Cooperating Teachers

The UMD Office of Field Experiences values the expertise of our cooperating teachers to mentor our candidates out in the field. The work with UMD supervisors to make sure student teaching candidates observe and teach using best practice and dispositions in elementary, special education, early childhood and secondary content classrooms. Cooperating teachers evaluate their student teachers and support their efforts to completion of the edTPA.

For more information please see the Student Teaching Handbook.

UMD Student Teaching Evaluations

Student Teaching Midpoint & FINAL Evaluations will be completed in Tk20 (Supervisors, Cooperating Teachers and Student Teachers complete and have conference)

Tk20 login

Cooperating Teachers: Use your institutional email address and create a password. If you experience any difficulties contact tk20help@d.umn.edu 

Student Teaching Observation Forms (may be used by University supervisor)

• Observation Form 1
• Observation Form  2 
• Domains A and B
• Domains C, D and E

edTPA and Tk20 

• edTPA Resources
• Tk20 Login
• Additional Tk20 and edTPA documents can be found in the Tk20 Document Room.