Have you ever considered studying your practice as a Cooperating Teacher? We are excited to bring people together in this session to talk about our mutual yet too often isolated work as CTs and learn more about our plans for a 2024-2025 CT Classroom Action Research group that will provide the opportunity to explore and investigate what CTs know and do, build a cross-program network, and identify future goals/practices for mentoring pre-service teachers through the process of teacher inquiry. We invite you to join our workshop to learn more about this unique opportunity to study and refine your CT practice across the year in a supportive professional learning community.
In this session, you will: * Talk with other CTs about the puzzles, challenges, and rewards of mentoring preservice teachers * Begin thinking about possible research questions related to your role as a cooperating teacher * Learn how the action research process and timeline works so that you can decide if you'd like to give it a whirl at some point in the near future * Hear what past CTs have studied and learned in similar groups * Build connections with other CTs who wish to delve further into their role through teacher inquiry
