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Each year universities send requests to local school districts for student teaching placements. District personnel send these requests to principals. Principals review the requests and select cooperating/mentor teachers to supervise the student teachers. What happens next can be a defining moment for the student teaching experience.
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Bermudez, D.G. (2012). “I am Getting a Student Teacher—Now What?”. In: Myers, S.D., Anderson, C.W. (eds) Dimensions in Mentoring. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-870-4_4
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