student teacher

American  

noun

student teachers plural

1. a student who is studying to be a teacher and who, as part of the training, observes classroom instruction or does closely supervised teaching in an elementary or secondary school.

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student teacher British  

noun

1. a person who is teaching in a school for a limited period under supervision as part of a course to qualify as a teacher

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• student teaching
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• student teachers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of student teacher

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

student teacher

"I was a student teacher during Meg's time here," says Harries.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

The strike was voted on by members of United Auto Workers Local 4811, which represents about 48,000 graduate student teacher assistants, tutors, researchers and other academic workers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024

The marriage ended in divorce after he began a relationship with Denise Aldred, a student teacher at Hereford.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

It places new teachers in elementary classrooms even if they haven’t participated in a student teacher program and creates an alternative pathway for them to get teaching licenses.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2022

As a student teacher last year, I was pretty naive.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers