student teacher
noun
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.
Also called
intern
,
practice teacher
.
Origin
1905-10
Related forms
student teaching,
noun
Examples from the web for
student teacher
The
student teacher
ratio is more double a normal high school.
Any school principal engaging in such behavior with a
student teacher
would be fired in an instant.
The supervisors filled out an observation record for each observation of a
student teacher
.
British Dictionary definitions for
student teacher
student teacher
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