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The aim of the study was to ascertain what skills were reinforced or developed by local cooperating teachers via the process of supervising student-teachers in the Cayman Islands and Saint Kitts-Nevis. The participants were four cooperating teachers from University College of the Cayman Islands Teacher Education programme and four cooperating teachers from St Kitts-Nevis. The findings reveal that skills cooperating teachers developed or reinforced were categorised as essential teaching, mentoring, collaborating and strategic. The authors argue that teachers should be recognised for the dynamic role that they play in the education of the nation’s teachers. Therefore, there is the need to develop a policy to guide this initiative. Furthermore, this study suggests the need to provide opportunities to encourage cooperating teachers to engage reflectively with their teaching.