Meeting the School

Cooperating Principal

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 Teaching interns are placed in the real world of work called Cooperating Schools.
They are placed under the tutelage of the expert teachers in the school community.
The Cooperating Principal has expectations of and from prospective teachers who
are placed in their school for teaching internship.
The role of the cooperating principal is to oversee the effective implementation of
the teaching internship program. The orientation with the Cooperating Principal is a
must for him/her to discuss the school’s policies and procedures to be followed to
foster harmonious relationship with the wider school community
Performance Task 1 - Based on the orientation conducted by the Cooperating Principal,
complete the matrix given below.

Benito L. Mirabite
OIC/School Principal 1

Expectations My Responsibilities

Responsible Offer kindness and comply all his

needed info and activities.
Approachable Give respect on every decision he
made.
Reliable Do the given task on time.

Provide useful and interesting

Informative information.

Performance Task 2 - School Policies and Procedures

School rules and regulations I need What do I need to do
to comply with
Be on time Always come to school early and
ready to learn.
Wear formal uniform Be presentable enough.
Manage your time well Focus on the most important one to
manage time effectively.
Be ready to learn Always come to school with the
courage to learn new things improve
skill in teaching.
Always do your best Exert efforts to the things you like to
do.
Performance Task 3:
Tools do I need to bring in terms of
KASH (knowledge, Attitudes, Skills, and Habits) 2
to prepare
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teaching and learning.
 Knowledge about the
school rules, procedures,
routines, and teaching
skills as well as the basic
prior knowledge of the
subjects.

Monitor the students’ progress and provide

appropriate support. Continue to grow by
knowing oneself more. Become aware and
responsible foe my emotions and health.
Take responsibility in my own personal and
professional growth.

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 My Assessment Tasks
Choose the letter of the correct answer

1. Who oversees the effective implementation of the internship program in the

cooperating school?
A. Cooperating Teacher C. Practicum Supervisor
B. Cooperating Principal D. Practicum Mentor
2. Which activity is done to inform the teaching intern of the school’s policies and
procedures?
A. Dialogue C. Orientation
B. Mentorship D. Question and Answer
3. Why should the school’s policies and procedures be known by the interns?
A. To prevent chaos
B. To make the interns comply with the rules
C. To strengthen the TEI’s implementation of the school’s rules and regulations
D. To foster harmonious relationship with the wider school community
4. Why should orientation sessions be conducted in the cooperating schools?
A. To make all things in order
B. To comply with the requirements of the teacher education institution
C. To inform the teaching intern of the school rules and regulations
D. To instruct the interns to behave while in the cooperating school
5. Which tools / kits are / is needed to fully equip teaching interns to be better
prepared as teachers?
A. Knowledge, attitudes, skills and habits
B. Knowledge, appreciation, systems and habits
C. Knowledge, attitudes, systems and habits
D. Knowledge, attitudes, skills and Hands-on Activities

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 My Learning Artifacts
Compose an acronym on the word PRINCIPAL. You may emphasize on his / her attributes /
roles or importance on the Teaching Internship Program.

P PROVIDER
R RESPOSIBLE
I INSPIRING
N NURTURING
C CARING
I INFORMATIVE
P PERSEVERE
A ACCOUNTABLE
L LEADER

Given the chance to become a principal someday, what qualities / attributes

must you possess?

Being principal is not just easy – it composed of perseverance, courage,

honesty, kindness, readiness and more qualities and attributes to become an
effective and efficient principal. If given the chance to become a principal
someday, I must possess the qualities that effective principal has. Principal is
the brain of an institution it provides the school reliable information and wise
decision making. As a principal, I will be informative to the school faculty,
staffs, and students. Providing them a quality services that they deserve makes
the foundation of the organization strong. This means that the roles of the
principal in school have a huge impact to its overall performance. In addition,
principal must possess good communication skill for the school to be well
organized and mannered.

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 My Scoring Rubric

INDICATORS Meets Approaching Meets Does Not Meet

Standard of Standards of Acceptable Acceptable
Excellence Excellence Standards Standard
CRITERIA 4 3 2 1
Performance -Has all the -Has some -Has minimal No aspect of work
Tasks aspects of aspects of work aspects of meets level of
work that that exceed work that expectations
exceed level of level of meet level of -Has errors,
expectation. omissions and
expectation. expectation
-Demonstrates misconceptions
-Show -With some
solid
exemplary errors and
performance
performance mastery is not
and
thorough
understanding
Assessment With 5 correct With 4 correct With 3 correct With less than 3
Tasks answers answers answers correct answers
Learning The piece/s of The piece/s of The piece/s of The piece/s of
Artifacts evidence of evidence of evidence of evidence of
learning is/are learning is/are learning is/are learning is/are
aligned with aligned with aligned with NOT aligned with
learning SOME of the ONE of the the learning
outcomes learning learning outcomes
outcomes. outcomes.
Creativity and The learning The learning The learning The learning
Resourcefulness tasks are done tasks are done tasks are done tasks are poorly
very creatively creatively and quite done and need
and resourcefully creatively and improvement
resourcefully. resourcefully
Submission of The assigned The assigned The assigned The assigned
Requirements learning tasks learning tasks learning tasks learning tasks are
are submitted are submitted are submitted submitted 3 days
on or before a day after the 2 days after or more after the
the deadline. deadline. the deadline deadline.

MY TOTAL SCORE

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Signature of Practicum Supervisor

Looking Forward:
Be acquainted with your cooperating teacher, he/she will be our next concern in the
succeeding module.

As a pre-service teacher I look forward to more classroom experience and students’

interaction with the help and guide of my cooperating teacher.

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