Expectations of the University Supervisor

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Expectations for University Supervisors

• Please remember that you represent UMD and your positive participation as a supervisor enables us to continue making placement in our public, private, parochial, tribal, and global schools.

• Get to know the Primary cooperating administrator and intern.  If possible, call the Primary cooperating administrator before the internship begins.

• Provide a phone number or email that may be used if they need to reach you

• Gather all the materials needed for each placement

• Everything is color coded for principal and superintendent levels

• Collect the materials from the shelves in the Office of Field Experience.

• All readiness conferences with the Primary cooperating administrator, intern, and UMD supervisor, must be held prior to, or no later than the first week of the internship.  The mentor administrator of the secondary experience should be introduced before the fourth week of the primary placement.

• At the readiness conference, discuss the expectations for the Primary cooperating administrator and for the intern:

  Establish a timeline for when items are due

  Explain that interns must write up plans and projects and do their reflective writings

  Establish a time for your first observation

• Give the Primary cooperating supervisor the Handbook, the Intern Assessment Form, the grade recommendation sheet, the honorarium, the Office of Field Experiences Survey Form (with an envelope marked att./JS), and the content assessment form
• Have the Primary cooperating supervisor complete the honorarium and return the honorarium to the Office of Field Experiences--Keep it in a safe place because it includes their social security numer.  Have the cooperating teacher compete a vendor authorization form, if necessary.
• Communicate, on a regular basis, with the Cooperating Teacher about the candidate's progress.
• Give the adminstrative intern the Office of Field Experiences Survey Form (with an envelope marked att/JS), the content assessment form, and the Educational Administrative Intern Assessment Form-these will be collected at the end of each placement.
• Visit your Educatinal Administrative Intern a minimum of 6 times (Readiness conference and 5 observations).  When observing, you can use one of the observation forms available in the Field Experiences office.
• Establish a schedule and procedure for you to read your Educational Administrative Intern's reflective writings.
• Make sure you monitor the Educational Administrative Intern's portfolio (on-line or in person)
• Contact the Office of Field Experiences if there are concerns Diane 726-8547 or Jim 726-7483 or Pam 726-8494.

  Concerns about the placement

  Concerns about how the Educational Administrative Intern is doing

  Concerns from the building principal or the superintendent

• Meet with the Educational Administrative Intern to discuss your observations.
• Arrive at the schools on time.  Please don't set up a meeting and not show up, or arrive late.
• Check with the Primary cooperating adminstrator at each visit to make sure all is going well.
• Set a time for the final observation and make it clear that, at that time you will collect the grade recommendation sheet.
• Also, make sure that the on-line assessment has been completed by the Primary cooperating administrator and the administrative intern.
• Complete theon-line assessment form for each of your Educational Administrative Interns-Please write comments
• Place the completed Grade recommendation sheet, up right, in the Educational Administrative Intern's folder in the Office of Field Experiences before recording their grade.

• Turn in the University Supervisor's Checklist to the Office of Field Experiences.
• Obtain a signed STUDENT REFERENCE REQUEST CONSENT FORM before writing a letter of  recommendation.