This student teaching binder is everything you need whether you are a student teacher or a mentor teacher! 

The student teacher binder is my absolute favorite product in my Teachers Pay Teachers store! I created it fresh out of college, just after I finished an entire year of student teaching. Yep, you read that right… an entire YEAR! But more about that later!

Student teaching was such a great experience, thanks to my mentor teacher, and now I can say I’ve also had the privilege of sharing my own classroom with an amazing student teacher.

Throughout both experiences, I learned that organization and communication are essential to a productive student teaching experience.

This binder was created with both the mentor teacher and student teacher in mind. It is completely editable and allows you to customize each page to fit your needs. It is divided into six easy to use sections to help you stay organized and on top of everything!

Keeping all of the things in one place will help your student teaching experience be as smooth as possible.

One of the things I love most about this binder is its’ versatility! You can gift it to your student teacher, or you can create your own binder to bring with you on your first day! Your mentor teacher will be SO impressed!

Now.. here’s a peek inside the binder!

Editable Student Teaching Binder

1. Classroom Information

Every school is SO different and has their own sets of procedures and policies. It is important that both the mentor teacher and student teacher are on the same page! This leads to consistency and success for the students! Dedicating a space to keep all of this information means it is right at your fingertips when you need it!

2. Classroom Schedule

Schedules are vital! You want to know what time the bell rings, lunch is served, and when instruction is happening. This will help you understand daily routines and plan for anything out of the ordinary each week.

“This is a great resource to provide a student teacher with. Mine have all loved having it, as it has the important information for them and makes it easy to set expectations from the beginning.”

Elizabeth J

3. Lesson Plans

This is a big one! You can add so much information to this section of your binder. Including things like lesson planning resources, online login information, lesson plan templates, and lesson plan due dates. Printing your lesson plans each week and adding them to your binder ensures you can always access them!

4. A Space for Notes

I don’t know about you, but I am a sticky note QUEEN! However… I can never actually find the sticky notes when I need them! This notes section is the perfect place for all of the little things you need to jot down. When you need to find the information – you know just where to find it!

My student teacher has LOVED the binder I put together for her using this resource!! It has kept everything nice and organized for her and helped guide me with what to include in stuff to give her. This is truly a great resource!

4 The Love of Primary

5. Monthly Calendar

Who needs another calendar when you can have one right in your student teaching binder?! This blank calendar is perfect for adding important dates, whether they are for your student teaching experience or you university studies.

I used this binder for student teaching virtually. It helped me keep myself organized and and I loved the colorful options as well as the black and white options!

Samantha M.

6. Assignments

Generally, you are student teaching while still keeping up with college courses. Adding a section for your university assignments ensures that you never miss a due date!

Just thinking about each of those categories makes me want to go back to my student teaching days! Ha! If you want your very own student teaching binder to edit, you can purchase it in my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

Looking for a way to introduce yourself to your new students and their families!? This “Meet the Student Teacher” letter does just that! It even matches the design of your student teaching binder!

Now that you are equipped with the tools to stay organized, here is some more student teaching advice from mentor teachers!

Happy student teaching!

Emily

Looking for an editable page that I didn’t include?! Email me at emily@delightfullyboring.com and I can add it to the product for you!

Student teaching was a crazy, amazing, exciting, stressful, exhausting, eye-opening, life-changing time where I learned A LOT! I remember being nervous to meet my mentor teacher and my students. I asked for advice from everybody I knew before I began student teaching.

But – I will tell you that I had an AMAZING mentor teacher. She valued my ideas, allowed me to learn along with her, and always encouraged me to step out of my comfort zone. She taught me to always focus on what was best for the students, and to treat them as individuals who are all capable, valuable, and deserving.

Although everybody’s student teaching experience is different, you can learn so much if you pause and take it all in.

Here’s some advice from teachers about starting your student teaching journey…

You will learn more during student teaching than all your college classes combined. And my favorite piece of advice from a mentor of mine that I’ll pass on…on days you think you’re the best teacher in the world, you’re not. On days you think you’re the worst teacher in the world, you’re not. Keep striving to be better and grow from your mistakes–we all make them! – Foreman Fun

Go beyond what is expected of you. When you are given the option to go home or stay at school and help with extra curricular activities or meet with parents, always stay at school! It shows that you are dedicated and a hard worker, you will be respected for that. – Mrs. Hartig’s Classroom | Mrs. Harting’s Classroom TPT Store

My advice to student teachers is to set one night per week as a “no homework” night for yourself.  During my internship I was exhausted all of the time.  I finally decided to create a no work night and every Tuesday my goal was to be in bed between 8-9 pm.  This required me to have some work completed ahead of time, but it also energized me for the middle of the week.  I always woke up on Wednesdays feeling refreshed. – Madame H

My advice to student teachers is to stay hungry.  Learn from those who have been in the game for a while and show Humility and Gratitude.  This, coupled with a hard work ethic will get you noticed and get you into a position where people will want to help you achieve whatever you are looking to accomplish. ( Be it getting a job, a letter of recommendation for grad school or whatever). – Science Health and PE Materials

My advice to student teachers would be to have an open mind and soak up the energy of the campus you are assigned to.  Don’t be afraid to ask questions!  You were placed in a classroom with a cooperating teacher that knows you are there to learn.  You are not expected to be perfect.  No teacher is…no matter what they say.  Be open and forthcoming with your cooperating teacher about what you want to try doing in the classroom and what advice he/she can give you to make it a success.   Most importantly, have fun because teaching is  such a unique experience! – Literacy Treasures | Literacy Treasures TPT Store

My biggest advice would be to stay on top of your lesson planning and plan as much in advance for those observations! If you are anything like I was, I was completing my internship while finishing up my special ed minor with going to 2-3 hour classes at night after a full day of interning! I would also highly suggest that you ask the principal of the school that you are interning at to observe one of your lesson (even if its just for 15-30 mins). Then ask for a write up of the observation for you to include in your teaching portfolio! My internships were at two different schools through out the course of a year. The first school I was at, I asked the principal to observe me and low and behold he stayed for an hour and a half through the whole ELA afternoon! So plan for that too! However, at my second school I did not ask the principal to observe me because I already thought I had a great addition to my portfolio. However, that principal was quite upset that I  did not ask him to come in and observe me…who would have thought! So my advice, ask them both! Lastly, stay of top of that teaching portfolio and save EVERYTHiNG! I got mine done as quickly as possible so that I didn’t have to spend my senior spring break working on my portfolio! Hope the advice helps! Best of luck and you will do great! Best Wishes, Colby at Special Inspirations, TPT

My advice to student teachers is to stay hungry.  Learn from those who have been in the game for a while and show Humility and Gratitude.  This, coupled with a hard work ethic will get you noticed and get you into a position where people will want to help you achieve whatever you are looking to accomplish. ( Be it getting a job, a letter of recommendation for grad school or whatever) – Science Health and PE Materials

Teach, observe, and reflect. I currently have a student teacher. We have worked out somewhat of a pattern. She teaches one class. I teach the same class later on in the day. Then, she reflects on differences, similarities, what worked, what didn’t, and best practices. – Heather, Science From the South

My best advice for student teachers!? Be open-minded each day, and put forth your best effort! Your students will trust you and want to work hard for you if they know you are 100% invested in them. Have fun and remember to be yourself! STAY ORGANIZED! Student teaching with college courses can be crazy! You will save yourself lots of stress if you know where things are when you need them. 

Best wishes as you join one of the most rewarding professions!

Emily

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