Guides and documents for interns and collaborating teachers
The Guide to the Elementary and Middle School Internship (download 154 pages in MS Word) provides extensive information about the intern year:
- intern year calendar
- intern year personnel
- mentoring guide
- mentoring practices
- standards and evaluation
- appendices
Within the Guide, there are several documents that are useful to have as MS Word or RTF files so you can work with them. These documents are accessible below.
Three forms are used by interns and collaborating teachers to guide their work:
1) Three-way conferences among interns, CTs and field instructors are held at mid-semester and end of semester to help the intern plan for further professional growth.
Assessment of intern progress: A tool for discussion (MS Word) (RTF)
2) Interns begin the year observing their CTs, and gradually, CTs begin observing interns as well. It is helpful to develop a plan for which areas you will observe to assure balance across subject matter and aspects of practice on which to focus:
Planning intern or CT observations (MS Word) (RTF)
3) While much mentoring happens during conversation, interns value written feedback and appreciate having a record of ideas discussed. These forms provide a variety of ways CTs and interns can decide on a focus for observations and written feedback.
Providing written feedback (MS Word) (RTF)
Additional documents for interns and CTs:
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Field instructors work hard to support interns' learning and use written feedback to improve their practice:
- Field instructor mid-year feedback form (MS Word) (RTF)
- Field instructor end-of-year feedback form (MS Word) (RTF)
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Field instructors want to be helpful to CTs as they work with interns and your feedback can help them improve their practice:
- Field instructor mid-year feedback form (MS Word) (RTF)
- Field instructor end-of-year feedback form (MS Word) (RTF)
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This draft form can be used to compose your own letter to parents requesting permission to document your classroom practice:
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Mentoring is a complex practice worth reflecting on and planning for areas of improvement:
- Collaborating teacher reflection tool (PDF)
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Curriculum maps help you and your CT plan out the semester and decide what you will teach during guided lead teaching:
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End-of-year final reports describe what interns know and are able to do by the end of the internship:
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Your TE 501/2 Syllabus and tasks associated with your TE 501/2 seminar:
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This guide can help you organize your unit and daily plans:
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After your mid-semester conferences with your CT and field instructor, you will develop a professional learning plan to guide your growth
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You will begin collecting documents for your portfolio in October and continue constructing it across the year:
- Professional portfolio (PDF)
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Before you may substitute teach in your CT's classroom, this form must be filled out and signed by appropriate personnel:
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