#  Cooperating Teachers: What You Need to Know about Privacy and Classroom Video Recordings for Teacher Preparation 

 



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This guide supports cooperating teachers who host and mentor teacher candidates during clinical practice, particularly when video is used to capture instruction. It explains why video has become an essential part of preparation and licensure assessments and clarifies the teacher’s role in helping candidates make recordings, explain their purpose to families, and secure parental permissions. The resource underscores the importance of protecting student and educator privacy through adherence to federal, state, and district policies, while following principles developed by a national task force.

*This resource is part of the* [*Visibly Better*](https://prod-cepr.drupalsites.harvard.edu/visibly-better) *project, an initiative designed to create a vision for the future around the use of video for professional learning.*



 

 

 See also:- [ Teacher ](/audience/teacher)
- [ Teacher Effectiveness ](/focus-areas/teacher-effectiveness)
- [ Visibly Better ](/projects/visibly-better)
- [ Practictioner Resource ](/resource-type/practictioner-resource)
- [ 2016 ](/year/2016)
- [ K12 ](/sector/k12)
- [ Privacy and Consent ](/visibly-better-tags/privacy-and-consent)