Pre-internship Field Study

Role of Teacher Candidates

To embrace opportunities to learn from and in field study experiences

• learn about learners (e.g., through observation, small group facilitation)
• support teachers in meeting the needs of students in the school
• can focus on Learning Improvement Plan goals/outcomes
• be flexible and sensitive in adapting to the school and community contexts
• plan/co-plan and implement individual lessons and team-teach with other teacher candidates and, possibly, the cooperating teacher

To participate in classrooms at different grade levels, and engage in all aspects of the life of the school as much as possible.

To complete assignments connected to on-campus course work

To gather evidence of their progress toward achieving program goals (using the Professional Growth Portfolio)

• maintain an up-to-date PGP (including analysis of and reflections on evidence) and use this as a focus for discussions

To participate in opportunities for teacher talk/reflective conversations

To experiment and take risks

• volunteer to read with individual students
• volunteer as a small group facilitator
• volunteer to share personal expertise with teacher and students
• volunteer to implement mini lesson plans
• implement a sequence of lessons during the full-time weeks in the school (in November/December and March/April.)

Complete Field Experience Assessment forms with partner teachers at the end of term 1 and term 2.

• Use PGP for this
• Can be done collaboratively by several teachers and in-school administrators

 

For additional information contact:

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

966-7665

education.internship@usask.ca