SPED 7745 Advanced Internship II

Each internship is conducted in a semester-long format with periodic seminars. This experience, based in a public school, emphasizes the application and integration of developmental and instructional principles in a collaborative setting. Students will be jointly supervised by college faculty and the employing school. This is a Pass or Fail course. 

For students enrolled in each of the internship courses the following must occur: 

1. Be teaching on a non-renewable certificate in Special Education General Curriculum at a school within 50 miles of the Athens campus, unless otherwise approved by the Dean of the School of Education. 
2. Have a completed application for an internship approved prior to registration for SPED 7744 
3. Have completed an unconditional acceptance to Teacher Education and hold a pre- service certificate prior to enrollment in SPED 7744.

Credits

5

Typically Offered

fall, spring

Student Learning Outcomes

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION OUTCOMES (See School of Education Syllabus A – IV)

COURSE OUTCOMES (CO):

During Advanced Internship the Advanced Intern will:

• set and evaluate goals during each semester of the Advanced Internship. These goals should be based on the Teacher Keys Effectiveness System (TKES)- Teacher Assessment on Performance Standards (TAPS). At the beginning of the first semester, the Advanced Intern will submit to the college supervisor, for review, goals enhancing his or her professional development. The Advanced Intern will monitor his or her progress toward reaching the goals throughout the semester as needed. The Advanced Intern will create and submit a plan of improvement for goals not met and/or develop new goals for the next semester.
• periodically meet with his or her college supervisor to discuss progress towards the completion of the goals.
• be encouraged to engage in reflection through weekly journals. Reflection will occur weekly via an e-mail journal entry to the college supervisor. This entry should include reflections concerning successes, problems, classroom management issues, teaching strategies, and activities in which the Advanced Intern participated. The depth of the reflections should move beyond “describing”, and include a discussion of insights, action(s) taken, and connection with research on best practices. The Advanced Intern is encouraged to reflect upon his or her progress toward achieving the core candidate learning outcomes.

During the Advanced Internship the college supervisor will:

• make formal visits to the Advanced Intern’s classroom to observe him/her teaching, and provide constructive feedback on the progress toward meeting the goals of the program, as well those developed by the Advanced Intern. College supervisors are expected to give constructive feedback after observing the Advanced Intern. Observation tools, assessment forms, and communication strategies built into the program are used to foster dialogue and subsequent understanding. College supervisors will work with Advanced Interns to develop areas in need of improvement, and to hone the teaching skills of the Advanced Interns.
• be expected to make 3 school visits per semester to observe the Advanced Intern.  More visits may be necessary if the Advanced Intern is not making satisfactory progress.
• evaluate the Advanced Intern by conferring with the host teacher and completing the Intern Keys rubrics (Same as TAPS rubrics).  Please visit the Piedmont College School of Education website at http://edu.piedmont.edu/ to access these forms by using your username and password provided to you by the college.  Please complete the assessment electronically and submit to Piedmont College according to guidelines provided at that time. You may find it helpful to print out a copy of the electronic assessment before you submit the form, as it will not be available to you after that time.