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We are looking for cooperating teachers who are:

• high-quality educators who demonstrate a positive impact on the development of ΢��Ȧ teacher candidates and pre-K-12 student learning and development
• interested in serving as mentors for ΢��Ȧ candidates
• holding professional certification for a minimum of three years in the area of certification for the grade level or special subject in which the candidate is assigned
• beyond one year in their current assignment
• welcoming to teacher candidates and who will provide maximum opportunities for full participation in the school’s learning community

• Approximately one year prior to a student teacher placement, teacher candidates complete an online student teaching application.
• Teacher candidates are not placed in districts and buildings where they themselves were students, where close family or friends work, where their children attend school nor where they live. Self-placements are not allowed.
• The Office of Partnerships and Placements reviews applications and requests placements through the district office or school (depending on district/school preference). Placements are requested in September/October for the spring semester and March for the fall semester.
• Placements are not official until approved at the district level and the teacher candidate has been issued a Student Teaching Permit through the Rhode Island Department of Education.

As the cooperating teacher, you are primarily responsible for the oversight, mentoring and supervision of day-to-day responsibilities, as well as, evaluation of the student teacher. As a mentor to the student teacher, you provide the warm and supportive atmosphere for the candidate to grow as a teacher. You help the candidate become acclimated to both the classroom and school environment.

We currently use the Rhode Island Consortium Educator Evaluation (RI-ICEE) to assess our student teachers, as well as, a Professional Behavior Indicator tool. We expect that you will model the characteristics of a reflective practitioner to foster effective teaching and learning.

For a full list of policies, procedures and expectations see the ΢��Ȧ Student Teaching Handbook.

Please Note: Cooperating Teachers are no longer required to submit an online request for payment but are still required to submit a W-9 form to the Accounting Office to receive payment. 

W-9 Information

Per ΢��Ȧ policy, individuals must have a signed on file with the Accounting Office to receive payment. The Office of Partnership and Placements does not keep records of this information.

If you have been paid by ΢��Ȧ in the last three years and have not changed your address or name, you do not need to complete a new W-9.

If you have not been by paid by ΢��Ȧ in the last three years or have changed your address or name, please complete the W-9 Form and fax (401-456-4659) or email the form directly to Donna Vessella in the Accounting Office:

If the Accounting Office does not have a W-9 on file, your payment request will not be processed.

Please Note: When completing the W-9, please check the box for "Individual." Be sure to sign the form. 

Student Teaching

Cooperating Teachers that supervise teacher candidates during student teaching receive a stipend from the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development: $500 for a full placement and $250 for a half-semester.

The payment request for a Cooperating Teacher supervising during student teaching will be processed by the Office of Partnerships and Placements once all student teaching requirements have been completed (RI-ICEEs, Disposition Assessment, and Exit Survey). 

It will take 6-8 weeks for you to receive payment  

Practicum

Cooperating Teachers that supervise teacher candidates during practicum receive a stipend from the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development: based on the number of students they host.

The payment request for a Cooperating Teacher supervising during practicum will be processed after the ΢��Ȧ faculty member teaching the practicum course submits the Cooperating Teachers name to the Office of Partnerships and Placements, and once all requirements have been completed.

It will take 6-8 weeks to receive payment.

If you have any questions please email opp@ric.edu.