Student Teaching

I am amazed at the difference in supervisors for student teachers. Just recently two student teachers were evaluated. BOTH student teachers are doing a fantastic job. However, one supervisor chooses to praise and really point out the great features of their student teacher's lesson. The other, bypasses the important part of the lesson, TEACHING, and instead focuses on their paperwork abilities and has the audacity to tell this student teacher that they may not be cut out for teaching based on this. The supervisor commented that the student teacher was great at the TEACHING aspect (the most important part of my job) but because of the paperwork aspect they weren't good enough. This blatent disrespect for the student teacher made me horribly upset. I WOULD NEVER, EVER tell my students that "Oh, you can't put your papers in the correct folders so you shouldn't be a student". Isn't it the job of the Supervisor to guide the student teacher along with the cooperating teacher; motivate them, not degrade them and make them feel worthless. I want to help this student teacher, but what can I do. I feel that if I contact the university, not being the cooperating teacher, I may make it worse for the student teacher.

Well, that's all for today - I just want to say that I LOVE MY JOB! It may be taxing, relentless, and just unfair sometimes. But where else can you get paid to have fun and laugh everyday AND change lives of young people! TEACHING ROCKS!