After observing your cooperating teachers, you need to schedule time to interview them and capture their responses in writing (can be recorded first and then transcribed) to the following questions:
Interview Questions for the mentor teacher:
• How did you decide on the established classroom routines, in general? Is there a particular theoretical framework that informed your approach? If so, explain.
• During the lesson, what factors contributed to your decision to use different strategies/tools to encourage students to follow all classroom routines?
• How did you use students’ behavior to inform your classroom routines to ensure little or no loss of instructional time?
• How do you go about ensuring coherence in the instructional procedures provided by different adults in the classroom?