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The Internship: Internship Participants and Responsibilities
A successful internship is a partnership among the intern, collaborating teacher, the field instructor, and the 800-level course instructors. Sometimes interns also work with the cluster leader and Teacher Education Liaison (TEL). Working together across the internship leads to success for everyone.
In the intern, we have a person who is at the center of the learning enterprise, a person who is both learning to teach and demonstrating the performances s/he is acquiring on a day to day basis. While the intern is learning, the learning needs of the students in the classroom must always be kept at the forefront.
In the Collaborating Teacher, we have a person who is steeped in the local knowledge of the school and classroom, who works with the intern daily, and who thus is in a good position to promote and notice an intern's development on a daily basis.
In the field instructor, we have a person who is working with several interns and is attending regular meetings on program standards, course work, and procedures, and who thus is in a good position to suggest how the program should work and how the standards can be applied consistently over time.
In the course instructor, we have a person who is working to help a group of interns recall, extend and apply their previous studies to their current teaching practices, who is familiar with national, state and program standards in a particular subject matter area as well as research-based teaching materials and methods, and who thus is in a good position to guide interns in standards-based, subject-specific planning, teaching and assessment.
The Teacher Education Liaison (TEL) is an experienced CT who is familiar with program development, experiences and practices and with the personnel within his/her building.
The cluster leader is also familiar with these areas and works closely with the TEL to maintain good communication and support effective mentoring practices within each building.
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