Internship

Cooperating Teachers are Responsible for:

Allowing opportunities to learn

• allow interns opportunities to engage in observations of learners, small group facilitation, implementation of lesson plans and eventually unit plan during the full time teaching block of five weeks.
• provide the intern with up to one hour of preparation time each day prior to full-time teaching and some preparation time during the full-time teaching period
• provide formal written feedback as 'evidence of progress' toward program goals/outcomes (interns gather this evidence to be part of their Professional Growth Portfolio [PGP])

Allow opportunities for broad based experiences:

• Multiple grade experiences
• Multiple subject area experiences
• Invite participation in extra-curricula events and PD opportunities (including participating with your intern in a College of Education sponsored in-service)

Allowing opportunities for professional conversations:

• discuss core concepts, topics and time frames so the intern can begin planning his/her teaching responsibilities as early as possible in the internship
• schedule regular and timely feedback during daily conferences
• provide feedback on the intern's unit plans
• development of at least two formal unit plans is expected
• use the College of Education Program Goals & Outcomes and the Professional Growth Portfolio (PGP) as the basis for discussions

Encouraging "Learning/Learner Focused Supervision"

Allowing experimentation and risk-taking

• endorse efforts to plan and implement inquiry approaches, problem-based learning and other student-centred learning opportunities
• team-teach and co-generate unit(s) with the intern - participate with the intern scheduled in-services

Completing Internship Assessment forms (mid-term and final reports) with the intern.

• Can be done collaboratively by several teachers and the intern
• provide regular documentation in circumstances where the intern is experiencing difficulties
• communicate concerns to the intern first and, if necessary, to the intership facilitator if concerns cannot be resolved

Ensuring that the intern is not assigned duties as a certified or substitute teacher, a coach (except as an assistant), a sole supervisor of playgrounds, halls, dances or sports events, or a person responsible for transportation of students.

 

For additional information contact:

Field Experiences
College of Education
28 Campus Drive
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

966-7665

education.internship@usask.ca