The firm location of teacher education and training in schools has resulted in a number of partnerships between universities and schools. An area of ​​concern for universities is how to monitor the quality of teaching, learning and administrative activities to which student teachers are exposed in their partner schools or direct centers of the school. Here are four suggestions for ensuring quality assurance in direct schools.

Suggestion 1: Monitor procedures by:

1.1. Verification of the continuous effectiveness of current procedures, with a focus on improvement and refinement.

As a result of verifying the continued effectiveness of the procedure for informing student teachers that mentors use, and to improve and improve this procedure, I created and implemented the strategy of the reflective approach to the evaluation of teaching practice (RATPD). The RATPD allows school mentors or collaborating teachers to help develop the reflective capacity of student teachers.

1.2. Verify compliance with agreed procedures

For the person with this responsibility, it involves contacting partner schools to ensure that they adhere to all university and program accreditation policies and procedures regarding student teachers. This will include: visiting various schools to meet with senior leaders to get their views on the program and/or to address issues raised; ensure that the content, delivery methods and learning materials meet the defined objectives; where appropriate, replacement of lost or destroyed copies of relevant documents; reviewing samples of prospective teachers’ lesson plans and training school mentors to use University-designated assessment rubrics.

Tip 2: Participate diligently in determining and analyzing student feedback, course and module feedback, and feedback from partners and other stakeholders.

The key reason for diligence in this area is that feedback informs various reports and future actions that ultimately lead to maintenance of program quality, standards, and student support.

Suggested: 3 Make sure people at the facility can access and know how to access key information in hard copy and/or electronic format.

The information may take the form of a student teacher course manual, student teacher VLE sites, the university website and other relevant documents.

The key reasons for ensuring that people at the center can access information is to make students and mentors aware of current expectations, but more importantly, this will maintain program standards. That is, ensure that the strategies and procedures at the center mirror those at the “main” site.

Tip 4: Communicate changes in policies and procedures to members of the center.

The key reasons for this are to ensure that students, mentors, and other stakeholders are aware of and can make personal adjustments to accommodate changes in procedures. This also contributes to the quality of the student experience.

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Supervise procedures:

Check the ongoing effectiveness of current procedures, with a focus on improvement and improvement.

Verify compliance with the agreed procedures.

Participate diligently in determining and analyzing student feedback, course and module feedback, and feedback from partners and other stakeholders.

Make sure people at the facility can access and know how to access key information in hard copy and/or electronic format.

Communicate changes in policies and procedures to members of the center.