Making Better Matches in Teacher Residency: 3 strategies for establishing good teacher resident-cooperating teacher pairs.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- FINSTER, MATTHEW; FERMANICH, MARK
- Source
- Principal; Mar/Apr2024, Vol. 103 Issue 4, p46-47, 2p
- Subject
- Teacher development
Teacher evaluation
Residents (Medicine)
Teachers
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Elementary school principals
- Language
- ISSN
- 02716062
The article highlights strategies to optimize teacher residency programs. It emphasizes the importance of matching residents with cooperating teachers based on teaching effectiveness and mentoring skills, involving principals in the selection process. Topics discussed include prioritizing instructional quality in matches, seeking compatible styles, and using tools like personality assessments to enhance compatibility between resident and cooperating teachers.