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Glossary of Terms

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  • CARE - Committee for Admission and Retention in Education -receives applications to all programs and provides oversight of teacher candidates.
  • Clinical placement/clinical assignment - refers to all fieldwork in schools.
  • Cooperating teacher/host teacher - teacher in a local school who oversees clinical assignments in their classroom.
  • OECE - Office of Educational and Clinical Experiences-Office at Eastern responsible for managing the process of placing and evaluating teacher candidates.
  • TEAM - Teacher Education and Mentoring training-specialized professional training to enable experienced teachers to supervise student teachers.
  • University Supervisor - Eastern part or full-time faculty that observe, support, & evaluate student teachers and other clinical experiences.