UNC Supervisors

UNC Supervisors are an integral part of the teacher preparation process.  Whether you are a full time UNC faculty or a retired teacher/principal, your work is the tie that binds UNC and our school partners.  Thank you for all you do!

With the Covid-19 pandemic, now more than ever your voice is needed both in the partner schools for our candidates and their mentors and at UNC to help us adjust to the ever changing needs of the field.  Please use the resources on this page as you see fit to support the continued success of teacher preparation at UNC.  Please review the teacher candidate guidelines here: Teacher Candidates

• Work with teacher candidates and mentor teachers to conduct lesson observations/evaluations and meetings using a virtual format as the preferred method.

  • to help schools maintain the lower student/teacher ratio and honor social distancing requirements, you should avoid physically being in classrooms as much as possible.

  • work with teacher candidates to record their lessons (whether delivered in person or via technology) for you to evaluate. *Appropriate video permission may be needed from schools*.

  • use Zoom or Teams to view lessons remotely.

  • conduct virtual meetings/seminars using Zoom, Teams, etc.

• Maintain regular contact with teacher candidates and mentor teachers and report concerns/challenges to the program coordinator immediately.

• When allowed in school buildings, abide by all policies/guidance of the host schools, including health requirements such as masks, temperature checks, etc.

• Be flexible! Support alternative learning for teacher candidates as needed to meet field experience requirements. While learning, planning, collaborating may look different given the circumstances, if teacher candidates are engaging in this work, they are meeting the expectations and requirements of the field experience.

  • develop lesson plans in addition to those to be taught.

  • have teacher candidates critique online examples of instruction/teaching.

• Collaborate with program coordinators to adjust requirements as needed for individual teacher candidate’s placement challenges.