mathematics Student Teachers" in Teacher Education Quarterly by Randolph A. Phillipp, San Diego State University.

www.colleaguesplus.com

ColleaguesPlus.com is a virtual destination that serves as a news and opinion hub, a research and policy center, a resource room, and an issues forum for the educational community. Conceptualized and administered by the Community Outreach office at Grand Valley State University's College of Education, the website is an extension and expansion of Colleagues Magazine. This periodical of GVSU's College of Education invites students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members to contribute articles relating to the field of education.  ColleaguesPlus.com is the next step in creating an educational community where people from many areas of the educational spectrum are truly connected, and where all voices are heard.

http://www.eric.ed.gov/

Search for any topic at the Education Resources Information Center sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.

Adult Learning:

It may be helpful to think of preservice teachers as adult learners.

http://www.ciesc.k12.in.us/adulted/winterinstitute2007/THE%20YOUNG%20ADULT%20LEARNER.ppt

The Young Adult Learner PowerPoint presentation by Cathy Warner, McDowell Adult Education Center. Contains information about different learning styles and classroom management styles.

http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/adults-2.htm

Principles of Adult Learning by Stephen Lieb, Arizona Dept. of Health Services and South Mountain Community College.

http://agelesslearner.com/intros/adultlearning.html

How Adults Learn by Marcia L. Conner. Contains "Overview of Adult Learning Theory" and links to many other resources.

Conferences:

http://www.itecwm.org

ITEC (Inter-institutional Teacher Education Council of West MI)

Cooperating Teacher and Student Teacher conferences

http://academics.sru.edu/Student_Teacher_Supervision_Conference/index.html

National Student Teaching Supervision Conference

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