UK: when I was involved with teacher training at a local university, I had to act as placement tutor for around 15 training teachers - all graduates with good U

UK: when I was involved with teacher training at a local university, I had to act as placement tutor for around 15 training teachers - all graduates with good UK first degrees in a range of subjects. I had to observe each of the training teachers half a dozen times, and that process included checking the planning of their lessons (before the lesson!), providing feedback on the lesson itself and identifying issues to work on for the next lesson. Each training teacher had a placement mentor as well whose classes the training teacher taught under supervision initially. I was also responsible for supporting the placement mentor in the mentoring role. Everything got recorded in an online system - the training teachers did their reflective writing &c and I read their blog posts (private blogs!) and tried to support. Managers at the University (relevant ones) could access the blogs and help out with any more serious issues. I had direct contact with the mentors as well in case they had issues to discuss. Probably the hardest teaching job I did in a 30 year career. But almost all of the training teachers are working in local colleges and schools.